unopinionated
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I worked in a shoe store as a teen so Im not an absolute newb.
Over the years my feet have grown.....from 12 in high school to as much as a 15 today.
My 10 y.o. Kenneth Cole dress shoes are a size 13 and fit fine.
My Allen Edmond tassle slip-ons are just a tad loose at 14.
My last pair of New Balance were 15s but now holey.
I just bought a 15 Nike Air Max Torch 4 last week out of desperation rather than appeal but when I tried wearing them in the house they felt like okay lengthwise but like a silver dollar was in my shoe and pressing against the bottom of my foot from the ball and across laterally.
So, I went online and bougtht two pairs of New Balance also in 15 since that worked for me with the last pair. I thought there may be variance between mfr (Nike, Adidas, Puma run small) but that within the NB ecosystem a 15 is a 15 is a 15. Well, it is not. The MT980v1 was both too short. My toe was touching the end on the front side. The other pair, the M890GY4, lighter and for running was a little less noticeable touch against the big toe (but still noticeable when walking). This shoe, too, I felt the 'silver dollar' effect under the ball joint to third toe, laterally. The fabric of the shoe looks snug against the top of my foot by the balljoint and I'm starting to wonder if the 'silver dollar' effect is actually a result of the shoe being too narrow, bundling my foot together and pressing it down into the sole, thus the pressure. The Brannock device says that I am just shy of the 14-line and based upon that length that I am a C-D width.......so supposedly I am narrower than normal and a D should be fine.
Shopping for shoes is absolute misery because not only is there very little in stock in my size but also little variety as well. I am now at the upper limits of what these manufacturers make unless I want the Black or White Herman Munster leather shoes that I see Seniors wearing as they walk around the mall in the morning. You would think it would be in a mfrs best interest to be consistent in sizing so as to minimize customer frustration as well as to decrease cost of returns.
There are other threads on here addressing 'pinched toes' and length but not much addressing the telltale sensation of wearing a shoe that is too narrow or too wide. Wearing shoes too narrow is neither good for the foot or for the shoe and I imagine they do not stretch much but rather would rip. I am now in a position where I think I need to return all three pairs, one a 120-mile roundtrip and the other two via USPS to 6pm.com and just wear the boxes around on my feet.
Over the years my feet have grown.....from 12 in high school to as much as a 15 today.
My 10 y.o. Kenneth Cole dress shoes are a size 13 and fit fine.
My Allen Edmond tassle slip-ons are just a tad loose at 14.
My last pair of New Balance were 15s but now holey.
I just bought a 15 Nike Air Max Torch 4 last week out of desperation rather than appeal but when I tried wearing them in the house they felt like okay lengthwise but like a silver dollar was in my shoe and pressing against the bottom of my foot from the ball and across laterally.
So, I went online and bougtht two pairs of New Balance also in 15 since that worked for me with the last pair. I thought there may be variance between mfr (Nike, Adidas, Puma run small) but that within the NB ecosystem a 15 is a 15 is a 15. Well, it is not. The MT980v1 was both too short. My toe was touching the end on the front side. The other pair, the M890GY4, lighter and for running was a little less noticeable touch against the big toe (but still noticeable when walking). This shoe, too, I felt the 'silver dollar' effect under the ball joint to third toe, laterally. The fabric of the shoe looks snug against the top of my foot by the balljoint and I'm starting to wonder if the 'silver dollar' effect is actually a result of the shoe being too narrow, bundling my foot together and pressing it down into the sole, thus the pressure. The Brannock device says that I am just shy of the 14-line and based upon that length that I am a C-D width.......so supposedly I am narrower than normal and a D should be fine.
Shopping for shoes is absolute misery because not only is there very little in stock in my size but also little variety as well. I am now at the upper limits of what these manufacturers make unless I want the Black or White Herman Munster leather shoes that I see Seniors wearing as they walk around the mall in the morning. You would think it would be in a mfrs best interest to be consistent in sizing so as to minimize customer frustration as well as to decrease cost of returns.
There are other threads on here addressing 'pinched toes' and length but not much addressing the telltale sensation of wearing a shoe that is too narrow or too wide. Wearing shoes too narrow is neither good for the foot or for the shoe and I imagine they do not stretch much but rather would rip. I am now in a position where I think I need to return all three pairs, one a 120-mile roundtrip and the other two via USPS to 6pm.com and just wear the boxes around on my feet.
