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Shoe experts: Vintage Nettleton's sized "B/D" -- is it a "B," "D" or something else?

post #1 of 5
1/19/12 at 4:40am
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Like this:

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ANd what's the deal? Is it a "U.S. D" as we know it today but when these shoes were made, "B" was an older standard with which some wearers would be familiar...or something like that (i.e. they're U.S. B's but Nettleton's were sold in another country where "D" was an equivalent?)


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post #2 of 5
1/19/12 at 4:51am
Try posting this in the Alden thread, they go by the same sizing scale.
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post #3 of 5
1/19/12 at 4:58am
i think that for alden the ratio [b/d, c/e etc] signify heel width/ball width.
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post #4 of 5
1/19/12 at 6:08am
I used to have a pair of Nettletons, and yeah they use pretty much the same formula as Alden for width sizing. So your B/D width shoes are essentially what most makers would consider a standard D width, meaning they're not wide and not narrow. The B signifies that while the shoe is a standard D width, the heel is actually a little narrower and is measured at a B width. I think the pair of Nettletons I had (which were a narrow overall width) explicity labeled the width on the inside of the shoe as AA (heel) / B. I'm not really a shoe expert so I hope that explanation made sense. smile.gif
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post #5 of 5
1/19/12 at 7:00am
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this makes sense, thanks
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