The first few decades of my life I assumed that there’d been all sorts of important orthopaedic/podiatry research done into the difference between men and women’s feet, gaits etc that meant wearing sports shoes sold as “women’s” would in some way cause my feet long term harm. Nope, it was bullshit marketing all along.
amelia@feddit.org 3 days ago
I wouldn’t be surprised if on average women’s feet were narrower than men’s, but even if that’s the case, just make narrow and wide versions of shoes and let people pick the ones that fit their feet. Surely there are men with narrow feet and women with wide feet. It just makes no sense.
ulterno@programming.dev 3 days ago
I have had to wear shoes 1 (or .5 depending upon the model) number larger due to wide fronts.
amelia@feddit.org 2 days ago
Barefoot shoes! Started wearing them 2 years ago and will never go back. I hadn’t even realized how much regular shoes crammed my toes together until I started wearing actually foot-shaped shoes. And my feet are narrow.
ulterno@programming.dev 1 day ago
I’ve heard of them quite a bit.
Might try if I get the chance.
thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I recently learned that there’s a size rating for width. It goes from A to E, and says something about the length/width ratio of the shoe. Made my previous shoes a lot easier to buy (I also struggle to find wide enough shoes).
Necroscope0@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Goes further than that, my feet are technically 11EEEEEE but I usually have to get a 12EE since basically no one in the world makes 6E if not custom made.
ulterno@programming.dev 2 days ago
Well, guess I need to look for my width rating.
Not that it matters, because the shop ppl won’t understand.