Shopping for heels: try them on? - Page 2

hoverfly · 4th January 2007, 14:43

Fitting is such an issue for me it is almost a absolute must to try before buying. Now doing business from the mail I look for free return shipping or good customer assistance to determine the proper fit.

CrazyIcecap · 4th January 2007, 15:02

When i buy heels in the store, i try them on. There is nothing more annoying than spending a lot of money for heels, only to discover that you have to drive back to the store to change them....

I bought my favourite heels in germany, at "Blicker's" in Hamburg - they have a lot of styles in sizes up to EU 48, but not really cheap...
It's really nice there, because they are used to men in heels...

chris100575 · 4th January 2007, 18:20

I seem to be buying online quite a bit at the moment, largely because none of the shops have really had anything that took my fancy. I have tried heels on in the shop though, and the sales assistants have always been very friendly and helpful. I've always looked for female staff though, as I find them more approachable and believe women to be generally less judgmental than men.

Chris

highheellove · 4th January 2007, 19:37

I don't have any heels right know but the ones i have bought i bought in the store. I tried them on in the store walked around in them and just bought them right there! Its fun and exciting!

JeffB · 4th January 2007, 19:50

Like chris, I also buy my shoes online since size 13's aren't available in mainstream stores. But, on the rare occasions I found something at Payless that I liked, yes, I'd try them on in the store. I have zero compunction about that.

tiffany · 4th January 2007, 19:55

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Originally Posted by johnieheel

... No body really cares and I'm thinking thats the reason for this post, huh? No fear!They're only shoes and thats all.

Yes, I guess it's mostly fear. Mostly it's from cute girls around (shopping/selling). I know I probably wont date them or even meet them but there's something about it that sometimes makes me turn around and prevent me from even buying a pair without even trying them on.

I guess I shouldn't be too preocupied with what other people think.

kneehighs · 4th January 2007, 20:00

Here's a video of Shafted trying on some boots in DSW at Union Square:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i4...shafteddsw.jpg

admirer5577 · 4th January 2007, 20:05

If the shop have the shoes/boots I am interested in I'll try them on in the shop. But since I need US woman size 13-14 I can't find anything in the "normal" shops but have to shop where they have larger sizes and then of course they are used to male customers.

As a result of my size I buy most shoes/boots over the net.

I do have one shop nearby in Malmoe/Sweden (www.kingsizeskor.se) where they have a reasonable selection now a days but they are on the expensive side (7 SEK = 1 USD). (FYI:Damskor=Ladies shoes) They are of course used to having male customers and they are very friendly. Sometimes they actually asks how the last pair worked out and if I was happy with them. They even remembers which pairs I bought last time.... Impressive I think.

I was in Paris about a month ago and found quite a lot of shops with larger sizes but nothing really fancied me in most of them. I tried a few pairs and the staff were friendly there. But it is hard to make conversation with them unless you speak french.

One shop had a great selection (www.sacapuce.fr) up to size EU48 which is US woman 16 or something like that. But the staff there were the exception to the rule. When I asked for different models in my size they sure enough brought them but then they left again for some computerwork and I had to go over to them to ask them for some other model/size. Maybe they were used to male customers wanting to mind their own business without much assistance. I ended up buying these boots http://www.sacapuce.fr/grandes-taill...epalenoir.html

Now I am looking forward to go to London in March for some more heel shopping :)

/admirer

Guy N. Heels · 4th January 2007, 21:09

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Originally Posted by hoverfly

Fitting is such an issue for me it is almost a absolute must to try before buying. Now doing business from the mail I look for free return shipping or good customer assistance to determine the proper fit.

Ancient proverb: "Very bad luck to buy shoe without first trying on."

It just makes sense! I recently bought a pair of pants at Wal-Mart that the label said was my size without trying them on. They turned out to be 2" too big in the waist and 2" too long in the legs. So from now on I'm trying-on all my clothing before I buy. If some store clerk doesn't like it, I'll take my money and my custom elsewhere! The same thing goes for prices, too. If they don't want to sell at the advertised price they can keep their merchandise. There are plenty of other shops around where I can take my business.

Pumps · 4th January 2007, 21:21

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Originally Posted by admirer5577

I do have one shop nearby in Malmoe/Sweden (www.kingsizeskor.se) where they have a reasonable selection now a days but they are on the expensive side

Try this one: http://www.pehrssonsskohus.dk/

I visited once, but didn't have the guts to buy.

I have this desire to just go into a shop and buy a pair of heels as if it was the most natural thing in the world, but since few stores carry my size, it's not realistic. Internet for me.