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

[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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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

Shoes are designed with length in front of the toe, for movement--overmeasure. Things like ski or work boots, require even more. Whenever pointy shoes are in style this is exaggerated. But even a neutral dress shoe will be longer than the foot by an 1" or more. 27mm here:

[Anonymous]

I like my shoes to fit looser because it doesn’t hurt. I recently started having to wear orthotics as well and it helped to not have to buy new shoes. I typically buy two sizes up anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never seen this. Are these dress shoes or sneakers? Do you have a picture? I don’t see how they could walk.

Without showing the full person this is just an idea, in reality imagine this kind of foot not on a towering guy but on a 5' guy, and you can bet that his toes end where the horizontal line connecting the top is Not a tad further.

They are wearing the proper size - but the style makes the entire front stick far out from the toe. When I took my son shopping for dress shoes, a lot of them were like this. Seems odd but no worse than women wearing high heels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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

But how in the world are they wearing them? My second toe on my left foot is longer than the big toe, so depending on how the shoes are shaped, sometimes I have go up half a size to accommodate that. But then the right foot gets uncomfortable, and it's only half a size. I can't imagine wearing shoes that are several sizes too big.

[Anonymous]

I’m 6’2” and my ‘regular’ size is a 14 or 15.
I often wear a bigger size - up to a size 21!
- it depends on the type, the fit, the ‘feel’ or the look of the shoe! I adjust my foot as needed - extra socks, different inner soles, etc.!

[Anonymous]

Speaking as a guy with wide feet, one reason is because many brands do not make a "wide" version of their shoes. Some brands are fine (yeezy's for example are quite wide), while others you are forced to go 1.5-2 sizes bigger and just deal with the annoying toe gap. The only alternative is to restrict yourself to just a couple brands/types of shoes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never seen this. Are these dress shoes or sneakers? Do you have a picture? I don’t see how they could walk.

Without showing the full person this is just an idea, in reality imagine this kind of foot not on a towering guy but on a 5' guy, and you can bet that his toes end where the horizontal line connecting the top is Not a tad further.

And what makes you think the shoes are too big for the feet? First of all we can’t see the guys for height. And even if we could, shoe size is not a direct correlation to height.

This whole thread is eye opening to me. My 5’8” daughter has large feet for her stature and is self conscious about it. I told her no one is looking at the size of her feet and judging her. I was wrong…. Middle-age insecure mean-girl women probably are.

[Anonymous]

DH size is a 13 and he wears 13s

[Anonymous]

i, too, have seen this.

[Anonymous]

these best part is when they take a step and the shoe folds several inches from where you expect the toes to be. Also, sometimes the tips of the shoes point up without even touching the ground...in basketball shoes, not rocker type trainers.