Ill fitting Edward Green's

[CriticalFish]

I have a pair of EGs on the 82 last that are a little loose in the heel. I probably should have gone down a 1/2 size, but they were too hard to resist at the price.

Is there anything I can do about this or do I have to live with it?

 

[lawyerdad]

Originally Posted by CriticalFish

I have a pair of EGs on the 82 last that are a little loose in the heel. I probably should have gone down a 1/2 size, but they were too hard to resist at the price.

Is there anything I can do about this or do I have to live with it?

Have you tried heel/tongue pads? They can really help when a shoe is just a little big.

 

[TheFoo]

My Lobbs have always started off a little loose in the heel, but seem to grip a bit better over time. Maybe if you just wear your EGs a bit, they'll improve.

 

[RJman]

I've learned the hard way that with shoes, never compromise on fit because of a great price.

If they're just a bit loose, they might grip better with wear. However, are they slip-ons or lace-ups? If slip-ons, you need all the grip you can get...

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by RJman

If they're just a bit loose, they might grip better with wear.

Ah, so this isn't just my own freak experience. I wonder why this happens. I imagine it's a combination of your foot swelling and the downward pressure of your heel forcing the leather to collapse inward a bit.

 

[speedster.8]

I would think it was due to wear. As you move in the shoe it will adapt slightly, any leather will take shape given heat & humidity ... That is also one reason you should never have trees that exert to much pressure, as the will enlarge your shoes.
So i would think a slightly wide heel on a laced shoe should adapt to your heel.
But as RJ says, for a slip on you need all the grip you can get. I would then look into the tongue pads first ...

My 2c

Speed

 

[bry2000]

There is nothing more uncomfortable than wearing ill-fitting EGs.

 

[CriticalFish]

Are tongue and/or heel pads available from EG?

 

[sartort]

criticalfish,

i've been in your same boat. i got a pair of grants (mto oundle monkstraps w/ a medallion) in an E width fitting. All of my EG/RLPL shoes were a D width fitting, but in the same size mind you.

The E width had too much volume for my foot and the heel slipped a little. Being a monkstrap compounded the problem, whereas an oxford probably would have diminished it. Anyways, I emailed EG and requested a pair of leather sock liners (basically a full length insole) and they sent a pair free of charge! The fit improved dramatically.

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Ah, so this isn't just my own freak experience. I wonder why this happens. I imagine it's a combination of your foot swelling and the downward pressure of your heel forcing the leather to collapse inward a bit.
Also, the sole flexes and the shoe bends -- i.e. it gets broken in.

 

[lawyerdad]

Originally Posted by CriticalFish

Are tongue and/or heel pads available from EG?

I doubt it. I'd just pick up a pair in the shoe/foot care section of your local drug store and try them out. (As someone else suggested, I'd try the tongue pads first.) They might help a lot, and if they don't you're out $1.79 or so.

 

[A Y]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

I wonder why this happens.

Slip-ons stretch over time and become looser. Some shoemakers can tighten them for you every few years to maintain the fit.

--Andre

 

[Will]

Originally Posted by Andre Yew

Some shoemakers can tighten them for you every few years to maintain the fit.


All of them can. Some of them will.

Are you coming to see Mahon next month?