I'm sorry to hear of your plight, Micha. It appears they're not listening!
I have received two responses from shoe manufacturers that specifically stated they were keeping their sizes as is because they're marketing to women, not men, and they do not wish to loose their lion's share of the profits to women because men are wearing the larger selections of their styles.
Personally, I think this is an irrational fear, primarily because I've had two women ask me about my heels then purchase the same, because of what I've read of the adventures of others on this bulletin board, and because other manufacturers have increased their sizes between one and three since I've been writing over the last two years, but have not increased more than a single size since I began looking at women's heel sizes more than 30 years ago.
Perhaps it's just the times, perhaps my efforts have had something to do with. I don't know. I do know I've received well more than 10x as many positive responses from manufacturers than negative ones. Not all of the positive responses have been "we'll increase our sizes," but about 20% of them have. The remainder have been polite letters say they'd research the matter further.
Well, thank you all for putting in your two cent's worth - and it does take the collective effort of a lot of people to make a change in industry, so thank you in advance for sending an e-mail or two to your favorite manufacturer asking them to increase their shoe size offerings! |