I Want My Grandma Shoes

As I became older my legs decided that rather than dancing around like a graceful faery at twilight, thy would adopt a third leg known as a cane. So I am not quite so spry as I was in my 20s. And yet, in my late teens and 20s there was something I would have been able to get my grubby young hands on that I do not have access to today: grandma shoes. My girlfriend Ann and I had "granny shoes" ( as we called them then ) to go dancing it. They were wonderful! These were black leather or kidskin oxfords with cuban heels that were usually 1 1/2 to 2 inches, maybe 2 1/2 inches on the outside. They had stitching on the sides, often of flowers. They were usually black. They had wonderful arch support. When the heels would wear down you could take them to a shoe repair and voila they were good again. These were the sort of shoes that young adults could wear out dancing all night and then walk 10 miles in ( and probably 10 miles in the snow, providing one wore some plastic galoshes over them ). These lovely shoes were the usual dress or going to market shoes of little old ladies such as my grandma Lalia. 

So WHERE are my grandma shoes now that I am grandma age and can use them? In the last few months I have seen "grandma shoes" in the fashion magazines. Sort of. They are lace up black oxfords but there is one major problem with these shoes. THEY HAVE SIX INCH HEELS!!!!!!!! I am sorry but those are not grandma shoes. They are break your body shoes. The young women growing up right now who wear these shoes with such high heels have no clue as to the problems they will have as they age. But then the young are invincible, aren't they? I know I certainly thought so when I was younger. 

I want my grandma shoes. I want the same sort of wonderful shoes that my grandma wore when she was a little old lady. I do not want a pair of pseudo-grandma shoes. I want the real thing. I want a well made pair of black oxfords with cuban heels that are 2 inches and under. I want good arch support. Athletic shoes are lovely but they are dressy shoes that are all occasion like grandma shoes were. So could some manufacturer get a clue? I discussed this with other women my age and yes, they also remember their grandmothers wearing "grandma shoes." There would be a huge market for these shoes. Our aging feet, our tired legs, would thank you. You could make a bundle of money off of baby boomer women! There are millions of us! And we do not want 6 inch heels. We do not want 4 inch heels. We want lower heels because then we can walk and dance and skip down a street for joy because we have stylish shoes that make our feet feel good and that make us feel good because we would look great. So give me my grandma shoes. And if you can, could you make them in scarlet red?