Hey C, Phia here, your personalized shopping assistant. I added some picks for you below.
Picks Made For C

Why this edit and not a generic one
Eight pairs instead of a wall of shoes. The mix leans polished but easy to actually wear, which is the throughline in what you gravitate toward, and New Balance fits right in. Check heel height and how far each one walks before the label.
Shoes

Auralee 240 mesh-trimmed suede and nubuck sneakers
New Balance

Abzorb 1890 Suede Trimmed Mesh Sneakers
New Balance

Air Rift split-toe mesh sneakers
NIKE
Eleve Leather Bow Ballet Flats
Steve Madden

Shox Z mesh sneakers
Nike
Lexie Raffia Platform Pumps
Steve Madden
H-Street Lustre Metallic Leather Sneakers
PUMA

Gel-Kayano 14 Sneaker
Asics
What this ties into right now
This edit rides what is moving in shoes on Phia right now. The same instinct runs through New Balance, Steve Madden and NIKE here: recognisable shape, quiet finish, nothing that dates in a season. The versions I picked are the plainer ones in each label's line rather than the loudest.










