Carmina Shoes - Definitive Thread (reviews, advice, sizing, etc...) - official thread.

[Fiddler]

 

[Frank the sheep]

Oooops
The MTO thread got deleted "because it infringes on the privileges of our paying sponsors". You learn something every day

Got a email from Skoaktiebolaget and they told me they sent a group PM to those who signed up earlier. If you didn´t get it PM me and i´ll forward it.

 

[Saratorial_Splender]



I´ve just started The official Carmina MTO thread! All info on this MTO will be posted in that thread.
My original post is there, feel free to post things i might have forgotten.
http://www.styleforum.net/t/317923/the-official-carmina-mto-thread/0_50

Please keep the discussion in this thread since they deleted the MTO thread. Who did we infringe upon? Epaulet perhaps??

 

[stevent]

"My colleague Daniel who is familiar with Aldens also wears Oscar in size 9 and 10D on the Barrie last, describing the fit "similar but slightly shorter". He wears 9,5D on the Trubalance last. However, in both EG and G&G he prefers 9,5E."

So he said take Barrie last size? If I'm a 10.5 in Barrie then I'd take 9.5 UK? Length is slightly longer but I can't really go down for width...


Also would prefer double danite sole vs single

 

[Frank the sheep]

I wear 8E in GG and 7.5E in the three Carmina last i have, Rain, Detroit and Forest. If Oscar is wider than these i´ll go for a UK7.

Double dainite for me.

 

[stevent]

Google let me to one of the shop owners instagrams, looks like it's a pretty round last, but not that wide compared to Alden?

 

[justinkapur]

this is gonna be a no brainer but I have to ask to be 100% sure. Alden is top and carmina is on the bottom? If so the oscar last looks good

 

[SpiffEngineer]

"My colleague Daniel who is familiar with Aldens also wears Oscar in size 9 and 10D on the Barrie last, describing the fit "similar but slightly shorter". He wears 9,5D on the Trubalance last. However, in both EG and G&G he prefers 9,5E."
So he said take Barrie last size? If I'm a 10.5 in Barrie then I'd take 9.5 UK? Length is slightly longer but I can't really go down for width...
Also would prefer double danite sole vs single

The consensus from the Carmina sizing thread is that your Carmina size should be 1/2 smaller than your barrie, and 1 full size smaller than your normal US size (i.e. I am 8US, 7.5 Barrie, 7UK Carmina).

 

[NAMOR]

Oscar on bottom?

 

[NAMOR]



this is gonna be a no brainer but I have to ask to be 100% sure. Alden is top and carmina is on the bottom? If so the oscar last looks good

I think so too. Carmina's wide is comparable to an Alden "normal" width me thinks

 

[stevent]

Yeah pretty sure it's alden top carmina bottom, not sure how to size as it seems right between d and e for the oscar last...

 

[NAMOR]

For what it's worth, Betty recommends sizing down 1 size in all Carmina lasts

 

[justinkapur]



For what it's worth, Betty recommends sizing down 1 size in all Carmina lasts

+1

I remember reading that online from a few sources. But of course Betty is the best source for that info.

 

[stevent]

Yeah one down my d width size would be 10UK, but if there's more width, I could do 9.5 UK. Want to minimize creasing if possible...

 

[justinkapur]



Yeah one down my d width size would be 10UK, but if there's more width, I could do 9.5 UK. Want to minimize creasing if possible...

i was worried about that also. I hate when the size is too big. But I think someone was saying the last is a little shorter? I dont know if that was for this last.