Royal couturier Stewart Parvin has revealed how Queen Elizabeth II of England herself addresses this problem: “Shoes have to be comfortable from the get-go,” he explained in the Evening Standard. “She has a person who puts them on before. The queen can never say 'I'm uncomfortable, I can't take another step'. He has the privilege of someone taming them."
Although the rest of us are not lucky enough to have an employee dedicated exclusively to giving us shoes, there are ways to break them in without destroying your feet.
These are Vogue's super tricks.
Wear them on little by littleIt's hard to resist the urge to immediately take to the streets with your new shoes, but if you can resist the temptation a bit (you should), wear them first to walk around the house and better if it's with thin socks. So you will begin to tame them.
Scoop the straps and heels Using the back of a spoon, rub hard against the heel of the shoe or anywhere it might rub. It is basically about imitating the pressure that your foot exerts so that the strips and all those harder parts soften before putting them on.
