Everything worth knowing about Song of Style Heels, Comfort Tested is below, starting with the part that changes what you buy. A stacked or block heel spreads load better than a stiletto of the same height. Feet swell through the day, so anything tried on in the morning will feel tighter by evening. Anything over 8cm needs a platform or you are buying a taxi. The groups below run from the decision that matters most to the ones you make afterwards.

What decides this is heel height, toe shape and how the weight sits. Everything else is preference. Two from the first group show the range: Scanlan Theodore's SLINGBACK BALLET FLAT at $500, and Show Me Your Mumu's Dolce Vita Kaysey Heel ~ Vanilla Satin at $135. The first is the considered buy; the second is the one to start with. A pointed toe adds visual length but takes half a size. Anything over 8cm needs a platform or you are buying a taxi. A higher price mostly buys materials and finishing, and occasionally it buys nothing at all.

Match the heel to the hem, then stop thinking about it. From the second group, L'Agence's Shreya Leather Slingback Pump ($375) is the one that earns its place, because it works in more than one context without being restyled. The third group is smaller and deliberately narrower, heels, for the decisions you make after the main one. None of this needs the whole group. One piece from each is usually enough.

There are 20 heels here from 13 brands, $60 to $600, all in stock when this was written. We would not buy all of them, and neither should you. Frye's Carson Pump s - Pre-Loved at $60 is the low-risk way in, and Norma Kamali's BALENCIAGA BLACK LEATHER BELT BUCKLE PUMP at $600 only makes sense if this is a category you already use constantly. On song of style heels, comfort tested specifically: the difference between the top and the bottom of this list is real but smaller than the price gap suggests. Nothing here is included because it is famous, and price is not used as a proxy for quality anywhere on this page. If you take one thing away: pay for the thing that touches your body and economise on the thing that sits on top of it.