Shoe Fitting Tips
1. Check, whether you are wearing an appropriate sock before you try your shoes on. For example, don’t try boots on nylon socks, for you will probably wear them with heavier socks.
2. Try to go shoe-shopping in the end of the day, for this is the time, when your feet are most swollen. On the other hand, do not abuse the so-called “thumb rule”: if you’ve just completed a sightseeing tour which required 10 miles of walking, and that’s not your typical exercise routine, then by all means don’t try on office heels that night! You have to wait until the end of the day first of all because you have to be sure, your new footwear will fit you well in the widest state of your foot – a check for the worst possible situation,
3. First try a shoe on your largest foot. In the majority of people the largest foot is opposite to the hand they write with. For instance, if you are right-hander, you left foot will be bigger, that the right. Try to make your shoes fit first of all this foot. All the shoes are mass-produced, despite the fact, that there are more than 20 separate parts in every shoe. So it is up to you to choose the criteria of fitting.
4.When you try your shoe on, do not sit. Stand up and them walk around the shop a little bit. The main idea is, that you should be able to wiggle your toes in the front of the shoe. In many cases you are able to touch the front of the shoe with your toes, but never forget, that there should be 3/8″ to 1/2″ of space between the end of the shoe and your big toe.
5. Never buy the shoes, that seem tight to you. If you have to pray every day for this shoes to stretch to a needed size – they never will. Surely, soft leather and suede cam mold slightly to the shape of your foot, but this will be only a minor increase of length or width. For you to avoid such mistakes, take a few laps around a carpet.
Wedding Shoes: How To Choose?
As a rule, a bride always chooses white shoes for her wedding ceremony, However, the bridal footwear can be not only white, but matching the colour of the dress or its decoration. If your dress is of tender, faded colours, shoes must pass to it.
When choosing the style of the bride’s shoes, one must take the season into consideration. If the ceremony is planned for summer, mullets will do. In winter it is better to keep your feet warm, and buy ankle boots, and if you have already decided for shoes, be sure, that the sole and the finders are covered in a shoe.
Also a bride can buy two pair of shoes – if, for example, you would like to take off you high-heeled shoes and wear airy sandals or wedgies. In any case, the major part of the time you will be sitting at the table, and if you wish to go dancing, you won’t be able to find better footwear.
It is better to buy leather shoes, for the foot to “breathe”. The purchasing of the shoes must be seriously considered: remember, that you will have to spend much time trying different bridal shoes on. Try the shoes on standing, not sitting, and after trying them on have a walk around the shop, to try the heel. You foot has to be stable and not fall from side to side, even if you are wearing stilettos.
A fter buying a pair of shoes, one has to wear it in. One can soap a foot and put the shoes on, and the wear them until the foot dries off (a traditional wearing-in method). Remember, that you will have to spend much time in these shoes, and comfort is of top importance for you.
One of the main question is, which heel to choose?
High-heeled shoes make you foot look more elegant and long, and this is always appreciated. On the other hand, footwear without heels makes your steps more light and airy. Finally, it is up to you, which type of shoes to choose.
How to Choose the Right Men’s Shoes
Among a number of groundless stereotypes existing in this world there is one, that concerns shoes, and in particular – shoes and sexes. This ludicrous and insulting stereotype suggests, that all women care about their shoes – and that all men never do.
Quite on the contrary, now one can easily find guys, that have huge shoes wardrobes and who try to match shoes and clothes (besides, there still are women, that con not even articulate, which trend is in in shoes fashion this season!)
If we forget about gender gap, we’ll see, that some of us see shoes as practical necessities, and others have a shoe obsession. However, the majority of people all over the world’ probably, match the middle of the scale. Despite this, many men feel quite uncomfortable when facing a variety of styles in men’s shoes. Some of them get used to one type of shoes (for example, work-type boots) and remain in this style forever. Others even avoid certain clothes, or attending events because sneakers were not appropriate there.
Mainly this happens not due to the disdain for other types of shoes, but to a lack of confidence when it comes to choosing casual shoes. That is why we are happy to present you General Rules for Men’s Shoes, that will help you to avoid problems when choosing between types of shoes.
- Choose shoes that match your pants or are a tone darker, than they.
