If I’m asked “what size shoes do you take?” my first instinct is to reply “In metric or imperial, in UK or US, or even Japanese measurements?”.
Hell no, not in 2014, at the pinnacle of human evolution! No wonder we can’t solve global warming or come up with an alternative to dino-oil, we’re still stuck trying to reach an agreement on how to match shoes to our feet! So, we agree that the length of the foot is the measurement that will decide which shoe will fit us, and that should pretty much wrap up this post.
How often do you get asked which width you need, or get offered a selection of widths? Almost never, because the makers make a standard one-width to fit all, or at least to fit most, and leave it at that. Of course, we could, but very rarely do the makers of shoes consider this. Now, I know theres someone already sitting there, hand raised, wanting to argue the point that we need to consider the width of the foot as well. This can be measured in metric or imperial measurements, and that is basically it. Looking at it with an analytical eye, how hard can it be? In it’s basic form the average human foot has a single measurement of note, it’s length. I’ve previously posted about this in regards to clothing, this time it’s about the footwear. A couple of recent shoe experiences have really brought home to me, again, how frustrating the issue of shoe sizes is.