If you're a guy with small feet, you are keenly aware of how small your feet look to others. Growing up, I always had the smallest feet of any guys in my class. At some point, I started wearing shoes that were just a little too big so I wouldn't seems so small. (Plus there's room for you to grow, right?)
Now as an adult, I wear size 9s in most shoes, but in reality a size 8 would be a more proper fit. I've explored even smaller sizes and know that I could fit into a size 7 boys shoe without too much trouble, especially if it's a wide size.
I had a roommate that wore size 11s. I always hated that his feet were so much bigger than mine, despite the fact that he was 5'6 while I'm 5'8. Fast forward to later in life, I see him with size 9.5 shoes that fit him just fine. Not too snug. I'm guessing he realized his feet didn't really fit into his big shoes.
I wonder how many guys are wearing bigger sizes because they just got used to it, or are up sizing because of what shoe size supposedly means in other areas.
Do you size up?
I do size up a bit, (I am a 9.5 but usually wear 10.5-11) but I consider it to be for comfort in addition to making my feet look bigger. I feel like I up size a reasonable amount and not to any extreme (although I have had people tell me otherwise). Though when I was in high school I did try wearing size 12s for a while, but then a few of my friends found out how big they fit, and along with them just feeling clunky overall for skateboarding/running/jumping, etc., I decided to go back to wearing 10.5-11 (although I also had a brief period of wearing a pair of emericas in a sz 9s that had super great board feel and were really comfortable and honestly didn’t feel too small at all). In the sneakerhead community I see more downsizing than up sizing honestly. So many people seem to wear Jordans so they fit their feet with almost no toe room at all. I think that may be partly because the shoes crease less that way. There is a whole thing about shoes fitting perfect in some parts of the sneakerhead community. I have tried wearing smaller shoes and in order to have Jordans fit the way I see a lot of sneakerheads wear them, “so they fit exact, with almost no toe room” I would have to wear an 8-8.5. For me this can start to hurt after a while, and I am not sure it is good for the toes long term, but probably more so I just think size 8-8.5 looks really tiny (there is another guy at work who wears Js in sz 8.5 and I originally thought he must have worn like a size 7! But he also likes to wear them tight and when questioned says he has small feet...he just thinks little to no room is normal and proper fitting, when his feet are probably actually a 9.5-10). I have even had some shoes in sz 7.5 fit me pretty good, but I don’t think I would want to be seen in public with them! But I think on average size 9-9.5 is the smallest most people wear and with a lot of people wearing sizes like that it ends up that their feet are really a size 10-11 and usually still bigger than mine. But even the few people I have known who wear size 7.5-8.5 are generally wearing them tight and still their feet are no smaller than mine usually (sometimes even slightly bigger! :-/) And have even seen more extreme than that, where guys will stretch/microwave shoes to make them fit (so they can wear a rare colorway) where they can manage to fit a size 8.5 or something when their true size is 11-12. To me I can’t understand the willingness to wear such small shoes and make your feet look small, but maybe when their feet are actually an 11 or 12, psychologically it doesn’t matter because they know their feet are really much bigger, and if questioned they can say “oh these are small but I am really like a 12”. It makes me more and more convinced that size 9.5 feet like mine are really the bottom end of average :-/ And it’s even worse since my right foot is really an 8.5...and with a size 10.5-11 like I usually wear my right foot has a good bit of room (but I size for my longer foot like people say to ;-)
ReplyDeleteAnd I have also seen other people up size, though probably more common among kids/teens. I remember when I was in high school there was this one kid who wore the same size 7 skate shoes for like 2 years of high school. They were extremely beat up and worn out and his big toe had made an obvious bulge on the top of the toe box so you could tell how long his feet were. His toe was getting closer to the end but there was still like a half inch of room left so they were not really super small on him or anything. People used to comment on how small his feet were and he would claim that the shoes were old and his feet were really much bigger now. Then the next year he comes back with a new pair of shoes, that were like a 10.5 or 11, but again you could clearly see where his toe had made a bulge in the soft material on the top of the toe box (it was kind of weird the way his toe made the bulge, his big toe must have tended to point upward I guess). It was clear that his toe hardly made it into the toe box. This made it obvious to everyone else that his shoes were way too big for him and other kids would be pressing on his toe box to show how big his shoes fit but he would just brush it off and say they fit him perfectly. I know other kids also wore their shoes too big but this was an unusually obvious example. I would have been embarrassed to wear shoes that looked so obviously over sized but he was just cool with it. He was a popular kid so his small feet didn’t end up affecting him socially ;-)
ReplyDeleteAs far as what shoe size means for other body parts...I don’t think there is any connection so I don’t worry about it. I think small feet make people look overall smaller/less manly, but I don’t make the “other” body part connection - but I am sure there are people who do...
