micha

It's not quite hopeless for me with my EU 44/45 feet. Last year I found pink 3'' cowgirl boots at a Deichmann shop in Frankfurt. They were signed as EU 42 but at the first sight they appeared much bigger. Precautionary I had pulled on nylon pantihoses. I tried them on in the shop and after slipping into the pull on boots with ease they were simply mine. Even if a female sales clerk meant that this crazy guy has done enough mess with the shoe boxes. She tried to grab my boots for putting them back into the box and became red like a tomato as I spitted at her like a cat: these are my boots, I want to buy them! I have never seen such a helpless stuttering and confused salesgirl. Afterwards I felt really ashamed because of my harsh reaction.

dressboots

Never intended to try any in the stores but had made the leap to select/request a apir of women's boots without the world exploding so made the next step in trying them on.

Generally speaking if I just bought them without trying them on the clerk knew they were for me anyway so why not try them on?

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micha

It's not quite hopeless for me with my EU 44/45 feet. Last year I found pink 3'' cowgirl boots at a Deichmann shop in Frankfurt. They were signed as EU 42 but at the first sight they appeared much bigger. Precautionary I had pulled on nylon pantihoses. I tried them on in the shop and after slipping into the pull on boots with ease they were simply mine. Even if a female sales clerk meant that this crazy guy has done enough mess with the shoe boxes. She tried to grab my boots for putting them back into the box and became red like a tomato as I spitted at her like a cat: these are my boots, I want to buy them! I have never seen such a helpless stuttering and confused salesgirl. Afterwards I felt really ashamed because of my harsh reaction.

chris100575

Exactly right Dressboots, I'm sure that every time I've been shoe shopping the staff have known they were for me. It was the reaction of the other customers that used to worry me, but they've always been just as engaged in their own shopping as I was.

Chris

Fog

I've always had good experiences in Faith. In one shop they went out of their way to give me a brochure listing all the styles they did in size nine.

I always used to avoid male sales assistants, but have never had bad or sniffy service. Two occasions stand out - one in Faith in Wimbledon, where the male assistant complimented me on my confidence trying on heels in the shop. I asked him if he often saw men buying heels. He said he'd only had that twice - and both the guys were really nervous - and shaking all over. I asked him if they tried them on, he said they didn't. He was amused by their furtiveness.

The other occasion was in Office in Croydon. I was browsing and a young male assistant asked me if I needed any help - in a friendly way. No I'm just looking I said, but then said, well I would like to try those on. He was really great as were everyone else in the shop. I had decided that I wouldn't buy them if I didn't have the guts to wear them straight out of the shop so spent about ten to fifteen minutes walking round the shop deciding, that was after the ten minutes I spent with one boot on when he was trying to locate the other boot.

Try before you buy guys - that is if you're lucky enough to find shoes in shops that fit.

tiffany

Today I did a little bit of shopping and I finally tried my first pair of heels in the store. I must admit I was really nervous as I had already made up my mind that next time I walked into a shoe store I would try any model I wanted to buy.

So I was walking and I saw some nice heels in a store called B2 (http://www.b2shoes.com) and I tried the pair similar to the Mimosa model but in pink and white. Unfortunately they didn't have my size (9) so I didn't buy them but I tried the same model in a different color just to make sure the size was the correct one.

There were a couple of ladies that saw me try on the heels but they went about their business talking about how one of them didn't like the way a particular boot model looked on her and a guy who just saw me and then went back to doing his own shopping.

The sales guy was really corteous and went out of his way to see if he could find my size in another store and he even asked me if I needed some toe hose.

So even though I didn't get to buy the pair I'm really happy with my experience.

highheellover

of course you try on.

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dr1819

Terrific!

That's been the experience of many of us here on the board, that most others really don't care.

I went shopping for groceries in 3-3/4" Franco Sarto loafers. Two people noticed, but there wasn't a hint of body language of "what the..." which indicated disapproval in the slightest manner, and one of the people who noticed was a woman I was talking to in line at the checkout, and she didn't change her patter one bit after she noticed - she kept right on going with a friendly Tscusch! (spelling?) as she went to her car and I went to mine.

pumpedup

I haven't ever gotten looked at funny, because it's completely normal for a man to walk into a women's shoe department at Macy's and buy some shoes. It doesn't mean he's buying them for himself to wear. Why would anyone working in the shoe dept think that, unless the guy acts very feminent. I bought only one pair at Macy's, my Jessica Simpson "Niva" pumps, and the lady didn't seem all that pre-occupied that i was buying women's shoes. It could be for a gift for someone. Plus, she actually asked me if i wanna try them on. Then she laughed and caught herself, and said, "well, you're a guy. I guess it wouldn't be your thing, eh?" I laughed and agreed with her, but when i got them home, they were on my feet in 5 seconds flat!

I've gone into thrift stores, and gotten strange looks from people. One cashier at one store asked me "what are you doing with these shoes? selling them?" I just said, "You might say that." It's none of her business, really, but she probably thought i WAS selling them. She probably had no thought in her mind that i was buying them to wear them. I just bought some Friday night from a thrift store, and i'm wearing them right now. They're Etienne Aigner, black leather pumps, with about a 3" heel. I got them for $7 when they probably were $75 brand new. They're in GREAT shape, though. Hardly a scuff or scratch on them, except for the soles. I love them! The cashier said, "Wow! those are some cute shoes!" She didn't bat an eye that i was male and buying them.

HappyFeat

I have a slightly different perspective on trying on shoes. Since I am pretty much a perfect size 11 (US) I have never had a pair no fit. In fact I can usually do a 10 Wide, if I can find them. I usually only buy shoes in a self-serve situation, mainly because finding the bargin is really what seems to excite me. I have never asked for a pair off the floor; though I would likely do it if the mood struck me. Also, I have found younger women to be more accepting and open to possibilities of men wearing heels.