Monday, October 12, 2009

Messin' with Sasquatch: Finding wide width shoes

It's really difficult for me to find shoes I like and can afford. I wear size 7.5 W and don't wear animal products. That makes my search limited to the old standbys like Payless and Lifestride. Those places are fine, but I'm picky and want more options. My search on eBay brought me a lot of slutty shoes for drag queens. My search for wide vegan shoes on Google either brings up ugly shoes that hippies might wear or fabulous shoes that Paul McCartney's daughter wants over a thousand dollars for.

However! Today I made some finds, although so far, I haven't found what I'm looking for.

Maryland Square - Nothing I want right now, but they have my size! Too much dead cow, though.
Onlineshoes.com - They have my size! Again, though, the dead cow problem. If these were fake I might be a customer.
Designershoes.com - Right size, wrong materials.
Zappos.com - Right size, wrong materials.

All the vegan shoe stores I've looked at don't have wide width shoes. So frustrating! I'm trying to ease my conscience while having happy feet, but it's difficult. Maybe it's for the best though, because if I had normal feet, I'd probably own a million pairs. If you are looking for vegan shoes and have normal feet, check out Moo Shoes

I started this post because I wanted all my shoe links together, and I also was excited about finding a few new sites. One is T.U.K., which has some weird stuff, but weird in a way I like at times. I welcome weird, after seeing the same old pairs over and over again. They seem to make shoes for a wider foot, and they have lots of vegan shoes. I could probably wear these, although not to work:



These are cute - little cherries!


Some of their shoes remind me of Fluevog shoes, which have wonderful designs but are not vegan like most of these. They have a small selection of "green" shoes, but they're all casual.

Another link took me to Torrid.com, which says it has shoes that fit a "wider foot and calf". It's a plus-size store, and I'm not plus sized, so I'm not sure if this would work or not. That is, I have scrawny ankles on top of my big duck feet. That's another problem I have, I have narrow heels. So...dunno. They also don't have half sizes. Still, might be worth a shot if something really fits the style I'm jonesing for. I know where I'm going if I want to be Dorothy for Halloween!

ETA: Plus sized stores with wide width shoes:
Fashion Bug wide width shoes, man made materials. 
Avenue wide width shoes, man made materials.
Roaman's wide width shoes, some have man made materials, check description.
Jessica London wide width shoes, some have man made materials, check description.

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