So here is another question... When you say, for example, that your feet are really a size 8 what sizing chart to you go by? What is your actual foot length in inches or cm? I am asking because there are different charts that show different length to size comparisons. This is the chart I have been going by but I know there are others that show slightly longer measurements too:
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My left foot is just at 10 inches. My right is under.
DeleteThanks, yeah, that seems to match up with the chart just slightly over the 8. I am never sure if I am measuring the same way other people are. So my left foot is 10 3/8 and my right is 10 1/8 (that's as close as I can get with my ruler ;-) so that matches up pretty close to 9.5 and 8.5 respectively for me.
DeleteWhat about sizing down? ;-) I actually love fitting smaller shoes than my size and getting them to fit if they don't fit already. If someone else who outgrew them has stretched them first even better! I am a sz 9 but I love wearing size 7.5-8 or even smaller and having them fit me or fit big. I have stories I could tell but not sure this is what you guys are into? Maybe this is kind of opposite of this bogs idea, or maybe not?
ReplyDeleteFeel free to regale us with your small shoes fitting big. I've tried on smaller shoes in the store, and some brands fit me ok, but I don't like thinking I might be smaller than I already am!
DeleteI see you found my blog link in my profile ;-) It was finding your blog that inspired me to make one too, so hard to find any blogs like yours or mine. Only discussions like this are on reddit or something. I'll probably be posting more stories soon, so keep an eye if you enjoy them! Funny thing is I used to dream about having size 7 feet when I was a teen. I remember even googling if I could have my feet made surgically smaller, but decided the risk (and cost) would be a bit too high...that would have been pretty crazy for sure!
DeleteI guess I haven't checked here in a while, actually some action... I did know the one guy I wrote about who liked wearing 7.5 but I doubt he is committed to it the way you are (and he claimed it was just for board feel/control)! I mean I can see the temptation to try on smaller sizes and do it in private, but out in the open every day wanting people to think I have even smaller feet than I do? That would totally screw with my self esteem! I think I'll stick with sizing up...
DeleteIts funny how I feel subconcious about my feet being too large. Is it true that no one is ever satisfied with what they have?
ReplyDeleteHow big are your feet? Do you try to wear smaller shoes so they don't seem so big?
DeleteYeah and I guess "too large" is relative right? Some people think of 12-13 as big and others would say even bigger. I had a coworker who wore size 18s and he was 6'5" (which is still really big for 6'5") he would get lots of comments and seemed to embrace his huge feet. Then I know another guy who is 5'8" who wears a size 12 and constantly complains his feet are too big and is always trying to wear smaller shoes, or at least shoes that look smaller. Personally at 5'11" I would be happy if my feet were a size 12-13 rather than 8.5 & 9.5 but size 18 would definitely be too extreme and generally sizes beyond 13 get harder to find. So how big are your feet and how tall are you?
DeleteThis'll blow ya mind!
