ShaneB
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Hi all,
was hoping someone could help at all:
I plan on ordering some bespoke shoes, and specifically some shoes from central/eastern Europe (seems to be very reasonably priced and with good quality when compared to more established names); being based in the UK I'm obviously not too thrilled about the prospect of jumping on a plane just so someone can wrap a tape around my foot. Many of the bespoke shoemakers give explicit instructions as to how to do the measuring yourself: I don't want to take the risk. Would a shoemaker a bit closer to home be happy to professionally take my foot measurements? Or would this be construed as an egregious insult!?
A question for the English members (and perhaps I'm being naive here as I've never ordered a pair of bespoke shoes before) - but Clarks the shoe store measure peoples feet and seem to have the tools necessary to do that; I'm unsure as to how scientific the actual measuring has to be and whether they'd be a noticeable difference between a sales assistant and a professional cobbler measuring my feet.
Any help is appreciated.
was hoping someone could help at all:
I plan on ordering some bespoke shoes, and specifically some shoes from central/eastern Europe (seems to be very reasonably priced and with good quality when compared to more established names); being based in the UK I'm obviously not too thrilled about the prospect of jumping on a plane just so someone can wrap a tape around my foot. Many of the bespoke shoemakers give explicit instructions as to how to do the measuring yourself: I don't want to take the risk. Would a shoemaker a bit closer to home be happy to professionally take my foot measurements? Or would this be construed as an egregious insult!?
A question for the English members (and perhaps I'm being naive here as I've never ordered a pair of bespoke shoes before) - but Clarks the shoe store measure peoples feet and seem to have the tools necessary to do that; I'm unsure as to how scientific the actual measuring has to be and whether they'd be a noticeable difference between a sales assistant and a professional cobbler measuring my feet.
Any help is appreciated.