The rise in popularity of the comfy shoe

Question 1

comfy (informal)

Answer 1

comfortable.

Why on earth are you wearing them? Well, I wanted to look fashionable and cool! Everyone knows that high heels are the height of fashion – on the street, at work and at parties. I’m ready for anything!
what do you think of when I say comfy shoes? comfy is an adjective which is an informal way of saying ‘comfortable’. So, I suppose we’re talking trainers. But I was always told that trainers weren’t appropriate for everywhere, like work and many formal or social places, such as parties, bars and clubs.

Question 2

casualisation

Answer 2

The process of becoming less formal and more relaxed, more casual

Well I think it’s been, sort of, coming on for a while. And I think one thing in fashion in the last 10 years has been a, sort of, mass casualisation of everything. And there’s been a big streetwear trend, which has filtered through.

Question 3

streetwear

Answer 3

a style of casual clothing especially worn by young people from urban settings.

Well I think it’s been, sort of, coming on for a while. And I think one thing in fashion in the last 10 years has been a, sort of, mass casualisation of everything. And there’s been a big streetwear trend, which has filtered through.

Question 4

filter through

Answer 4

appear or happen gradually over time.

Well I think it’s been, sort of, coming on for a while. And I think one thing in fashion in the last 10 years has been a, sort of, mass casualisation of everything. And there’s been a big streetwear trend, which has filtered through.

presumably, the trend for streetwear filtered through from its specialised area into mainstream fashion until everyone was following it.

Question 5

wellness

Answer 5

the state of being healthy.

So what we’re actually talking about is, actually, people, for wellness walking more and doing more… and they’re not going to do that in a lot of high heels… so trainers are changing the materials. There are now a lot of fabric trainers and if you’ve inherited foot problems, then that kind of fabric… they’re wrapping around knobbly bits, and knobbly bits hurt.

Question 6

knobbly

Answer 6

lumpy; having many raised areas on the surface.

So what we’re actually talking about is, actually, people, for wellness walking more and doing more… and they’re not going to do that in a lot of high heels… so trainers are changing the materials. There are now a lot of fabric trainers and if you’ve inherited foot problems, then that kind of fabric… they’re wrapping around knobbly bits, and knobbly bits hurt.

Knobbly is an adjective that means ‘lumpy’ – ‘having many raised areas on the surface’.
Do you have anything knobbly on your foot? Probably! My feet are killing me! I think we’ve found your Achilles heel!