A question for those of you who have bought DUO BOOTS...

[DANCESwithHughJackman]

How did you find the width fitting of the boots (across the foot not the calf!) I have quite wide feet. I actually do have some duo boots and they are fine but they are very soft so they have stretched a bit across the foot, the ones I am looking at to buy don't look very soft. Postage is £6.95 ish and you have to pay for returns so I don't want to order them and then find they don't fit .
Any words of wisdom from duo boot owners?

Mine were fine, but I have average-y width feet I think. Not much help sorry.

Thanks for replying! I've just spent a fruitless afternoon looking for boots, it's so depressing, I did the double whammy and was looking for jeans at the same time (dh had children)...don't even get me started on that topic

I have narrow feet, and I normally wear hiking socks with mine (they're also a half-size too big, so this makes them fit really well). I guess you aren't near any of the fitting rooms? There's one in Manchester now.

We've got a new Duo boots shop up here, which is lovely for me but won't make you feel any better I suspect. If you want me to go in and see how soft a particular style is I will gladly do so though

Mine are quite generous across the foot, and my feet are so wide they're almost square.

But then I have calves the size of a body builder's, so maybe the foot-width correlates with the calf width?

Ah thanks Tamum, that's so kind My nearest fitting room is Saville Row in London so I'd have to brave myself for a visit in to the city! Actually I don't know if I could face it with dc...I might ring them and see if they can give me any advice over the phone instead

I have feet like flippers and mine fit - in fact I have to put a woolen insole in mine (cue very very boring MI And Cold Feet rant); I think the sizing is quite generous. (I have mutantly small feet, though, like trotters.)

LOL wandertrolley! these are the ones I like

TROTTERS

Utterly divine.

I have fairly massive calves, which add to the trotter look

I have very wide size 8 feet and find duo a generous fit, I have 2 pairs now, jsut got the bern ones this week and they are fab

i've given up and gone for a size bigger in all shoes, with an insole if neccesary. i sent duo boots back last year for being too narrow on foot. i think they are wider than usual, but i have a v high instep too so only boots of a certain construction will work, no pull-ons for me as can't get my foot into the top.

OOh, the bern ones were my second choice...lovely

MI - do you paranoidly check dd's calves...I really hope dd hasn't inherited my calves poor soul.

So far, the Inferiorettes are wisps of things .

I suppose, really, that my feet are a cross between flippers and trotters. Floppers, perhaps, or trippers.

Oooooh they're nice. I might have to go and try some on, purely in order to help you, you understand.

So have you successfully worn duo boots fishie? I have a friend who really struggles to find boots because of a high instep.

Tamum, you're so supportive

DTs have definitely inherited my big wide feet, poor things

I am, aren't I

She really is, isn't she...what a giver

no, but i haven't got big calves so wasn't worth pursuing. i have got lovely ones from dr martens of all places. in brown only £85 from dm shop. they've got a nice zip up the inside ankle to allow massive arch in.

MI - lucky them! I can't tell with dd yet. She's always been quite a sturdy child (and baby) - not fat...she's starting to lose that now as she gets older so time will tell. MIL has great legs so I'm pinning my hope on that

Thanks fishie, I'll tell her...

Ooh, they're nice.

lol motherinferior - perhaps one is a flopper, the other a tripper.

Please explain the wooden insoles - do you wear Scholls inside your footwear? (I am confused and intrigued - am I contrigued or infused?)

teehee. i believe it is woollen.