ReplyDeleteSo I was in a sports store this afternoon looking for hiking boots and the sales guy comes over to help me. He was an older experienced sales guy and he wanted to help me find the right hiking boots. I tried to brush him off but he was persistent and started talking about making sure boots and shoes are sized right for optimal fit, especially for hiking, etc... He sort of insisted on measuring my feet, I reluctantly agreed and started to tell him how I like to wear my shoes bigger than they measure for comfort, etc...
So he measures my feet and sure enough, left one is just under 8.5 and right one is just under 9.5, like they have always been. Then he's like, we also need to measure the arch length...and I'm like "oh?". I never thought about it but that's what the little slider thing on the side of the brannock shoe measuring device is for. The sales guy explained that you have to go by whichever shows the larger size. In my case the arch measurement on my right foot, which measures 8.5 showed that I should wear a size 10 and for my left foot which measured just short of a 9.5 in length the arch shows I should be between a 10.5-11! I was literally blown away. He said based on that, my wearing a size 11 is not unreasonable at all. Even though it might seem like I have a good amount of toe room what I have been wearing is actually correct. He said people with short toes will have long arches relatively speaking. So it's weird. Even though I always thought short toes make my feet look small, they actually mean I need a bigger size. For width my feet were also below average, he said most men are more like a D but my right foot is a B and left foot more like an A. I thanked the guy and said that he made me feel a lot better about the shoe size I have been wearing. Even though I feel somewhat vindicated about my shoe sizing, I still think my feet look small and them being narrow like a women's feet doesn't help :-/
I snapped a few photos for proof ;-) I would wonder if others on here have ever checked arch length and how it compares with foot length. I think this is probably the first time since I was a kid that I had my feet professionally measured. When I have measured my feet in the past I have always just looked at length, never gave a second thought to the slider thing.
https://imgur.com/a/VZ1DNNe
https://imgur.com/a/xQCqv1z
In the second photo of my left foot, it looks like I am closer to a 9 but that is just the angle, it is really between a 9 and 9.5.
Sigh, this still leaves me feel inferior, because no one cares how long your arches are...
Delete"Your feet may look bigger, buy my arches are longer!"
Yeah that doesn't really work. My feet still "look" small and that's all that really matters to anyone...like the random young kid comparing his feet to mine... :-/
Interesting, I don't think I have ever thought about measuring arch length. I am sure my arches are pretty long too, since my toes are short as well. But I wonder how relevant that is for sneakers? Sounds like it is related to how much flex the shoe has at the toe box. If you are wearing dress shoes they are much stiffer than sneakers, though some sneakers are more flexible than others too (some thin skate shoes are super flexible). Hiking boots are a bit stiffer so maybe it would matter more? My hiking boots actually are an 8.5, but mainly since they are harder to stretch.
DeleteAs for width my feet are skinny too. I think mine are an A or maybe AA? They are really skinny for a guy. The average width for kids and women's shoes is a B where it's a D for mens. Whenever I have compared my feet with a kid who's feet are around the same size my feet have always been skinnier. That is also part of the reason I like wearing smaller sizes. My foot just has so much room side to side if the shoe is too big.
But you have me a little curious, I'll have to stop by a shoe store and measure my feet one of these days. I never mind an excuse to visit a shoe store ;-)
Hey SSRF, I comment here, because the long thread no longer takes my replies. I don't know if that's just me, or anyone else has got the same. It doesn't help if i delete some older comments.
DeleteAt any rate, as to your comments in that other thread: i totally agree!
As mentioned, click "Load more" at the bottom of that page and your comments will magically appear. Must be a limit of what it will display on one page buy default.
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ReplyDeleteYeah, I am always curious to know. As in just how big will that shoe that looks big really fit...usually it's a larger size than I thought and fits bigger than I was expecting... I am always curious, but not at the expense of embarrassment, so I would only try them if they were sitting around and no one was looking... I have often wanted to know how other's shoes would fit me, both big and small. Also when I see someone that looks like they have small-ish feet I am left wondering if their shoes would actually fit me. I am always trying to size people up. I would love to be able to always secretly try on other's shoes so I can "know", but usually I am left guess to avoid embarrassment. But it would probably leave me even more demoralized if I always "knew".
