When you're on your feet for hours at a time, at work and at play, one thing you very quickly come to appreciate is how well your shoes look after your feet. At the end of the day, there is nothing worse than having to extract soggy, swollen, agonisingly painful feet from a pair of shoes, and know you'll have to re-insert them in a few hours' time.

What you can have instead is a strong pair of shoes that are supremely comfortable, protect your feet from knocks and bangs, support your arches, and allow your feet to breathe. These shoes should make it so that at the end of the day, you are virtually skipping out of your shoes, unaware of your feet, and looking forward to your next shift, your next outing.

And wouldn't it be wonderful if these shoes did NOT look like they had come straight from the shoe-maker's equivalent of Dr Frankenstein's lab? All ugly and clumpy and graceless?

The shoes that will give your feet this level of protection, and look smart enough to wear out to dinner are Dansko Marcelle shoes.

Dansko shoes are extremely comfortable. The level of comfort they deliver continues to surprise their wearers every day.

They are shaped to fit the irregular shapes of feet. In this way, they support your arches fully.

Because of the special engineering that has gone into the construction of the heel, you don't get blisters in these shoes. Even when new.

The special heel also allows you to move your feet almost as if you are barefoot. It's remarkable. Takes a little bit of getting used to. And as a result, the backs of your heels, your legs and your hips are not sore.

All Dansko Marcelle shoes are made from good quality leather so your feet can breathe, and all parts of your feet are protected always.