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I purchased a pair of Nina shoes years ago... they were one of the most comfortable flats I have ever purchase. I am 5'7 and wear a 6.5 which is considered to be small; therefore, my feet start hurting faster than the average person. Hope this helps.
I was just wondering the same thing while on Zappos website a few minutes ago. Hopefully you get some comments on this. I will be following.
I can't speak about the flats but I bought Nina heeled shoes for my wedding and I couldn't wait to take them off. Nice for the first half hour but painful after and that was with a Dr. Scholl's insert.
I am sure you will have better look with the flats as there shouldn't be too much pressure on your feet like a heeled shoe can do.
@ RoddyBride09, Thanks for the info. I would be getting heels, so that is good to know!
@Roddy: did you break them in before wearing them for your wedding? If so, how long did you break them in for?
I have a pair of Nina's that I bought for the wedding and love and they are comfy, but i've only worn them for maybe 10 minutes at a time...I'm hoping that if I start breaking them in now they may be more comfortable or if I should start looking for something else completely!
My friend wore a pair of beautiful closed toe pointy Nina heels on her wedding day and said they were the most uncomfortable shoes she ever wore. She was dying by the end of the night, even after she took them off.
I have no personal experience with them.
Oh no! Don't tell me this! I'm in lust with a pair of royal purple round toe nina pumps. *dies*
@Hunny - good question. I really didn't break them in. Never really had to do that with shoes before. I think the heel may have been a little too high. I think they were either 3.25 or 3.5 in heel. However, when my cousin saw I was wearing Nina's she did make the comment, "I love their shoes but they hurt like heck". I know that doesn't mean much. Oh and I should mention, my sister had the same shoe and also was waiting to take them off. It really could just be the shoe.
My friends shoes were also on super sale as they were being discontinued, so maybe that had something to do with it..
Interesting. I bought Nina heels for my wedding specifically because I've never had problems with the brand and knew I'd be comfortable. I picked the Forbes in new navy with a 3 inch heel.
Keep in mind that any heel over about 3.5 inches is going to be painful unless you're in the habit of wearing shoes that intense.
I found Nina heels very uncomfortable. No padding, narrow, etc. I returned both pairs I ordered from Zappos. Cute but no way I could wear them for more than 30 minutes without pain.
Sorry the original post made it seem like I was looking at flats but I was looking at the 2.5 inch Nina Culver. I am having second thoughts after reading these posts though.
I have a pair that I will be wearing to my rehersal dinner...they are cute but *not* the most comfortable. You could try them just for the ceremony and change into cute ballet flats? Or use foot petals with them?
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For me, the Nina's tend to run pretty narrow (I think someone already mentioned that) but I have a very high arch, so anything that runs wider usually fits me better.
I think that with any formal shoe - you'd have to break them in. Most BM/formal shoes I've ever worn I've had to break in. I usually wear them around the house with thick sports socks, or I put moleskin (felt padding - cheap at most drugstores) on the inside to pad my foot & so it stretches out the shoe.
Also, most good shoe repair stores can stretch a shoe out for you if you need it - I bring new boots to my shoe guy all the time.
@Dancy905 good tip about wearing them in with the sports socks, hadn't thought of that.
I happen to wear Nina shoes very often because they have such cute styles but don't break the bank ;)
I was in my friends wedding last Fall and we wore the Culver with a 4 inch heel (cause we are all short!). I broke mine in before the wedding...I wore them to a cocktail party a few weeks before the wedding. 3 out of 4 of us danced the night away at the wedding in our heels...we are pretty die-hard heel wearers though :)
One thing I would advise is going up a half size...I wear a 7 in most shoes and a 7.5 in Nina because of the narrowness of the shoes.
Hope this helps!
I got a pair of gorgeous nina heels for a wedding I was a bridesmaid in. Let's just say I ended up in bare feet for the second half of the night. In the shoes' defense, It was the first time I wore them. But they were super painful after the first hour.
I wore the Nina Culver for my wedding and darling, don't go there. My feet were hurting and I had to take them off for the photos, and then during the ceremony the were killing me. fine for ten minutes, but when I wore them for an hour for my dress fitting and hemming, I was like "Oh NO!!!"
Bad news. Baaa-aaa-aad news.
I am wearing the Nina Parys 1 inch heels. they arent AMAZINGLY comfortable but at the same time they arent hurting my feet. I did try on a pair of her 4 inch heels and within 5 min my feet were DYING!
I am wearing Nina Electras for my wedding. They have 4" heels. I am used to wearing heals though. For me they are comfortable. If you are not used to wearing heals, you will not be comfortable in any heel. The 2 1/2" heel that you are contemplating should be okay for you, if you practice wearing them prior to your wedding. Practice walking on different types of surfaces and going up and down stairs.
I wore silver Culvers as a bridesmaid this summer, and they were fine. In fact, the bride gave me flip-flops to wear later in the evening, but I didn't have to switch into them until about midnight. And then, after I did, the bride's own feet started to hurt (she was wearing different shoes, and had forgotten her flats at home). So I put my Culver shoes back on and gave her the flip flops! Of course, my feet were a little sore, but I think that is inevitable after an entire day of standing and dancing!!
It appears that love/hate of Nina shoes has to do with how wide or narrow your foot is. I am a heel-wearer. Not a champion heel-wearer, but a decent one and I think Nina shoes are craptastically uncomfortable, sadly because they're so cute! BUT, they do run narrow and my feet are particularly wide at the ball. I ordered about 4 pairs to try on from Zappos and all of them went back. I found the satin really unforgiving.
You *could* break them in, I suppose, but my rule of thumb is that if it's not comfortable out of the box, it's never going to be comfortable. But order from Zappos and you get free shipping both ways and hassle-free returns for up to a year. Seems like a good way to try it.
I was in a wedding last year and I bought Ninas to go with my BM dress. They were beautiful and comfortable. I danced in them all night and didn't have any issues. I did find that they were a tiny bit narrow, which is typically not an issue for me. I just bought mine a half size larger and they were fine.
I wear higher heels pretty regularly, so take it with a grain of salt...
I have worn high ninas and mid-height ninas and have found them as comfortable as any other heeled shoe.
I would suggest regardless of the shoe you choose to buy some inserts or padding to help reduce the stress on your feet!
I recently purchased Nina Electra. I got 1/2 a size larger and they just weren't comfortable for me. Plus, they made a rubbing sound when I walked (top of my toe hit the interior of the shoe). I was a bit disappointed as they are reallyk, really cute.
I have a pair of sparkly Ninas, bronze & silver heels & they are surprisingly comfy. Just wore them to dinner last night.
My Ninas weren't comfortable for long wear. It wasn't even the height of the heel, they were only 2.5 inches tall. The heel area must have been a little stiff. By the end of the night my ankles were rubbed raw and I needed to change into flip flops.
I think they would have been ok if I hadn't walked so much. We walked a fair amount taking pics before the ceremony.
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I ordered a gorgeous pair of satin peep toes from nina. I wore them for 5 minutes and returned them. They are SO narrow!
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I do not wear heels that often. I am more into flats and sandals but I am loving the Nina shoes I am seeing. Are they comfy for a whole day of wedding wear?