DeleteSizing up: No.
ReplyDeleteOnly in the sense of picking robust models, and totally avoiding thin ones.
Or when the sneakers that i really like, do not come in my size, and i have no choice but to go for bigger.
I once had someone say i looked like size 4. I'm not going to size down!
DeleteNah, I wouldn't want to wear a 4, that's a little too small. I would cut it off at 5-6. It would be cool to be able to fit a 6 comfortably, which really would probably only require my feet shrinking to a size 7.5-8 and then I could stretch the 6 to fit with plenty of room. Right now it is rare for me to find a 6 I can make fit even with stretching, though there are some brands that run big where I am more likely to succeed.
DeleteI would be happy with what used to be a "large" size boy's shoe, size 6. Then I could be just lower than than men's in all brands.
DeleteI was in a self service shoe store recently looking in the kid's section. Nike had kids going to 7 and other brands 6-6.5 is the cut off. If I am lucky a boy's 7 will be wearable out of the box (a little tight but I could wear them home) but I will usually stretch them to really make them comfortable. In Adidas a 6.5 can actually be wearable (tight but wearable) for me which is cool. I tried on some adidas high tops in a 7.5 and they were almost roomy out of the box!
I really feel like my feet have shrunk, though they still measure just about a nine. But I think all the years of wearing smaller shoes has made them fit smaller sizes better. I feel like I can go down 1/2 size more than I could 10 years ago when I was a teen. And wearing narrower shoes has actually made my feet narrower. 10 years ago I measured a B width and now I am an A-AA. Feet tend to spread out if you wear really loose, wide shoes.
No, really, something is TOO small for you? 😁
ReplyDeleteWell, that's what I can look like when wearing too thin or narrow models. So forget about sizing down!
Your cut off, is my size.
I have my limits ;-) I knew a tall kid when I was like 12-13 who wore a 6.5 for a bit and I wanted that. He grew from like 5'5" to over 6' over a few months. His feet stayed a 6.5 the whole time. I am sure they probably grew later but it cemented a 6 being a possible size for someone tall. At the time I was a size 8.5 and I tried his 6.5s - they were a little tight but wearable none the less.
DeleteAs I said, we can swap - you have have my size 9 feet and I can take your 6s ;-) That would be pretty funny, if your feet were suddenly bigger than mine. And then my stretched size 7 shoes would fit me super huge!
So I can even cross your limits. The limits of "Small sneakers are fun" 😁. What's the world coming to 😁.
DeleteThough rare, there have been 4s that fitted me perfectly. If i'd be into stretching shoes or whatever, they'd probably always fit me.
Maybe if my feet were a size 6 I would feel differently, but I never knew anyone as a teenager who worse less than a size 6. Size 6 was the limit so I sort of made it my limit too. But maybe it is also because I have not had much luck ever getting anything smaller than a 6 to fit...
DeleteThis discussion brought back memories of kids in middle school and high school, who as they were growing would sometimes wear big and sometimes their old small shoes. There was at least one kid who wore a 12 and then I remember he came in wearing like a size 8 or so. Maybe the 12 were a little big for him but I remember how awesome it was to see him be able to still wear small sizes like that (there were older shoes that had probably stretched). There were a few kids who did that, it used to amaze me how it transformed them from big footed to small footed. Occasionally I was lucky and a kid would give (or sell) me his old shoes, which was really cool. With old skate shoes kids were usually happy to give them away, jordans they usually wanted money... And I am sure there were other kids with smaller feet who probably hid it by wearing larger shoes (like JBCx does). Sometimes it was obvious their shoes were huge.
But I digress ;-)
So in other words you seem to be basing your lower limit on sizes of kids you knew when you hit puberty? I suppose that is not too surprising. Was this related to kids starting to grow taller and bigger than you? Although for me the urge was to wear bigger sizes to keep up it almost sounds like you inverted the logic to make small your big? Was that a surrendering to the power of big? Where I am still trying to stay in the race but you decided to declare that you couldn't run it at all from the start so you didn't try and then choose to do the opposite?
