Anyone else got big feet???

[Bigfooty]

I've got size 8 feet. Shoes look so nice in shops and when they bring them out in the 8 they never look so appealing. I'm 5ft 6 so not sure why I've ended up with big feet(I also seem to have really long fingers/hands) Was looking in several places today- Primark, New Look etc and they had a 7 but no 8s. Im not sure if that's because they're a popular size or whether it's unusual and they don't stock them. I wonder what the most common shoe size is for women?

Anyway, it doesn't bother me that much and I guess I have to embrace them!! Does anyone else have big feet like me??

I have clearly found my people...

My feet are a size 8 and a Clark's 8 in a standard fit does for me. Though my feet were properly measured a few years ago and turns out one is a 42 and the other is closer to a 43 which explains a lot of my shoe difficulties over the years. 🙄There's nothing like that sinking feeling when you've squeezed yourself into the only option available and you realise a day or so later that the shoes you bought are in fact just too tight and uncomfortable and will not be 'stretching' any time soon.

Also really fed up with shoe shops that try and pass 41 off as an 8. I wouldn't mind if they also stocked a 9 but that's usually the end of the line. I particularly enjoy being told by shoe shop staff that "we don't have an 8 left but the 7 is quite big!" I'll bet it's not....

I think I remember reading the lack of 8's in stock is due to the bell curve distribution they use in manufacturing. The average female shoes size used to be a 5 and then they tailed off how many they made up to 8. In more recent years the average has gone up to 6 but they've not shifted the bell curve further along so there's more of us chasing far less 8's than there should be.

To save time (and disappointment), I used to just ask an assistant to just take out what they had in stock in an 8 in a particular colour. I remember one Xmas in Dolcis in the 90s needing shoes for a night out and they only had 2 pairs in black to bring me...

When I was pregnant my feet went up to a 9 and that really was fun and games but they have shrunk again. Though I have kept a pair of heels I sourced for a wedding when my DD was 6 months old just for the sheer novelty value of owning a pair of shoes that are too big for me!!

However, the place I have been made to feel the worst for my feet was ironically enough in Australia where I couldn't see over the top of people at concerts and I had to buy trousers in smaller lengths so you would assume foot size would be generally larger too. However, this wee shoe shop turned round and said to me (when I tried on a too neat pair and asked for the next size up) that I would need to go to a shop for "ladies with larger feet" (direct quote). They're an 8, not an 18....

I'm a 45 to 46. And I love shoes 😕. Not overly tall, 179cm.

I'm in Australia in a major city (Melbourne), and there are 2 stores I can buy shoes from. 2! I need to try rather than online shopping as my feet are also really narrow. Lots of long shoes are also wide and just fall off.

8 or 9 depending on the shoe here. I’m 5 foot 8 but still feel my feet look huge.

I’ve found Next really good for having things in 42!

Size 9s

For all the really big footed ladies out there (sorry this excludes size 8 people as most shops go upto size 8 - try getting size 9 then you'll understand!)

A few more shops have cottoned on that not all womans feet stop at 8!

I get some really cute ballet pump things from Dorothy Perkins (online obvs - God forbid you can walk into a shop and buy them!) I loves them - and have been buying for years (I'm old)

Also Next do some size 9

New Look too do some 9's in store - if you are really lucky, but unfortunately I personally don't find NL shoes the best fit for me

7.5 - 8, wide, and a ridiculously high instep. I'm 5'8'' and I don't actually mind my feet.
I bless the recent trend for trainers with dresses. Viva sensible shoes for women!

Zara and H&M usually do larger shoe sizes and they're larger and not wider which is good as some retailers think you must have massively wide feet if you have long feet.

9.5 (EU43 and a bit) and narrow here <cries>

I buy from Clark’s, Moshulu (though some of their 9s are too small, but am currently wearing a pair of their sandals in a size 8/EU42), Josef seibel, Remonte. I detest shoe shopping but these places make it less awful. Second the suggestion of Magnus and Crispins too. And there is also After 8 Shoes who are in Teddington but who offer online shopping.

