I abhor suffering for the sake of fashion. While I admire high-heeled dress shoes on other women (and men :-) !!), they hurt my feet so much that I eventually gave them all away. Since then, I've experimented with many different comfort shoes.

And I've concluded that the Merrell Jungle Moc is the rock star of comfort shoes.

It's become my favorite all-around shoe. While I wouldn't suggest wearing it to the B&W ball or with outfits you'd naturally pair with your Jimmy Choo's, the Jungle Moc is pretty versatile and more stylish than most of the similar options. It's totally comfortable -- and amazingly supportive, even soothing. The cool-looking tread is ultra-grippy, lasts a hella long time, and can withstand all kinds of abuse.

My first pair of Merrell mocs, a size 7 in brown, was on clearance at DSW about 7 years ago; that was actually called Orbit Moc, and it has slightly different styling...I'm guessing this was the Jungle Moc predecessor. When that pair started developing a crack in one heel, I got a pair of Jungle Mocs in blue; I'm in between 6.5 and 7, and the 7 wasn't available in blue, so I got 6.5 -- which was just fine because this shoe is 100% comfortable with thin socks. And I just got this year's cinnamon in 7, so now I have a thick-socks option for cold weather.

With neither of my sizes did I have any breaking-in period for this shoe. I took them out of the box, wore them all day, and my feet were, like, do you have to take them off?