DeleteI also remember kids wearing their old shoes after their feet grew. Where they would be a 10-11 but still wear their old size 8s occasionally. To me that seemed embarrassing and cringe worthy. Any time I moved to the next size I didn't want to go back to a smaller size, I wanted to go bigger. I had a short period when I was wearing size 12s and putting in multiple insoles but they were still huge on me and other kids figured out. At least 10.5-11 I don't have to go to that extreme and it's only an issue if someone actually feels where my toes are (which would be rare).
DeleteJBCx: You are correct, kids getting bigger than me played a role and as I've said I resigned to the idea that I could never "big" so I embraced small. As I think I mentioned previously, I did wear larger shoes for a short bit. I wore size 10 for about a year when I was 13 or so, so you could say I tried to stay in the race for a bit, but I had kids tell me my shoes were too big and my feet are skinny so that also made wearing bigger sizes harder. I think the fact that I knew a couple of tall kids with small feet made small "cool" and ok. So you could say small was sort of my big. And now small is fun. In a way I thrive on what you would perceive as the embarrassment of small to the point that I would no longer want bigger feet even if I could have them. Maybe I have been corrupted by small...but it's too late now! :-)
DeleteI certainly never associated small sizes with "cool" the way you seem to have. Just about all the cool kids I knew were wearing bigger sizes. And any kid who had small shoes I just felt sort of sorry for him. I knew a skater or 2 with small shoes (I did skateboarding for a bit in high school) and it is common for skaters to wear shoes tighter for board feel and I agree it does help, but it always still made me uncomfortable. I have know people with small feet who just don't care, but I am just not able to do that, it's too ingrained in me from a young age. Like if I see someone wearing a size 8.5 with minimal toe room I am like "why doesn't he wear a 10 or something to avoid embarrassment?" So maybe instead I have been corrupted by big? Either way it is ingrained, not something I can easily change...
DeleteIt might seem strange, that i have totally the same reaction.
Delete8.5? Disappointing, inadequate.
Since i'm only a 6, i suppose i've just taken over a general opinion, or that because of the general template, 8.5 looks out of place.
JBC, that's clever.
ReplyDeleteLooking for a way in which you can win. If it no longer makes sense to try to compete in one direction, you try in the other.
Whichever "win" is closest.
You are still "in the running", trying to compete, in the marathon, and thus frustrated when you start to lag behind or are being taken over.
I know I can't win, but I want to at least stay in the game so I don't stand out...as small.
DeleteI know the feel! And then suddenly the dam bursts, and it becomes pointless to run.
DeleteBeing on the higher end of small I can keep the illusion going better than some, perhaps I am lucky in that sense. Small but not too small to fake big(er)...
DeleteOr really I should say, not too small to fake "normal"...
DeleteYou fake bigger and I fake smaller you could say, except people will question and call out faking bigger. They will never call out faking smaller. No one has ever told me my shoes were too small. If a size 7 fits and is comfortable then I become that size 7. I don't feel like I am faking it when small is comfortable. My feet are smaller than most people anyway so as long as my feet look smaller than others it is not questioned. Small is small, degree of small is just a detail...
DeleteWait. There are 3 groups: average, smaller, bigger.
DeleteWho is "normal"? Average?
Are you as 10 then not normal?
Would big(ger) also want to be normal?
I was using "normal" and "average" interchangeably. Size 10 is low end normal in my view. I try to wear at least a 10.5-11. I have seen 10s that look kinda small. Sometimes even 10.5 can look small. By wearing bigger I strive to be normal / average - so people don't think "oh his feet are kinda small"... I bought a pre-owned pair of 11s once and the foot print on the insoles showed that the previous owner's feet were quite small...must have been more like a 7. He had tons of room, more room than I would be comfortable wearing, but it shows that my upsizing is only "modest" compared to some people.
