Shoemakers, take note: US14 more common than either 13 or 10!

[Proleet]

The study, done by respected scientists at respected institutions, shows what it shows. It's doesn't claim to be a cross section of the entire population. The size or the sample is in the graph for all to see. To dispute what it shows is laughable. In addition to not understanding this, you have no manners – pretty funny on a board about gentleman style. Maybe you should look for an anger management board instead of one about how to dress like a gentleman.

then maybe work on how you interpret that data as your conclusion simply isn’t warranted. If you consider a reaction like this to point to a need for anger management…dear lord.

 

[Monsieur de Givenchy]

you further write "By this study, economically, they would do better eliminating sizes 10 or 13 than size 14." Aren't you clearly implying by these statements that you think this should apply to the general population?

I'd say you're the stubborn one, my friend. Of course, you are free to assume whatever you feel I'm implying. But even in what you quote of me, I'm clearly *saying* "By this study, the would do better", a study which I clearly say that it is of Australians age 60+, and where my graph clearly shows that the sample size is . I don't know how much more clearly one can show that this is not the "general population".

But it can't be irrelevant that a group of a few hundred 60+ Australians that a major university and Nike consider a relevant sample clearly show a need for size 14 shoes.

Why are you fighting this?

 

[Monsieur de Givenchy]

then maybe work on how you interpret that data as your conclusion simply isn’t warranted. If you consider a reaction like this to point to a need for anger management…dear lord.

You are truly living up to your name.

 

[Phileas Fogg]

You do like to pontificate, don't you? Why don't you read a little more carefully before complaining about what you think you read. What I said was: the big brands do NOT cut themselves off from this important markets, so smaller brands should perhaps take note and also offer these sizes.

As for the idea that older people no longer need formal footwear – that I think is just strange. I don't know what kind of people you associate with, but I haven't found retirees who liked the good shoemakers suddenly switch to Rockport and Cole Haan simply because the nice shoes are no longer needed for a promotion.

it won’t be the first time.


Who are the smaller brands?

 

[Nyarlathotep]

You are truly living up to your name.

How is he living up to his name? Pro-leet (as in 1337) Prole E.T, what?

 

[breakaway01]

But it can't be irrelevant that a group of a few hundred 60+ Australians that a major university and Nike consider a relevant sample clearly show a need for size 14 shoes.

Why are you fighting this?

because you're factually wrong about at least a couple of points in that one sentence and don't seem to know how to interpret the study in that you are making sensationalist statements (see title thread) that aren't properly supported by the actual data.

Factually wrong:
1. Not funded or supported by Nike. One of the authors currently works for Nike but the study itself was not supported by Nike and she apparently was not working for Nike when the study was performed.
2. Only 158 men in the study, not a "few hundred". The results from the women are irrelevant with regards to the size distribution of men.

It took me 5 minutes to find a study of foot measurement data from 547,969 men from 3 continents. Why are you so determined to defend a study of 158 older men from Australia that you had nothing to do with?

 

[Monsieur de Givenchy]

How is he living up to his name? Pro-leet (as in 1337) Prole E.T, what?

So, in Dutch and many other languages, it means "prole", as in a pejorative form of "proletarian"

 

[Monsieur de Givenchy]

Why are you so determined to defend a study of 158 older men from Australia that you had nothing to do with?

To incentivize people to make size 14, of course!!!

 

[Phileas Fogg]

To incentivize people to make size 14, of course!!!

I’ll ask again; who?

 

[Proleet]

You are truly living up to your name.

are you 15 years old? Or just a troll?

plus aren’t we all members of the proletariat? or do you want to pretend you’re of noble blood or a “global elite”?

 

[Spinster Jones]

I also 14 (47-48). You very right. Big Tall Store make much money with them. Because is very commons.

Welcome to Styleforum.

How interesting that your first post is in a rather peculiar thread about largely sized feet, and that you - by happen-chance - have to have the exact size OP is using as an argument!

Well, I'll be damned! If I would guess the percentage of this happening, like the Monsieur reads his academic papers, I would say that this is higly likely to happen on any given day!

 

[Spinster Jones]

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