Orthopedic Sex

Pescura Slide, Scholl, Italy

In the comfort shoe category, The Scholl Pescura flat has a sex appeal that defies logic. If the Birkenstock Arizona is Katharine Hepburn in Fenwick, and the Simple OS is Larry David in Chilmark, then the Pescura is Sophia Loren in Ravello.

This timeless wooden clog was developed with “Scholl Exercise Technology®,” a pure beechwood sole that “tones the feet and legs.” Available in low-heeled and flat versions, best to stay with the classic, if it needs to be said. Both elevated enough for city wear– in style and distance from sidewalk.

At $140, she floats above the pay-what-you-wish flip flop fracas of identical rubber thongs priced between $1,200 and $10, depending on, well, not sure what. As at home with a sarong and Singha as she is with an unstructured linen suit and oversized clutch, at once a nostalgic and radically modern object.

Pescura brings the soul, clip-clop, and strong toes.