The Most Comfortable Sandal Ever!! Kork-Ease Sandals Collection Originally launched in 1953 by a Brooklyn-based shoe company, Kork-Ease became an instant hit thanks to their simple, handmade design and super lightweight materials, which added height without making it feel like you had two bricks strapped to your feet. Originally created in the 50's as a comfort shoe, Kork-Ease burst into the fashion scene as a must-have in the 70's. Bette Midler wore them. Designer Betsy Johnson owned at least 10 pairs. Any respectable hipster under 30 owned at least one pair of them. Celebrated and adored, Kork-Ease spawned a variety of wedge 'wanabees.' At the peak of the shoes' popularity in the mid-'70s, every fashionista worth her Landlubbers had at least once pair of the comfy kicks, and the style pretty much came to define The Me Decade. No wonder the Kork-Ease wedge earned a permanent place in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's Landmark Shoe Collection (which includes only 25 types of shoes in its entire collection). Today's Kork-Ease sandals boast the same materials - featherweight cork bottom, super soft leather upper - that made the original so popular.