Ringing in the new year doesn’t have to mean donning heels of the tallest order. When it comes to her Zvelle shoes, local designer Elle AyoubZadeh is all about pairing comfort with style, while celebrating her Persian heritage. It takes over 200 people to craft these super-soft napa leather pumps with a block heel and not hearts, but ‘panj’ — the Farsi symbol for five, representing independence. What better way to enter 2017?