[Poll] Shoe sizes

[dancefloorlandmine]

OK, this is quite a long one, due to pollage, but was inspired by [Poll #391500](If you've got an assortment of differently sized shoes, please pick your usual size. If you don't know what UK size you take, the link above has a comparison table.)

OK, so I'm both bored and curious ...

EDIT: nils, is there something you want to share with the group? [grin] There's always one ...

Comments

[hsb.livejournal.com]

I have the opposite problem. I have extremely narrow feet, a high instep, and I'm size 5, which is a very average size, so there's never anything in the sale. When I first outgrew shoes with width fittings, it used to take ages to find school shoes and summer shoes were impossible. In fact, I still find it hard to find summer shoes. My mother, in despair, ended up taking me to Harrods and buying me excessively expensive shoes that I was under orders to be extremely careful with.

It is rare for me to find shoes that cost less than 50 quid, smart ones usually cost double that, and I have kept one pair of summer shoes going since I was about 15. I look in every shoe sale rack, on the off chance. My only comfort is that Pratchett line about 50 dollar shoes as opposed to 10 dollar shoes.

I cannot wear New Rocks and Swears are a bit of a challenge. Their shallow shoes are terribly comfortable, and at 20 quid in the sale, the best value shoes I own, but the high shoes swill about and need insoles. Boots work slightly better, but I tend to have problems with certain types of heel.

I hate my feet

H

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

I'm with you all the way. I'm a size 3, which means some shops don't even stock my size! And I have incredibly narrow feet - when I was a kid I had to get my shoes specially made for years because I wasn't in the standard width fittings. I also have a high instep and, weirdly, low ankle-bones.

I'm fine with boots as I can just put insoles in and lace them up tight to support the foot. Delicate, pretty shoes just don't happen, though.

Apparently Italian shoes are narrower, but they're prohibitively expensive over here.

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

Aww such teeny feet! Oooh! Bless.

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

*grumph* Not. Big and scary. Grrrrrr.

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

I'll be honest, your feet do not look that small. They look perfect for you.

I've always wanted small, cute feet but I'd fall over. A lot.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwwwwwww! Bless! [stroke] Ow! She bit me! [grin]

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

Serves you right, going about touching peoples' feet.
That could get you kicked in the throat! (yes, I have ticklish feet. EXTREMELY so.)

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

It's not that my feet art ticklish - I just cannot bear having them touched. It's a major squick.

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. Heidi LOATHES feet, she simply can't bear them. Not even her own and if someone actually touches her foot - she's off and running. Hates it she does.

Tex has only got to look like he's going to touch my foot and I curl up into a ball. It's quite inconvenient.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Not your feet I was intending to stroke!

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

[ahem] Not intending to stroke valkyriekaren's feet.

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

[snork]

*tickles beard*

[hsb.livejournal.com]

It was Italian shoes my mother resorted to in Harrods - Ferrogama (sp?) or something. Unfortunately, Italian taste in shoes (esp in the late 80s) had a tendency to gold lame and overdecoration, which was a problem. When my feet finally got wide enough to fit *some* UK styles, my ma was greatly relieved. When I discovered that you could wear boots all year, I was relieved. But now I need work shoes.

The sandals that have lasted 15 years were 150 quid, if I remember correctly, which is a hell of a lot to spend on shoes for a teenager. But I have worn them a lot, over the years, and I still like the style of them. In fact, I gave serious thought to getting them copied last year, when I ripped them on an escalator. Instead, I mended them. But I'm still tempted to get them copied. Where does one get shoes copied?

H

[miss-soap.livejournal.com]

Salvatore Ferragamo. Still a favourite with Sloane girls everywhere. :)

[thalinoviel.livejournal.com]

Boys school shoes are blessedly wide, and usually you can find fairly plain black loafers, suitable for work. You might find you want a 4 not a 5 in some shops as manufacturers allow "room for growth."

I always wear DM boots and trouser suits, meself. Saves the whole "ladder in my tights" crisis.

[hsb.livejournal.com]

I have narrow feet, not wide.

H

[lunacia.livejournal.com]

Size 3 is easier than size 2, though...

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

I know about the heel thing. I simply cannot wear anything with a slant to it, it has to be the flat Swear type platformy heels.

The other drawback is that I can't wear backless sandals or shoes because, when I have an MS attack and my feet go numb, I have been known to walk out of my shoes and leave them behind without noticing! Boots for me!