Question about shoe fit.

Originally Posted by Septimus 

Yes.

Less than 1/3 of an inch sounds kind of little, actually.

Originally Posted by gambit50 

Think for a bit. Are shoes shaped exactly like your foot?

Are they not always also longer(even trainers) than your foot?

Pointy shoe will necessarily have 'space' from the tip to your toe.

Perhaps you are not explaining the issue but the shoes do not sound too big.

Originally Posted by glenjay 

a business/dress shoe is never made to fit a foot from heel to toe, it is made to fit your foot from heel to ball (at the base of your large toe). A formula (which usually produces a .3 to .5 inch space) is used to determine the minimum length of the shoe past that point, allowing the designer to define different toe shapes without worrying about shoe length.

If you look at a Brannock Device (the metal device shoe stores use to measure your feet) you will see a sliding device on the side that they should slide up next to the ball of your foot to get the actual size of the shoe you need.



The curvature of the footbed and the taper from the throat of the shoe to the toe also define fit, so your foot doesn't slide back and forth too much.