Tretorn Wedges Daffy Ducky

The abundance of April Showers have made NYC a dreary place these past few weeks. For me, rainy days are often the difference between Super and Meh, (possibly because they continually derail my hair-straightening efforts). I figured some bright, waterproof footwear might snap me out of my funk, so earlier this week, I hit the shoe section of Daffy’s in Herald Square.

(Full disclosure: I browsed Contemporary Apparel for a solid hour before I even got to the shoe section. Despite the section’s extreme disorganization, it was chock full of two brands I rarely see secondhand, brands more Weird than Wow that I’ve always been inexplicably obsessed with – Free People and Triple Five Soul. I wasn’t there for clothes, so I called on my powers of resistance and slowly backed away from the racks. I’m trying to be a halfway-decent example here, people.)

When asked about her standards for Men, the eternally wise Cher says, “You see how picky I am about my shoes and they only go on my feet.” Suffice to say, I’m the reverse: When you’re vehemently opposed to athletic sneakers and live in a city where you walk an average of two miles a day, you come to hold your shoes to standards no Man could ever meet.
These waterproof, uber-comfortable and seriously adorable Tretorn Rubberized Wedges didn’t just meet my standards; they exceeded them via giving me the extra edge I’m always looking for. Height (obvs).

The additional elevation of these wonderwedges made them the perfect counterpart to my wide-legged, too-long-for-flats Forever 21 Schlep Pants. Booyah.

(Tretorn Wedges, $23.99 reduced from $75. Like you didn’t see that one coming .