What constitutes of a shoe that is too big?

[MyOtherLife]



Dear Man of Lint,

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Cheers Loser.

You waited 2 years and 4 months after my post to get this off your chest? I am impressed by your remarkable restraint. Anxiously anticipating your 2016 posts.
In the interim, please make friends with the lurking VinnyMac (my own personal stalker). I am sure you'll both have loads to talk about. Welcome to Styleforum cfib.

 

[jgolig]

I've got a question about shoe width. I just bought a pair of AE Fifth Avenues in 10.5 E. I tried on the D, but it was definitely too tight as the V in the laces was rather dramatic. But now that I've got the Es, I've noticed that the area above the heel may be too wide. The leather is bowing out on both sides of my ankle when I walk and I can easily stick my index fingers down both sides of the shoe at the same time. In addition, the leather above the heels on the sides doesn't look taut or straight at all, it looks loose and wavy if that makes sense, like there is too much leather there or like it needs a very wide back end of a foot to fill it out. Does this sound like a problem? Or is this normal? Suggestions?