Summertime footwear can be extreme: too-high strappy sandals that are simply painful; or, on the trendier front, all of those Birkenstocks and Teva styles. And maybe you’re just not a woman who is crazy about showing off her feet. In the face of all that, demure closed-toe pumps are now looking right, and nicely refined, for the office and for evening hours. At the recent CFDA awards, Marion Cotillard, left, glorious as always, wore a Dior pair with her haute couture dress. Few of us will be wearing couture, but we can pull off the elegant statement with any of these closed-toe options and, perhaps, a pencil skirt and mannish button-down or a smart cocktail dress.
