Real stories · The slippers that count as shoes

My feet want slippers, the world wants shoes — these are both

The slippers that count as shoes — that's what these are. I'm 67, and by now my feet have strong opinions. At home they get slippers and peace; the moment I need to be somewhere, they get 'proper shoes' and a quiet argument that lasts all afternoon. Court shoes pinch, trainers look wrong with half my wardrobe, and laces are a chore I've stopped pretending to enjoy.

What I wanted was slipper comfort that's allowed out of the house.

Then I found the Corvelyn from a British label called York Boutique — soft suede-look loafers you simply step into, with a pretty criss-cross lace detail across the front and neat stitching round the toe. I chose the soft pink, which surprised everyone, including me.

The comfort is built in rather than broken in. The insole is properly cushioned, the sole bends where a foot actually bends, and the whole shoe weighs next to nothing — which is why they feel like slippers from the very first wear, while the stitched toe and the little lace detail keep them looking like a deliberate shoe rather than a compromise. No laces to bend for either: feet in, out the door. And the sole grips properly — no skating across smooth shop floors.

Cushioned like a slipper, shaped like a shoe, light as neither — which is why my feet stopped arguing with my diary the day these arrived.

At £34.95 — half the usual £70 — they cost less than the pair of 'comfortable' court shoes currently apologising in my wardrobe, and with a fortnight to send them back and free delivery there was no risk in finding out.

They have since done a full market morning, two cafés and one long museum afternoon — the true test of any shoe — and my feet had no comment at all, which from them is a rave review. Sandra has ordered the beige. It was £34.95 in the sale, half the usual £70.

If your feet also negotiate every outing, do have a look. The Corvelyn is rated 4.7 out of 5 by more than 270 women, it comes in pink, beige, grey, blue, brown and black, in sizes 3.5 to 9 — and at half price the neutral colours go first.