Mainstream women's shoes only going up to a size 8

You'd think.

DH has more shoes than me at home. I try to point out he could have one pair of brown leather smart shoes at once, wear them out then buy a new pair, but for some reason he needs several pairs of shoes, all ever so slightly different.

Says the woman with four pairs of court shoes in her office drawer - but they are pink, light blue, dark blue and black, at least!

I have one foot which is a 7 and the other an 8 and its so difficult finding decent leather/suede shoes that fit.

Foe me, its the ankles which tend to be too wide.

8a are always sold out so getting a 9 must be impossible.

But men don't need a lot of choice; a pair of smart black and brown shoes, trainers etc, it's much of a muchness.

Taller women with larger feet are hugely restricted to trainers, some fugly flatties or very expensive and still limited online retailers. Even office low black heels are a problem let alone party shoes or winter boots. Oh to be able to walk into a high street shop and have a normal choice.

I think size 7 must be the magic size to be, a choice of men's or women's shoes.

I'm a size 5 which sounds straightforward but very narrow low volume feet, as a child they used to measure my feet and then say they had nothing suitable.

Very rude...my feet may be larger than average, but at least I have manners

@BrioNotBiro , but the average for men is size 10, compared to an average of size 6 for women. Men who are a size 13 probably don't have a lot of choice.
XP was a size 13 with narrow feet, and was fairly limited.

That's just rude.

I feel your pain....I have been trying to buy new walking boots this week...size 9 ladies...went into at least 6 shops in the walking capital of the country and ended up feeling like a freak as all the assistants looked at me sideways and said ' oh no ... You'll have to try mens' boots'....

The annoying thing is, a 5'9'' man would have no problem at all getting a size nine 9 (and above) shoe. Why should a woman of the same height be any different?

Our feet may be slimmer but they still have to support the same height skeleton and they are going to be a similar size. And we want nice, dressy heels sometimes not always trainers or ugly clodhoppers.

I am a 5, average height and within the normal BMI rang for my height.
6 definitely isn't massive. 8 isn't massive.
British feet are 'getting bigger and wider' - BBC News
"British feet are getting bigger - growing, on average, two shoe sizes since the 1970s, says the College of Podiatry."
"Today, the average male wears a UK size 10 compared with a size eight shoe 40 years ago.
The average woman wears a size six versus a size four, its research suggests.
Our taller, heavier bodies are to blame - our feet have compensated by growing longer and wider, says the college."

6 isn't massive, FFS. The average woman in the UK is a 5.5.

Oops, forgot to clear the quote

@TheEverdelightfulsamantha , Crocs are popular in my local supermarket.

@ChristAndHisBike

I'll have a look.
Thank you.

My friend's dad used to call me boat feet
The shops have conspired to make me feel unfeminine even though my feet are long and slim and attractive. I don't have fat calves, wide feet shoes or especially boots in plus size shops don't work.

Size 9 maybe at the larger end of women's feet size, but it is not uncommon for women to have size 9 feet, especially as we are apparently growing taller. Those sizes sell out really quickly in shoe shops an are not replaced. It's even harder to get size 10-12 women's shoes.

The real problem is that the people who own these shops think that the only womens who are allowed pretty shoes are the tiny women who look cute. The rest of us have to wear blokes shoes or pay the £100+ for a pair of normal womens shoes.

Yes I am bitter about this

@SheRaaaaa who hurt you that made you that insecure you had to come on a post and make a nasty comment like that ?

🙄

Thanks for the moral support, NOT! Many of us on here have spent years being told we have "fucking massive" feet and we don't need you saying it too. Plus, as can clearly been seen from this thread, there are many many women and girls with size 9+ feet. People are getting bigger and taller, and us bigfoots are not the freaks you seem to think.

(Although my DSis did used to enjoy going into shoe shops muttering "Mutant feet coming in, beware the mutant feet").

And it just totally sucks that none caters for us - I just want nice normal shoes that don’t cost a fortune! Loads of shops in Soho that sell PVC thigh boots and the like in size 10 and above - but they aren’t quite right for a quick trip to Tescos 😂

I have found my people! Size 10 here / 44 - mostly shop at Magnus, and occasionally find the brands Magnus stock cheaper on Amazon. However - a word of warning - I posted on a women’s big feet Facebook group and got inundated with pretty graphic messages from foot fetishists - but at least I know if things are tough I can get paid to let someone lick my feet 😝🤪😂🤣🤮🤢😵‍💫

It's awful. Such a pain in the arse, they are making it hard for me to spend my money with them!

Awful! I went to Go Outdoors for some walking boots and they recommend to go a size up. Bit difficult when they only go up to a size 8 in womens and I am an 8. Mens are too wide for me.

I get all my trainers from the kids section.

But there are many, many, many women's shoes in a 3

I'm a 3-4.

DW is a 9 but seemingly has no problems finding new shoes (every week)!