DeleteIt's a bit schizofrenic.
DeleteOn one hand, looking through my eyes, compared to myself, 10 is Big.
On the other hand, seeing the general overal template, me too find 10 the lower end of normal.
I can find it both big as inadequate.
Probably depending on him being on his own, or in group, where there's always someone better?
Probably normal. Like the tennis champ of the house is the champ of the house, but not of the street.
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DeleteI don't need to be the champ I just don't want to be the loser (or perceived as such)...
DeleteWhat's your height again, and at what size would you (perceive to be) be perceived as the loser?
DeleteI am 5'11", so my sz 9.5 and 8.5 feet look pretty small. I would say anything below 10 I could be perceived as the loser (or certainly not "average" and definitely not for my height). Although as I'd said, I feel better (psychologically) with at least a 10.5 shoe; 11 is even better.
DeleteAh yeh, sorry, I forgot, I also think 10.5-11 looks more proportionate.
DeleteHowever 😂. Today i met a 5'10" guy who is a 15.
DeleteWow, that's pretty impressive! I don't think I have ever seen someone only my height with a size 15 before. Usually they have to be at least over 6 feet. Though size 13s at 5'10" are not uncommon. Did they take their shoes off so you could see their feet?
DeleteIsn't it just!
DeleteNo, we were sitting at the counter of a bar. A mutual friend who had to talk in 2 directions, just had to include that in the general background. Well, it came before profession 😁. And as per usual said in a way of "isn't it great" ?
15 himself acted as if it was no big deal, was like just anyone else.
Oh, and he wore construction worker shoes, that definitely looked compact and full.
Feet over size 13 often seem to be a topic of conversation... I am a little surprised he didn't complain about finding shoes that fit. Although sizes like 15 are clearly more common than they used to be, sizes above 13 are still more limited in a lot of brands and shoe stores.
DeleteHe didn't say anything. Not a talker. At best a little smile, as in "what's so special"?
DeleteAs I think I mentioned previously, I used to have a co-worker who wore size 18s. He was like 6'4" but 18 was still huge on him for his height. His feet were the first thing anyone said about him and introducing him other co-workers would mention his size 18 feet before anything else. He seemed to love the attention and I have never known anyone personally with bigger feet before or since. When he wore flip flops to work a few times his feet just looked enormous. When he compared with guys that had size 12 he would make them look like they had little girl's feet, it was incredible! I mean an 18 vs a 12 is like a 12 vs a size 6! It becomes a whole other world. I have known others with size 14, but they do sometimes complain about having problems finding their size and sometimes they would wear 13s, even if they were a little tight, because of that.
DeleteI know a 14 who complained too, but when i asked if he'd rather be a 6, the reaction was almost a shiver of horror 😁
DeleteThe bigger the size, the more it climbs up the ladder of background facts 😁. I can imagine that 18 overtakes job, function or country of birth 😁
DeleteWell, I can't blame the 14 for not wanting to be a size 6 ;-)
DeleteOh yeah, the guy with size 18 it overtook everything! It was the first and last thing anyone said about him...
Yeah, 14 could complain for 10%, for 90% he seemed to be really chuffed with it.
DeleteAnd about 15, his size clearly was smth that was admirable and great to have in a friend.
You know what would be awesome is if you shrink a size 18 to look small, to look more like a size 12 or 13 (but still fit like an 18) and then get a guy with true size 13 feet to wear them but they would fit him huge like a size 6 or 7 in a size 12. That would be pretty awesome! :-)
DeleteUhh? 😁 What's the point of that? Trick a 12 into an 18 so that he feels like a 6? 🤔😁
DeleteJust seemed like fun prank to make someone with size 12-13 feet feel like their feet are tiny (or at least to make other think they are tiny) ;-)
DeleteI would not want to give them the same complex as us 😁.
DeleteOk, they know that 18 is very rare, not a common thing.
