Shoes

A few months ago, at a Payless store’s closing-down sale,  I bought a pair of red fake-suede pumps with two-inch heels, brand name “Dexflex Comfort” which have turned out to live up to the name. These things are like, sneaker comfortable.

Only trouble is, I can’t find any brick-and-mortar stores that carry the brand; there are some DexFlex shoes available on Amazon, but (a) I’d like to avoid giving Jeff Bezos any more money if I can avoid it (b) I think these are just leftover stock from Payless, and will run out fairly soon. It’s already easier to find the sizes on either end of the bell-curve than the medium sizes,  and the prices vary wildly depending, I suspect, on how many they have left in that size (i.e. the same style of shoe is $20 in a size 5.5, but $100 in a size 7.)

Apart from wanting more of these shoes, I’m also just curious about the manufacturer – was Dexflex a house brand for Payless or was it an offshoot of the Dexter Shoe Company, now similarly defunct? How did they make these really basic (in every sense of the word including the current slang usage) pumps so easy to walk in?

What are their flats like?