shoe sizing

[juldea]

According to this method of shoe sizing, I should be wearing a shoe size 7½ ...width E. Does anyone sell width E?


...ooh, this place does.

Comments

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

I have never been to a shoe stores that does NOT sell size E. Often, E is described as "narrow", and they carry E, EE, and EEEE.

This does not help those of us who are a B.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Maybe men's shoes are different, because I've never seen over a C in women's sizes.

[en-ki.livejournal.com]

What I read at New Balance is that, for men, B is narrow, D is normal, E+ wide, and I'm a EEE or EEEE. (And I think B was the normal width for women.)

juldea, I'm happy with the Magnum boots I got from bootbay.com, and I was happy with my sneakers from the New Balance outlet in Allston before I wore them through too many salty snowdrifts and they disintegrated.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Please note the chart on the page I linked:

Women's Shoe Size Chart
Shoe Widths: A B (Standard) C

Men's Shoe Size Chart
Shoe Widths: C D (Standard) E

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Well, that's a bald-faced lie. C used to be standard for both. I wonder when this piece of history was revised.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Somewhere in the last 25 years, as (as I've said) I've never seen anything above a C in women's shoe stores, and those are hard to find.

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Not the women's sizes piece of history, the "men's E is average" piece of history.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Oh.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

No, it's saying D is average. C, D (standard), E. Formatting was ambiguous.

[oakleaf-mirror.livejournal.com]

I'd take that chart with a grain of salt, or two. It says I should be a size 9½. Because my foot is so wide, and I have a high instep (which they don't take into account in the tracing), I usually end up in an 11 wide, or a 12 medium.

FWIW, Easy Spirit often carries wide or extra-wide shoes.

[trg.livejournal.com]

Single-wide women's shoes are in many stores.

In women's sizes I'm an 8.5 double wide. (You have to buy custom shoes if you want wider in women's shoes). In men's sizes I'm a usually a 7E, occasionally a 7EE. Additionally I have high arches, so even then they may not fit.

Shoe buying is a pain in the foot and the pocket book. I rarely pay less than $150 for a pair of shoes that fit. (Sneakers are less.)

The Tannery in Harvard Square has several brands that make wide widths. As for sports shoes, I just shop in the Men's side of the store.

If you find somewhere else local with variety, please let me know. I'd love to have an alternative.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Obviously custom-fit shoes should come back as commonplace. :P

[londo.livejournal.com]

Are you calling your feet fat?

[juldea.livejournal.com]

You don't love me anymore! *cries*