I started watching this video (which I am sad to find, has almost 200k views already) and the very first thing she mentions is that
"no men would consider dad shoe sandals attractive"
I feel sad by girls falling into thinking that a guy will judge you so badly by your shoe choices. And if he does, run away from there. Never
(never) accept a guy shitting on your personal style. Changing your style for a man never works and can go easily to dark manipulative situations such as
"do not wear this because I don't want you to do so"
The only elegance advice you need regarding shoes is showing up to the first date on something that
you feel comfortable and clean. Some gals actually do better on high heels, others go for the dad sandals. Wearing something that makes your feet hurt will inevitably make you feel anxious, which translates in your body language and behaviour. Do not try to fake that you can rock wearing heels or flat shoes or ANYTHING if you are not comfortable with them.
If your goal is to tackle how to walk in certain type of shoe, practice in your home
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and for situations such as, fancy dinner or event, you can keep some cheap flats in your bag (always in their dust bag) in case you need to change them during the middle of the night. There is nothing wrong on admitting defeat rather than going back with bleeding feet or even worse, falling during the event lol
From my personal experience
Today I actually went out with runner shoes (the irony
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) to a medical appointment and then continued my day going out for errands, which included some "top tier" brands. I was just looking options / prices, did not intend to purchase. Nonetheless, I had attentive Sales Associates looking at me all the time. 10 years ago, even wearing "more fancy" styles, my experience was quite the opposite.
Why does that happen?
People working on restaurants or as Sales Associates,
they can spot easily the Anna Wannabey types VS "I actually have money to spend" ones.
Modern elegance is not about which shoes are you wearing but how you behave, the fabrics of your clothes, how healthy you look in terms of your posture, your skin. Unfortunately Anna keeps feeding the insecurities of vulnerable girls.
Obviusly I wouldn't go dressed up like this to a social event or important meeting, but you get the point, when you reach certain professional lvl in your life, there is literally no need to overthink how "elegant" you are, it just comes naturally from the fact that you are in a good place financially / mentally.