posted on February 8, 2001 05:08:18 AM
I went to a local store and looked at cross-trainer shoes (no jokes about cross-dressers please) They had 3 styles for men none of which I liked and 7 styles for women a couple of which were rather nice looking. The real kicker is the women's shoes were priced cheaper.
I did a search several ways to try to find a chart for equivalent sizes and found nothing.
I hate to have to pull one after another of the self and try them to find a size. Does anyone have a chart?
posted on February 8, 2001 06:15:15 AM
gravid, I've bought shoes the other direction. (Early in my previous life as a minerals engineer, I could only buy steel-toed work boots in men's sizes.)
What I found is that the length is 2 numbers less for men's shoes; for example, a women's size 10 is roughly a men's size 8. Women's shoes are commonly available in sizes up to 11 (men's 9); anything over that may be a special order and is likely to be more expensive.
In women's shoes, a B width is considered medium; my experience was that a B width is equivalent to a men's D width. You'll probably want to look at wide widths first; women's shoes run much narrower than men's.
posted on February 8, 2001 09:55:24 AM
The upper heel area is usually made narrower in women's shoes too
The foot measuiring thingy that they have in shoe stores will tell you your shoe size in Men's and Women's
[ edited by Zazzie on Feb 8, 2001 09:56 AM ]
