By two in the afternoon, your feet shouldn't be the loudest thing in the room!

Just imagine getting through a whole day — the errands, the standing, the long walk back to wherever you parked — and never once thinking about your feet. Now stop imagining, because that is exactly what the Barbara loafer was made for. From the outside she is a proper penny loafer. Underneath, she is a cushioned comfort shoe.

• Cushioning Where You Need It
  The 1.4-inch sole is built to absorb the shock of every step instead of passing it up into your heel and your knee. It is the difference between arriving somewhere and arriving somewhere tired. Long days on hard floors stop feeling like long days.
• No Breaking-In Period
  Most new shoes ask you to suffer through a week first. The soft brushed upper gives with the shape of your foot from the very first wear, so there is no stiff edge sawing at your heel and no blisters to nurse afterwards. You can wear these straight out of the box, on a day that matters.
• Grown-Up, Not Girlish
  The lug sole is modern without trying too hard. It adds a little height, lengthens the line of your leg and slims the ankle — the kind of quiet flattery that has people telling you that you look well rather than asking what you changed.
• Steady On Slick Floors
  The grooved rubber outsole holds onto wet pavement, polished tile and supermarket linoleum. You walk at your own pace instead of shortening your steps and watching the ground. Confidence, it turns out, starts at the bottom.
• Seven Colors To Live In
  Black, Brown, Khaki, Blue, Green, Pink and Red. The first three go with everything already hanging in your closet, and the others are there for the mornings you want a little more. Slip them on and go — no laces, no buckles, no decisions.

You have almost certainly bought “comfortable” shoes before and quietly retired them to the back of the closet. These are the ones that come out instead: on the days you are on your feet from breakfast until dinner, and on the days you simply want to look put together without paying for it by the afternoon. Keep them by the door — you will reach for them more often than anything else you own.