tiffany

I absolutely hate that... I've heard those comments come from both male and female employees. Most of the time I tell them they are for me as I find it so irritating that they assume it's for someone else.

I remember one time at payless a girl said to me "she's going to love them" when I asked to see a particular mule in my size and I told her "those are for me". She said something like "that's a shame" which kind of pissed me off but then she tried selling me hose and more shoes which kind of made up for her comment.

Why is it so hard to break the relationship between clothing and gender?

JeffB

I've had that happen a time or two. It's no big deal to me, if people want to make value judgments, fine, let 'em. Depending on my mood, I often say in my most casual tone that the shoes are for me. That throws salespeople for a loop, something I get an inward chuckle out of.

booty lover

i just buy them from the shop, if they don't quite fit, i go and exchange them for the next size up

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Dawn HH

I order most of mine through catalogs and if they don't fit right, I call and order another size and return the first pair for a refund. That way I usually get my size right before they run out. Being in the normal women's size range helps a lot also.
Cheers---

Dawn HH

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chris100575

I've gone into this at some length in another thread, so in brief:

I've been shoe shopping today, and in Faith I tried on and bought a pair of very high and pointy knee length stiletto boots. The assistant looked momentarily surprised, but was very friendly and professional. I didn't pay enough attention to the other customers to judge their reaction, but they all seemed to be just as engrossed in their own shopping as I was. As it turned out I'm glad I did try on the boots, as they only had a size nine and I wouldn't have bought them assuming they were too big. True to Faith sizing variance however, they fit like a snug eight!

Chris

CrazyIcecap

The biggest problem for me is to find a store with shoes in my size....really hard to find.

We need more sizes! :-)

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micha

A snug eight? Much too narrow for me. You are a lucky guy. I need at least a snug ten. That's the reason why I am ignoring ordinary shoe shops. As CrazyIcecap said: we need more sizes!

chris100575

I know, I'm a UK 7.5 / EU 41 which makes it easy to buy heels that fit. The last pair of Faith boots I bought are marked as an eight and are a looser fit. Go figure. So I now own pairs in sizes 7, 8 and 9 and they all fit. Guess that's why trying on is important.

Chris

Danielinheels

Trying on in the store is a must for me.

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johnieheel

OK Shafted, what was the girl saying that pointing at your boots?Also good to finally see a vid of a fellow heeler trying on heels in public. I see you were not escorted out of the store and cained or taken off to jail either.LOL

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