As a mere man, I have never understood women and their choice of footwear one little bit. It would seem to me that most women would wear anything on their feet, no matter how daft and uncomfortable they were, if they were told it was the fashionable to do so.
I have 2 nieces, both in their late teens that won't go out if it is raining or snowing, as they don't have any suitable shoes to wear. The reason that they don't have suitable shoes is that they will only wear these strappy, high-heels affairs. When they were younger, they used to wear trainers but now snort in derision at the very thought of it. So they are depriving themselves of full access to the outside world because of sheer vanity. One of these nieces actually had her boyfriend, now fiance, carry her from the house to the car, just so she didn't get her feet wet.
That is all stopped now as I gave her boy friend an "Uncley" little chat one day and explained that he was just making a rod for his own back by doing something so demeaning.
But, as I said I am just a man and born with a rational brain, so what can I possibly know about womens shoes, or women in general really !