I posted in the sizing thread a couple of times with no luck, so I'm sorry if I shouldn't be posting here! Mods please feel free to move this over.
I purchased a pair of the Bianca 140 in black patent in a size 37.5. My true CL size is all over the place but I guess it's a 38 (with some heel slippage) although my Pigalle 120 are 37. My HPs are 38. VPs in 38 had a lot of heel slippage. So basically I sized down half a size for the Biancas. Felt perfect at first but very snug in the toe box but I could deal with it. I felt the toe box might stretch. I tried them on around the house and started to feel slight heel slippage. As I wanted to wear these with opaque tights as well as bare feet I was worried about the shoes feeling too loose (even though I could not see a gap at the back), so considered changing them for a 37 (full size down from TTS).
During a trip to London I visited a CL boutique and tried on a 37 and they were very tight. The SA was adamant these were the correct size. She kept saying, "trust me that is your size." She said as long as they actually can get onto my feet, that's the correct size because they stretch out loads. In hindsight I'm wondering if this only applies to people with wider feet as it's the width that stretches out not the length, and as I have narrow feet, tightness in the width of the shoe is never a problem.
Anyway, on the advice of the SA, when I got home I changed my 37.5s for the 37s at my local boutique. I wore them out for a couple of hours yesterday and they were sooooooooo tight. Not just in the toe box but my heel is pushed up right to the back of the shoe. The only good thing was at least they felt secure on my foot and I walked easily in them apart from the toe pain because there was no danger of them coming off my foot.
I have really narrow feet. I can't tell if the length is right because I don't know if the correct length means your feet should fill the whole shoe or still leave you with a good amount of space at the front. My big toe is right near the end. As my feet are so narrow I'm not used to shoes feeling tight as normally I'm swimming in them. The shoes are most painful on my pinkie toes.
Have I bought the wrong size? Will they stretch? Or should I have stuck with the 37.5? I hate padding shoes and was worried about slippage in tights. The 37s are tight even when my feet are cold and even wearing tights, so I dread to think what they will be like when my feet get hot and swell up and when I wear them with bare feet.
Please help! TIA.
I purchased a pair of the Bianca 140 in black patent in a size 37.5. My true CL size is all over the place but I guess it's a 38 (with some heel slippage) although my Pigalle 120 are 37. My HPs are 38. VPs in 38 had a lot of heel slippage. So basically I sized down half a size for the Biancas. Felt perfect at first but very snug in the toe box but I could deal with it. I felt the toe box might stretch. I tried them on around the house and started to feel slight heel slippage. As I wanted to wear these with opaque tights as well as bare feet I was worried about the shoes feeling too loose (even though I could not see a gap at the back), so considered changing them for a 37 (full size down from TTS).
During a trip to London I visited a CL boutique and tried on a 37 and they were very tight. The SA was adamant these were the correct size. She kept saying, "trust me that is your size." She said as long as they actually can get onto my feet, that's the correct size because they stretch out loads. In hindsight I'm wondering if this only applies to people with wider feet as it's the width that stretches out not the length, and as I have narrow feet, tightness in the width of the shoe is never a problem.
Anyway, on the advice of the SA, when I got home I changed my 37.5s for the 37s at my local boutique. I wore them out for a couple of hours yesterday and they were sooooooooo tight. Not just in the toe box but my heel is pushed up right to the back of the shoe. The only good thing was at least they felt secure on my foot and I walked easily in them apart from the toe pain because there was no danger of them coming off my foot.
I have really narrow feet. I can't tell if the length is right because I don't know if the correct length means your feet should fill the whole shoe or still leave you with a good amount of space at the front. My big toe is right near the end. As my feet are so narrow I'm not used to shoes feeling tight as normally I'm swimming in them. The shoes are most painful on my pinkie toes.
Have I bought the wrong size? Will they stretch? Or should I have stuck with the 37.5? I hate padding shoes and was worried about slippage in tights. The 37s are tight even when my feet are cold and even wearing tights, so I dread to think what they will be like when my feet get hot and swell up and when I wear them with bare feet.
Please help! TIA.