I distinctly remember being thirteen years old and watching my super mature, super cool, super stylish eighteen-year-old sister putting on her bandage skirt, fringe heeled booties and [in retrospect, questionable] tribal top as she got ready to hit the club. Oh, how I yearned to be old enough to shake my booty to the sweet sounds of Flo Rida and have an allowance that could afford me my very own pair of party-worthy pumps.

Fast-forward a decade or so and the club is filled with a sea of identical white sneakers paired with light-wash jeans and maybe a tight white cropped tee. The shoes are not pumping. Flo Rida is definitely not playing. Club culture has changed, and many of us Gen Zers feel let down by the Jersey Shore-induced false promise of clubbing as a lifestyle and are disillusioned with the state of party fashion.

But luckily, we have free will?? Skip the mainstream club if that’s not your thing and wear fabulous strappy heels if you feel like it. Make your own party and never be afraid of being overdressed. And you know what, if you love wearing white sneakers and light-wash jeans to the club, that is also so valid – it's a classic going out uniform for a reason.

However, if you’d like some nostalgically glam alternatives to sneakers that never sacrifice comfort, I’ve got you covered. Here are 5 shoe reccos from our latest collection for every kind of character you’ll encounter on a night on the town.

Being on her Close Friends list is both a blessing and a curse. Is she capturing core memories in her 20-pic minimum IG story or publicly shaming you for your unsavory party antics?

You'll never know, but either way she needs the Bouquet's strappy silhouette and extra height for those cutie x.5 selfies.

What's in her bag? Kleenex, fresh mascara and as many "omg girl, you deserve so much better"s as she can carry. If she's got good advice, she's got even better taste.

These Amoura slingback kitten heels look as good on the dance floor as they do against poorly lit bathroom linoleum.

This one's for anyone that's ever felt personally victimized by the label 'mom friend'. But you're not just any mom, you're Stacy's Mom, you're a hot, trendy, cool MILF, who's not here to mess around.

You'll need the Reinaa, a deliciously butter yellow slingback kitten heel that’s perfect for keeping your degenerate children in line with class, comfort and grace.

"I'll meet you guys there!", she says as she unsuspectingly grabs her own cab from the pre, never to be seen again.

She'll need the Elyiaa in gold, a perfect mesh ballerinas to sneak away without making a peep, leaving just a trail of gleaming glitter in her wake.

The delusional friend who's pulling out the address for the afterparty when you've already mentally called your Uber home.

He needs the Dumont: extra comfy loafers to take him straight from the after to the office.
Send his boss our condolences.

Ah, the social butterfly, the one who got you invited in the first place. You know almost nothing about her cause she's impossible to pin down for more than 5 minutes, but you'd probably be bedrotting on a Friday night if it wasn’t for her.

Our pick for her? The Mariposaa - pretty self-explanatory tbh.

Happy partying kiddos 😉
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