Rosenberg – larger size shoes online, melborne shop

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I wear a size 13 women’s shoe. (11 Male)
I have a foot width of 11 cm.

I noticed that they have a size guide at Size Guide
They show lengths but only show widths in letters not the actual measurement. I don’t find this much help.

I did a search for “women size 13 wide” shoes.
Most of the shoes are over $100. A few are under but most of them are that price as they are on special.

This is alright for someone that is not on a budget and you do tend to have to pay more for quality.

I am not trying to be negative.
Trying to point out the challenge with shopping online and that this is what I do tend to come across at most sites.

[Elizabeth]

I’ve just bought a pair of strappy heels from Rosenberg’s, Melbourne.
A perfect fit, look good and wear like a pair of well worn kid gloves. Soft,
extremely comfortable and why hadn’t I found Rosenberg’s before? Delivery was very prompt, and yes they have a return policy. Their shoes are not for everybody in style, it’s a matter of taste. They have the sizes and, thank God, the neccessary widths. I’ll be buying again from there with their new catalogue, to be published very soon.

Liz

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They have the sizes and, thank God, the neccessary widths.

Liz, how did you find out what the widths were?

Did you already know what the letters stood for?
Did you contact them to find out the widths?
Did you take the chance and found out the width once you got the shoes?

[Elizabeth]

Peta asked ‘how I knew the shoe widths’

The standard width for women’s shoes (or ‘Pumps’ as the yanks call shoes’) is ‘C.’ Normally manufacturers no longer produce in various widths assuming all women have the same width in their feet,’not so.’
Supersoft produce a ‘W’ which we could assume is for wide; but that’s it.
Rosenberg’s do have some varying widths, eg ‘W’ ‘EW’ extra wide and so on. However shoes in these widths are both limited in style and numbers; the majority revert to the standard ‘C’ fitting. Try squeeezing a triple ‘E’ into a bone crushing ‘C’ not good for the feet in the long term. The only way to assure a superb fit is to have shoes individually hand made, an expensive exercise.
Personally, I have always found shoes to be the most difficult items to scource soley because women’s shoes are not made to fit men’s feet.

Liz

[Anonymous]

One of my pet hates is the vast difference in sizes.

For example I take a 10 in some brands, others are 11 and even 12 in others, I have even managed to slip into the odd 9 comfortably.
I purchase most of mine through ebay, recently having bought 3 pair;

Black satin look ballets size 10 used. Beautiful shoes. The Brand is Girl Express, cheaply made Chinese, …but let’s face it , …every darn thing is Chinese nowadays. I can’t even get into them.

Black roman sandals, again size 10, Girl Express, and they fit well with a little room to spare. I know that the open strap layout gives the extra room, but the sole length is definetely longer.

Gold ‘Grendha’ ballets, size 38 that fit comfortably. …Please explain.

Heels are generally no problem. But I have bought Chinese platforms with a closed toe and 4″ heels in size 10 that slip all over the place. Agin beautiful shoes in black patent, that look great but I had to I place a lot of tape on the inside ankles to grip my feet, and tissues in the toes. These silly things have absolutely no flexability, and I feel that I may fall off and break my neck sometime. It would be great if they came with an insurance policy!

Generally with heels there is a little extra room, properly made heels have an allowance for the feet to fall forward, so I don’t have much of an issue with these.

What cheeses me off is always sizing concerning ballets and courts. When the heck are we going to see standardisation amongst the cheap imports?
…Like, it’s not as if we can actually go try them on, can we ? Well, …on second thoughts, maybe that IS the answer !!!

[Anonymous]

http://www.rosenbergshoes.com.au/

this Victorian shop also has an online shop
good shoes larger sizes, not cheep but good.

ive bought 2 pair and been happy

jess