- Remember, that shoes do not need to be a match with your socks. Socks function as a tie – this is a small item, that bring the whole image together.
- Try to match your shoes to your belt, if you are wearing one (of course, this is not a good idea, if you wear a multy-coloured striped belt or something like that).
- Speaking about jeans, you can wear the shoes of almost every style or colour, but be sure, the shoes are not to shiny – that they do not look like they were mend fro a more classical suit.
- Boots, lug soles, sneakers, loafers and sandals look gorgeous with jeans, but for you not to loose your head in this vortex of choice, make your choice oriented at your shirt. If you are wearing a sporty polo-shirt, loafers will look great, for T-shirs choose sneakers or retro-style shoes. Long, artsy button-downs work well with sandals or moc toe oxford styles.
- As one of the critics said, “whether you call them Dockers, chinos, or khakis, there are a variety of loafers, oxford and other men’s shoes that work well with casual pants.”
- The ornamentation and style of your shoes must lead your image. For example, a tassle or a buckle is a little more on the dressy side, while a woven pattern or heavy stitching is a little more on the casual side.
- If you choose shoes for dress pants, wear a pair you would like to wear with a suit. Shiny material shows, the shoes are quite dressy, as well as bulky heels and soles.
- There are also special rules of colour matching of your shoes with other clothes. For example:
• Black shoes will do with navy, grey or black tones.
• Brown shoes pass to tan, brown, beige, greens, other darker earth colours.
• Burgundy shoes work well with khaki, lighter browns, blue and grey.
• Tan shoes will look good with lighter earth colours, as well as blue, beige, lighter tan or white.
Take Care of Your Footwear
We have to take care of our footwear regardless the weather and the season of the year. How can we do it in the right way? Learn now some small, but useful tips, that will help your footwear remain beautiful for a long time!
- when buying footwear choose it not only by its outlook, but also by the right size.
- patent-leather footwear must be regularly dubbed with milk, and after it dries down -clean up to glittering. Also one can wipe patent-leather shoes with a cotton wool wad, wetted in milk, and when they dry off, finish wiping with a half of an onion. Than one can gloss the shoes with flannel.
- suede shoes and shoes made of nubuk shall be cleaned with a brush after each wearing, and in case of extreme necessity they can be also cleaned by sandpaper.
- shoes from artificial (especially from fashionable metallized and textile) exterior materials can be cleaned with a wet soft wad.
- in case you decide to clean your shoes with spirit, acetone and other organic dissolvents, the paint will fade away, and a sole can also fall off.
- soggy and wet shoes must be dried far from the sources of warmth and after drying the shoes are greased with a lot of crème.
- for the shoes not to deform, the tips of the heels must be replaced at once, as soon as their wear is detected.
- mould on your shoes can be moved off with the help of a wad wetted in gasoline.
- for the footwear to keep its form, put some paper in it before storing it in the wardrobe. Stuffed in your shoes, the paper accumulates moisture. The leather will be spoiled, if you dry your shoes near a fireplace or a radiator.
- colourful plastic boots can be well-cleaned with the help of vaseline. It gives glitter and prevents the appearance of chaps.
- for your leather footwear to remain looking bright and new, we recommend to take care of it with an emulsion crème, that keeps the leather elastic and also protects the footwear from moisture, therefore making the time of its use longer.
- leather shoes can from time to time be wiped with glycerine. If the leather shoes are worn out and do not glitter, one can also wipe them with a fresh orange peel.
- white leather shoes should be washed with a foam rubber sponge or a soft brush, wetted in a warm solution of washing powder. After that the solution must be washed off and the shoes must be dried. Then the shoes should be greased with colourless shoe polish and rubbed with a velvet ribbon.
-new footwear is not recommended to be worn in wet weather. First wear it, when the weather is warm and dry, for the soles to get covered in sand – the footwear will not leak water than.
- for the hard backs of your new shoes not to chafe your sole, rub them with a camdle, wet soap or wet them with some spirit.
- for wet leather shoes not to get hard, they must be greased with vaseline after drying, and some hours later - cleaned and rubbed to glitter White spots of water on you shoes can be eliminated with the help of vinegar.
