**Archive post note**
July 2023: Back in 2012, we reported on a new shoe brand called Nael Coce which made high heels with built in flats as liners.
Nael Coce (which is “Eco Clean” written backwards) promised to “save womankind from the epidemic of painful heels”. It was founded in 2011 and officially launched in March 2012.
If you’re wondering what happened to Nael Coce shoes, the answer is that the innovative brand seems to have closed down around 2019. Its social media accounts are no longer active and the website has vanished.
We’ve kept our 2012 post below but removed the link to Nael Coce’s website which is dead.
2012 HighHeelsDaily.com post about Nael Coce shoes
Is this the finally the solution to the problem of needing to carry around both flats and heels?
Unlike previous solutions such as detachable-heeled pumps, Sheena Young’s clever new Ambi Platforms are genuine, four inch pumps that happen to come with a built in flat shoe. To wear the pumps, you use the flats as a (concealed) insole. To wear the flats, simply take off the pumps.
These green-soled heels are certainly original thinking. Unlike with detachable-heels, there’s no compromise in the style of the heel because it doesn’t change when you swap to the flats, and vice versa. These really are two shoes in one.
The shoes are also eco friendly, with the insoles are made from a natural, lightweight organic fibre with anti-bacterial features.
While the brand is in its early days – with more styles from the Nael Coce Ambi Collection to be unveiled shortly – it is a promising and fascinating start. The Ambi Platform (pictured directly above) was available from the brand’s website for $70. The pump has a four inch heel with a half inch platform and of course the price includes both the heels and the flats.