Which still makes you Alpha of the small 😁
ReplyDeleteOnly on here I get to feel Alpha, lol :-D
Delete😁
DeleteYou are totally Alpha JBCx. A size 10.5-11 is huge compared to my size 7s! You are a grown man and I'm just a little boy...
DeleteIf I take my shoes off and wear flip flops I am definitely not alpha! :-(
DeleteWhat's the biggest size you ever tried?
ReplyDeleteI think the biggest I have tried was probably 18 and they were really huge. There were sitting on the shelf in a shoe store in the section for shoes bigger than 13 so I was curious...my foot was more than lost in them! Must have been in the 3-4 inches of toe room category!
ReplyDeleteAs far a other people's shoes the biggest I have tried was a 13. There was a guy in high school about the same height as me and skinny like me...I thought his feet were like 10.5-11 but saw his shoes in the locker room one day and they were a 13. I couldn't believe it. They were skate shoes and the style made them look smaller than they were. They were really worn and just had this "young kid's shoe" look to them, which probably contributed to the illusion of them being small. I remember thinking that maybe they were 13s that fit small, but not at all they were true 13s! I tried them and my foot was lost in them. I had well over 2 inches of toe room. It's stuck in my mind because they "looked" so much smaller than a 13. Those are the sort of things that really make my feet feel tiny...when a 13 looks ordinary but I see how big it fits me...
Thx JBC.
DeleteFor me too, 18 was the biggest i have tried (you can imagine!).
And apart from that i have tried 10s,11s,12s and 14s.
I tried the 18s when I was working with the guy who had size 18 feet cause I was curious just how big an 18 was...big, really BIG! The 18s I tried were DC Courts I remember. I don't think I have ever seen a shoe bigger than an 18 though.
DeleteI have also tried size 14s and 15s before in shoe stores.
I love when shoes fit bigger than they look like your friend with the size 13s (or me with stretching a size 7) :-)
DeleteTo answer SSSG's original question. The largest size I have tried is also an 18...saw them in a store and was curious... I think the largest size I have ever seen was a 19, but I would consider that rare. I feel like 18 is sort of the normal limit for the really big sizes...unless you are Shaq ;-)
DeleteBiggest I have tried that were someone else's was a 14 I think. I used to know a guy who wore size 14 and I tried them one time...really long and wide! They were Jordan 5s.
So we all tried 14s and 18s.
ReplyDeleteProbably for being the biggest or most new sizes we could try?
Me i only did that, after having gotten over the shock of 10s,11s,12s 😁
It's been quiet on these blogs, hopefully you guys are still alive ;-)
ReplyDeleteSo had a sizing up story to tell... Met a guy at a party the other day who I found out sizes up like I do and ever more so. His feet are about the same size as mine, 9-9.5 and he normally wears a 12. He said he felt that size 12 was his size and that if he starts to go much smaller his feet start to feel restricted. He said he's been wearing 12s since he was an early teen and that's just been "his size". He said he knew if he measured his feet they would say smaller but just felt the measurement devices are all useless and you just have to go by what feels good to you. He felt it was pretty common for people to do this and that no one actually wears what they feet measure. I am not sure how accurate that is, that but he still made me feel a lot better about how I size up. I think going to a 12 for me would be a stretch, but then again it depends on the shoe.
Oh hey JBC almost didn't see you there... Yup, it has been quiet on here lately...
ReplyDelete2.5-3 sizes is a big upsize! Since I downsize it is sort of hard for me to imagine, lol. But I have known people to size up a lot (what I would call a ridiculous amount, but to each their own ;-). If I wore a 12 I know I would be tripping on stuff, lol. I think it is probably true that a lot of people don't really know their true size. I also won't deny the role of peer pressure when guys are young and just growing and hitting puberty. I felt it too for a year or 2 but then I said F'it I can't compete! It's less stressful to not always be in competition. ...anyway probably things I have said before on here so, Cheers! :-D