
Lastly, while the boots can absolutely cinch down for thin ankles: In the boots, which are very flexible and have a different sole, I barely notice it. I feel that arch cut-on in the ballerina more than the boots, but know that it is there and people with very low arches should be aware of this. Second, the curve of the sole in Ahinsa shoes is quite strong, and that will not work for everyone. Women, though, it works, at least the way I’ve done it.

I have a high volume foot for a woman, but men with even higher high volume feet will probably not do well in these. I was fortunate to find this out in advance, so automatically sized up 1 to account for this, which I’ll discuss more below. The shoes are built on the expectation that you have a very flat foot profile from front to back. The ‘waist’ of the shoe (which equates to the Vamp in the Ballerina review) is snug. Those are the perks, but there are a few more things to consider with Ahinsa.įirst, the instep of these is more medium volume at best. If this toe box still isn’t wide enough for you, check out the Extra Wide option available in their Bindu model. You can check out a similar toe box in the Ballerina model I previously reviewed and know that even with my wide feet I can easily wear Correct Toes inside these and you’ll never know it. FitĪhinsa Shoes has two things in common across every model: they will always be vegan, and they will always have an amazing toe box. The distinctive part is here, with one of the widest standard toe boxes available to us in barefoot shoes. Otherwise, they are usually able to completely lace up. Bunched up jeans like at the end of this review is the one place where I cannot do up the final eyelet (wide calf problems). They’re unassuming on their own, and will slot in easily. You can wear these all kinds of ways, with any outfit that works with black boots. At the beginning, I gave them an all-black treatment:īut more recently, I have paired them with my favorite types of outfits: colorful! I received these near the end of boot weather earlier in 2021, so have taken awhile with them and waited for boot weather to return because, being a vegan leather, they can run warm. My reviewed model is solid black with black sole and black laces (it can very easily look grey in pics, but it’s very black) and the alternatives are red or brown with a black sole. The Jaya boot is a low-key lace-up boot that can work for an elegant or funky style.



Ahinsa Shoes is a very principled company helmed by a physiotherapist who set out to bring us shoes that would allow feet, and entire bodies, to operate optimally.