I'm 5'4 with size 8 feet and large hands and a broad rib cage. I always laugh when people don't think that there is anything true in people having different skeletons which can affect sizes etc.

My feet are also narrow so lots of the size 8 ballet pump type shoes gape and are too wide. I also get me feet trodden on a lot! In relation to the size of me I'm guessing they poke out more than normal so people don't realise they're going to be there. I'm very cautious wearing sandals!

Going to have a good look through those websites. Thank you for posting them. 😊

I thought I had size 8 feet until a few years ago when I had plantar fasciitis and had my gait analysed. Part of the problem, I was told, was that I was wearing shoes that were a full size too small for me.

Finding size 9 women’s shoes is no fun, but at least I’m not in absolute agony all the time now! I tend to get my work shoes from FitFlop (they usually have a small number of women’s shoes in a 9, although I often go for men’s styles) and I get my running shoes from Salomon (I need women’s 9s as they’re a different fit from men’s). My sandals are from Teva.

None of my shoes could exactly be described as pretty or feminine, but then again, neither could I! 😁

Virtually everywhere runs to a size 8 now, whether they actually have them in stock is another matter. My feet are 8 and wide, it’s a pain.

But so often size 8 turns out to be more like a 7.

Exactly. So many times I’ve seen a size 9 only to find it’s an EU42, which always used to be an 8. I’ve been a 9 since I was a teenager and always needed an EU43, so I don’t understand why some retailers have changed their sizing.

Yes, I take a size 9 and have wide feet. I love Sketchers. Size 8s are usually perfect for me.

I'm another 8/9 and couldn't agree more on the 41/8 issue it drives me nuts. I ordered some Geox trainers from JL in both 8 and 9 and you've guessed, what arrived was a 41 and 42. To add insult to injury, the geox label inside the shoe said 8 on the 42 and 7 or 7.5 on the 41. So frustrating.

Most shops stop at 8 but where 8 is 41 that is no use to me, and even 42 won't always fit.

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Thank you! I am 45 and you have literally just changed my life!

I’m size 8 / 42 but l’m 5ft 11 so I guess I’m in proportion. It really pisses me off when I order a size 8 online and they send an Eu41.

My find aren't particularly big (size 7) but they are exceptionally wide so I can completely relate to a lot of previous comments. There are so few places I can buy shoes and only a minority of their styles will be wide enough. I have outfits which I can't wear as I have no shoes to wear with them. So jealous of people who can just pop to the shops and buy any pair they like!

I’m 5’ 2” (on a good day), with size 6 1/2 or 7s! Also very wide. I think my feet are massive but the plus side is I don’t fall over a lot 🤣

I'm slightly taller 5ft7 but with size 8 feet also. I've never had an issue with feeling like my shoes make me feel the way you describe 🤔 is it maybe the style of shoe you're going for? I find pump type shoes are most flattering

Size 9s for me.

I just wear trainers, DMs, Birkenstocks or flip flops, or mostly bare feet in the summer. And a pair of mens Clarkes zip up chelsea boots that I wear for work.

I used to hate it being a teenager trying to buy shoes, back in the 70s. I'd ask for a size 8, and they'd always come back with a size 6 to try. Erm, no, thanks if I wanted a size 6 I would have asked for them.

43/44 here.

Shoe shopping sucks. But is loads better now than when I was a teen!

Toms do 43s. And they even have some in the sale.

Size 9. I wear Varca sandals in the summer, trainers off of Amazon or ankle boots in winter. Not that hard to find shoes, but agree what looks cute in a six loses some appeal in a larger size!

Dd12 is size 8.5! I really hope she stops growing soon as it's already hard to find shoes for her and she grew out of children's shoes really early so expensive too.

I have size 7.5 or 8 feet, depending on the make. I don't like them, but consider myself fortunate as my mother had size 10.5 feet. Her father was a policeman with size 13 feet.
It was a nightmare in the 70s getting size 8 shoes let alone 10.5.
Luckily my father wears size 7.

I'm 5ft and have size 6 feet which I've always felt were too big in proportion to my height.
DM said I was always such a tiny dainty little dot when I was a little girl... with huge feet 🤣🤣