Today I wore my black cloak military shirt,
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(left the bottom button unbottoned so that my white t-shirt I layered beneath it would show though at my waist)...light colored spring distressed seven for all mankind jeans to match the new spring weather, and my Bandolino croco pumps without socks. If anyone looked down at my feet, it was obvious I was wearing womens croco pumps without socks.
And a few people did look down at my first stop at Barnes and Noble in Chelsea. In fact, a female employee looked down right at my feet as I was passing her in the aisle way. She looked up at me and smiled and said hello. Obviously, no big deal to her. To echo the conclusions of others here:
most people don't care what you wear on your feet.
Then I went to the mens restroom. The first guy I passed looked down at my feet, but didn't do an obvious double take (not that I was even looking for that actually). Clicked my way to the stall, ..., washed my hands and then I perused the self help section again, grabbed a book on sales, and headed upstairs to the cafe lounge. Ordered my usual double mocha, headed to an empty table and enjoyed myself.
People just don't care what you wear on your feet for the most part, and like others have said, most are too polite to say anything if they do notice. After Barnes and Noble, I took the subway in my pumps to Penn Station. Sill, the same lack of reaction was omnipresent. People don't care and thats even when you are stepping over their bags, standing right besides them.
It was a non-chalant experience again, with no undue attention drawn to myself. Others didn't care and I just "lived my life and did my thing"