IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FEET.

[rmd]

Women who read my journal... after a weird cellphone conversation with kathrynt involving feet and ranges of sizes and stuff, I want to know about yoru feet! (all sizes are in women's US shoe sizes...)
[Poll #190325]

Comments

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

I'm actually 10-11, and probably D-E, so I sort of bridge categories on both questions. My feet aren't super wide so much as sorta wide and, um, tall? Pads of fat on the tops of my feet sort of thing. Which necessitates wider shoes that will then have mroe up-and-down give.

[coraline]

my impression has always been that size 8 or so was "average" (at least based on what i see in the stores...)
so i think your scale might be a little off.

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

The standard "display shoe" size is a seven, I think. Or at least it used to be...

[firni.livejournal.com]

Oh good, somebody else chose medium... I was afraid to be the only one with stubs for feet.

[tamago.livejournal.com]

my food width is:

How does one measure food? Is that all meals, or just dinner, or...?

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

When I worked in a shoe store, it was size 6. I haven't worn shoes that small since early elementary school, alas.

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

I dread the point in my life that I might become pregnant and have my feet get even larger...and never shrink again!

[quietann.livejournal.com]

I read an article not too long ago about how girls' feet are getting bigger, at least partially because of all the sports they play, and also from *not* wearing confining/restricting shoes. Apparently a 12 year old girl with size 11 (women's) feet isn't that uncommon anymore.

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I was never sure if the display was supposed to be an average size, or just the size that makes shoes look cutest without people saying "OHMIGOD they are so TEENSY!"

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

size depends on the shoe a bunch. i usually am too small for yr basic women's dept shoe store (which starts at 6), otoh my running shoes are labelled 6.5 (and fit perfectly...)

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

I really wear a 10 1/2, so I chose "9-10."
10s are usually too small, and 11s too big. It sucks.

[sweetmmeblue.livejournal.com]

It is not a given that it will happen. My old roommate had her feet grow in width but not length. My feet never swelled. Then again she had the beginnings of gestational diabetes at the end and the includes water retention. I'm not prone to it.

For mt it was my rib cage size that went up and won't come back down.

Regis, there's another poll for you.

[marith.livejournal.com]

My foot width is probably an E.

My food width is the precise diameter of a Ben and Jerry's container. :)

[rmd.livejournal.com]

that's what i remember hearing a while back, which strikes me as ... unrealistic, given the small sample of women's feet i've actually known the sizes of.

hence... A POLL!

[aliza250.livejournal.com]

My feet are VERY wide. My two recommendations:

1. SAS shoes come in widths. Not just "regular" and "wide", but honest-to-goodness lettered sizes. I usually take a 7 or 7 1/2 shoe, but my SAS Walking Shoes in 6 triple-wide are wonderful.

2. Ryka athletic shoes. Designed by women, for women. Women's feet have proportionately wider balls than men's do. (I just now realized the ways that statement can be twisted...) The last time I bought aerobics shoes, as a final test I did try-ons with my eyes closed, and still narrowed the choice down to three Ryka styles.

[agrimony.livejournal.com]

I wear a 7.5 and my feet are wide, but I'm not sure how wide. 7.5 Wide width shoes from Payless typically fit the best.

[chhotii.livejournal.com]

I am sure that they display a small size so that the shoes look cuter. I am well below average height (5'1", if you round up), I really don't think I have disproportionately large feet, and I take 6 1/2, which suggests to me that 6 1/2 is significantly smaller than average. In fact, sometimes size 7 is the smallest size available in a particular model.

Ryka athletic shoes

[chhotii.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's what I need! My feet are normal-width at the front, too narrow in the heel-- so something that doesn't squeeze the front is way loose in the heel. Ugh. Didn't realize it was a normal female thing!

So where can I get Ryka? I haven't run across them in the usual (lame) places such as Lady Foot Locker, etc.

Re: Ryka athletic shoes

[aliza250.livejournal.com]

The Lady Foot Locker in Christiana Mall, Newark, Del. (land of tax-free shopping!) carries Ryka. This probably isn't useful information for you.

However, the Ryka website at http://www.ryka.com/ has a dealer finder on it, by state.

[aberdeen.livejournal.com]

I guessed.

I wear mens shoes, 7.5 D, generally. But I'm not sure how that translates to women's sizes. I've never had shoe designed for women's feet that I can wear comfortably.

I tend to do well with New Balance running shoes - every other design shift. They'll have shoes that fit me, then they'll take those shoes off the market and replace them with a pair that don't, then those will go away and the next set will be fine. I try to stock up when they have shoes I can wear.

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

I guessed on width -- But ever since I started wearing Tevas almost full time, my sneakers have become more confining. So, y'know, it's a reasonable guess.