Shoe sizes and generosity

[AnyDream]

Shoes are definitely not getting larger. Sorry. I'm shopping in the same patch of the size chart as you, and I think there's just a lot of variation. I have an ugly stepsister big toe, which causes me much grief, sometimes the shoe is the right size but there's just not enough depth in the toe zone. I cope by having very low shoe expectations.

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Do they have your size at sales? I have the most average sized feet of all so they never have my size in anything nice at the sales. I always envy the people with really small and really large feet because they always seem to have lots to choose from at sales.

No, they rarely have my size in the one shop that does sell them (everyone with big feet knows to go there) so no chance of them being there at the sale. Odd for them to have my size in a week after new stock come in! I generally see lots of 33-41s at sales, whole aisles of 37s, 38s and 39s, which covers "popular" sizes.

Shoes are definitely not getting larger. Sorry. I'm shopping in the same patch of the size chart as you, and I think there's just a lot of variation. I have an ugly stepsister big toe, which causes me much grief, sometimes the shoe is the right size but there's just not enough depth in the toe zone. I cope by having very low shoe expectations.

So do I, MD, which is why I was amazed these fit. My only expectation is that I not be shown men's shoes when out shopping, but even that's more of an "I'll leave the shop now" moment than an expectation.

hun i know exactly how you feel but i honestly don't think they are getting more generous.
I am a size 12 (size 44? ) and sometimes even then i think i need bigger.

I can't buy heels, in the standard shops they go to an 11 and i can't even get close, even in a size 12 my feet are generally too wide.
I don't think i could even walk in heels if i tried now it's been that long since i wore some.

YAY for finding shoes that fit, hopefully the trend there is a little more generous now.

I was in heels from a very young age - my feet have been in women's sizes since junior school and no-one with women's size feet in the 80s wore flats, or at least I didn't. I find flats difficult to manage.

I'm still excited. Plus I didn't have to order winter boots from the one shop that does normally do my size and thus saved myself fifty quid.

[sweetpea678]

I can relate but not for me, my 12 year old girl is in size11-12 womens, but still skinny like a 12 year olds. Shoe shopping is such a pain.