Hey girls!
I'm pretty new here and have mostly hung out on the Ebay forum, but I thought I'd poke my head in here and get your opinion on shoe designers whose items might actually fit my feet! I have several of what they call "minor physical anomalies" of the foot that make shoe shopping a huge PITA...
-a wide foot (4.25" across at the bottom, measured when I step on a measuring tape. Lengthwise, I'm about an 8.5, but widthwise, easily a 10. I generally have to get 9-9.5s and hope they run wide) caused by...
-bunions on BOTH sides of the foot
(giving my feet a diamond shape)
-"princess toes" (my 2nd toe is longer than the big toe)
-loose/hypermobile/collapsing arches (so, only when I bear weight, I have flat feet)
-thin skin that blisters very easily
I really don't have much in the way of a high-end shoe collection because of my extreme difficulty finding shoes that fit (I do like
Coach and Sam Edelman, but I still have to size up to 9.5 or 10 and get those heel pads to shorten the fit, unless I'm dealing with a thong style), but if there are nice shoes out there for me, I'd love to branch out a bit! I recently found
these Prada strappy heels off a couture swap-type site and was amazed that they actually fit (the lowest strap runs more over the toes and not my bunions, like most straps do), so I figure there must be something out there for me...
Thanks for your suggestions!