Why Guys are wearing shoes 10 sizes too big! is it a thing?

[Anonymous]

No one could walk in shoes that are too big. The looseness would cause rubbing into blisters.

[Anonymous]

Keep in mind that skinny pants make the feet look bigger. My kids have enormous feet (DS20 wears size 14 and DS16 wears size 13), and when they wear skinny jeans, they look like they are wearing clown shoes, LOL. I don't want to make them self-conscious, so I say nothing.

[Anonymous]

You’re really dumb, op. I’m sure you’ve been told that many times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re really dumb, op. I’m sure you’ve been told that many times.

Yeah... didn't want to be mean about it, but this is damned stupid.

[Anonymous]

I have seen a lot of people, both men and women, who are wearing flip flops and sandals that are obviously way too big for them. I always find it odd.

[Anonymous]

I wear all my sneakers about 10-15 sizes too big. I do running and all kind of sports in them. I am 6' tall, and kids size 4 fit me perfectly. Almost every day, people asked me about my tiny feet, and at some point I started wearing shoes in size 8, which are way too big, but people still asked about my small shoe size. Then I started buying shoes in size 14 and 15, and bigger. These days I wear adidas basketball shoes in size 20, Nike basketball shoes in size 22, and running shoes in size 15. People ask me now about my huge shoes size. Perhaps I should only wear size 14s, which seems the perfect size for a 6' guy.

[Anonymous]

I am a 5'3 female and wear size 8-8.5. 9 sometimes. I just have big feet.

[Anonymous]

MIL is 5’3” weighs a 85lbs and wears an 11 or 12 depending on brand.

[Anonymous]

Pointed toes are back in style, apparently. They go through cycles OP.

[Anonymous]

They just look that way lately because of the skinny pant legs. They're wearing shoes that fit their feet.

[Anonymous]

No, I sell mens dress shoes, and pretty much every guy that comes on is trying to get shoes at least a full size too big. And young guys in Nikes are wearing them 2 or more sizes too big. 5'10 skinny teenagers thinking they need a 14 isn't uncommon. I've put kids wearing 13s and 14s in Nike into 10s or 11s in Johnston and Murphy or Ecco. A bad salesman that just gives people the size they asked for would be selling these kids dress shoes that are literally 4 sizes too big. The main problem is that the vast majority of men, especially young men, don't know how leather dress shoes are supposed to fit. They want "room" in the shoe. And then it rubs and they think dress shoes are inherently uncomfortable. Basically, American men just need someone to teach them how to properly size shoes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can not get over this. Wherever I go I see young guys wearing shoes that look like they MUST be at least 4 inches longer then their feet. It is really funny, I can not imagine how then can walk and not trip over? It looks not only like some sort of overcompensation for something but it clearly must be a health hazard. What is with this thing, when did it became so popular.
Come one, who are you kidding? I see a guy that is like 5 feet 3 inches and he is wearing as shoe that seem like size 12.
It is like a plague. I assume the shoe sellers could not push the larger sizes so they started the fad?
I don't know, I have seen many trends, some healthier then others but this is insane. It truly is a health hazard. Is it some sort of fashion statement or is it an attempt to impress someone with the length of the foot that appears to have a medical condition.

OP: I have noticed this too. Really weird. Not sure why guys do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wear all my sneakers about 10-15 sizes too big. I do running and all kind of sports in them. I am 6' tall, and kids size 4 fit me perfectly. Almost every day, people asked me about my tiny feet, and at some point I started wearing shoes in size 8, which are way too big, but people still asked about my small shoe size. Then I started buying shoes in size 14 and 15, and bigger. These days I wear adidas basketball shoes in size 20, Nike basketball shoes in size 22, and running shoes in size 15. People ask me now about my huge shoes size. Perhaps I should only wear size 14s, which seems the perfect size for a 6' guy.

CRYING.

[Anonymous]

The other issue is that guys are trying on dress shoes not to see how they fit but to test the comfort. A proper fitting, quality, full grain dress shoe should not be real comfortable when you first try it on in the store. It should feel tight across the sides and the vamp. To get the best, comfortable fit, the shoe needs to stretThrch to form to the shape of the foot. Buying a quality shoe, tight with the toes not touching the end and the heel firmly held in place will leave you with a comfortable shoe that will last years, even decades. But the first two weeks probably they should feel pretty tight. Basic rule of thumb with leather dress shoes, if you don't have to use a shoehorn to get a new dress shoe on, then it's too big

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have seen a lot of people, both men and women, who are wearing flip flops and sandals that are obviously way too big for them. I always find it odd.

Yes, I see me with flip flops with about an inch or two hanging extra from the back of their feet.