Aldo shoes - sizing query.

[ThatVikRinA22]

i am fed up of sending for shoes on t'internet as i cant seem to get the sizing right.

how do aldo shoes come up size wise please?
im wanting to order some high heels -

how easy are returns should i order 2 sizes?
cheers

I've only bought ankle boots there but size wise they were just about spot on. as for returns, I think you can return to stores ( always a decider for me) but check the terms online

Aldo has American sizing, thus runs small. I'd go half a size up from your usual.

bugger. i think the ones i wanted dont come in 1/2 sizes. that means without a doubt that a 4 will be small and a 5 will be big.

no aldo stores near me.

I haven't found it small TBH. I have about four pairs of shoes and boots from Aldo, and they are all spot on for my size (8). If anything, they are a teeny weeny fraction generous, but not significantly so.

I am having the biggest shocker with returning shoes to Aldo, I would NOT recommend at all.

(but I think the sizing is pretty much spot on)

why hatcam? do tell....before i order please.

Seeing this thread earlier about sizing reminded me to order some boots from their sale section and the buggers have cancelled the order as sold out. So annoying! If you haven't got the stock don't pretend you have!

To be fair it's partly my fault! I have lost the receipt from the post office (tbh who hasn't, in between the kids and work blah blah) but my return follows a litany of card processing issues (their end, not my card), late delivery, requesting returns labels which came via email amd were corrupt, diffident customer service etc

I think what I object to most is that they begrudgingly take my money, deliver my shoes and then make it really difficult to send them back. Every request for info took days to come back. I totally take responsibility for the fact I don't have proof of postage but I think that I ordered and returned in good faith and they should have a little faith in their customer base, rather than working from the assumption they are all lying thieves on the make (which is how I am being made to feel!). Meeting halfway would at least make me feel better. I ordered 2 pairs of shoes, totalling £130. So I'm £130 out of pocket while Aldo are £130 better off.

Rant over. And breathe.

Order your lovely shoes and have a thick skin for customer service in the loosest sense of he word if you want to return. And hide your royal mail receipt from marauding toddlers who may want to empty your wallet!!

I've found it depends on the style - I can sometimes get away with a size 4 with an insole, but generally the 3 is a good fit. (I'm a 3.)

Hope they aren't too painful for online returns though as anything I've bought from there (or from Dune, who are always bang on size) has lasted really well.

If there's a particular shoe you had in mind I can toddle off and do a spot of digging elsewhere if you like? (Shoes are sort of a 'thing' of mine .)

im inbetween 2 sizes and had to go with the bigger of those in aldo

oh dear - well forwarned is forearmed then! thanks for that.

so the sizes are pretty much spot on though?? im not sure whether to order a 4 and a 5 and return one....but seeing what you just said hat im not sure!

moonlight - i want to order the wagaman shoes in neutral.

Right, will go and have a look (not promising mind, but will do my best!).

Oh don't be swayed by my rant, I think if you kept your receipt in a safe place you would be fine!

Forgot to say - I may well have to pop down to my local Aldo to try those on in black...

first alternative £4 more expensive, but reduced from £80
might not be neutral enough and aren't patent, but Yoox tend to have a good returns policy
the darker end of nude, but Carvela also tend to be true to size
good price, but haven't bought from ASOS, have heard good things, but can't confirm sizing and returns quality
closest in colour to the Aldo ones, going on the photos, first review recommends going a size down though

Seems practically everything has a peep-toe ATM, so think the ALDO pair you are considering are likely to be the best bet.

yep thanks moonlight - i want a platform and the only ones with a platform from debenhams are sold out in a 4.

so aldo it is. just waiting for payday.

defo do not want a peep toe.

i would have been totally happy with the nude one from M & S at 20 quid but they have stopped doing it in nude!!! bastards.
grrr

I had a feeling you'd say that about peep-toe...but, on the plus side, they're lovely shoes!

Umm, want to risk an eBay purchase? nude patent

that looks suspiciously like the M&S on moon! unfortunately i needed a 4.5 and they dont have them on ebay either.....

see. im awkward.

Blast, foiled again!

[Mutters darkly and wanders off to obscure bits of the interweb]

Although, could you do a size 5 with insoles? You could try on with the non-nude pair in Marks first to see?

[Hopeful emoticon]

i am running out of time.....

i need them for 6th june. i seem to be very much between sizes at certain stores these days.

id have kept the next ones with an insole if they hadnt looked so bleeding odd with the stuck on platform bit....

loving the aldo ones so might take a risk and order a size 4 and 5 and then send one back....assuming one will fit.
which is unlikely if my track record is anything to go by.

actually - i only need them for 6th june if i can get about 4lbs off.....it all depends on if i can get into a certain dress....

Five days - easy:

No added salt to anything, no alcohol, chocolate, crisps or anything of a bombay mix / nibbles, 'just one more biscuit' type nature.

Meals for next five days:

Breakfast: Porridge with smidgen of cinnamon and chopped or grated apple, or natural yoghurt with raw oats in

Lunch: fish, salad leaves, herbs & oils / bean sprouts / wholemeal bread (proper health-foody or homemade ideally)

Supper: chicken with skin removed but herbs & garlic, new potatoes (not too much butter, but some) or bread again, grilled pork with fat cut off, herbs and garlic

Snacks: Natural yoghurt (not greek), Organix baby rice cakes in blueberry, blueberries / rasperries /strawberries in the fruit line, nuts

By the way, the lack of variation is deliberate - people tend to eat less over time when they have to eat the same thing frequently apparently.

Worked for me when I had to shed a few pounds in a hurry anyway...Best thing about it is it's seriously low effort to prepare - necessary when you're knackered and just want junk food.