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Measureing
Shoe Sizes |
| Remember: if you send us
tracings of your feet make sure to label left and right |
| Gather 11" x 14"
paper ("legal size"), a sharpened pencil, a chair, and a long
ruler or tape measure. |
| Trace feet in the evening, after the
feet have swollen to their maximum size. |
| Remember that sitting a long time,
especially on an airplane, causes distortions. So does walking
on hot surfaces |
| Trace feet in the socks that will be
worn with the shoes in question. |
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| Steps to trace the feet: |
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| Sit down on a chair and place a sheet of
paper smoothly on a clean, level floor. |
| Place one foot on the paper and allow it
to rest naturally. |
| Hold the pencil vertically so it is
perpendicular to the paper. |
| Trace around the perimeter of the foot
as closely as possible without angling the pencil in or out. |
| It is not necessary
to draw the outline of each toe; the longest toe is of primary
concern. |
| Using the ruler,
measure the distance from the very bottom of the heel to the top
of the longest toe. |
| Subtract 0.20 to
0.25 inches or about 0.50 centimeters to account for the
diameter of the pencil. |
| Record the
resulting measurement in both inches and centimeters. |
| Measure the
distance spanning the ball of the foot at its widest point, from
left to right. |
| Subtract 0.20 to
0.25 inches or 0.50 centimeters to account for the diameter of
the pencil |
| And record the
final measurement in both inches and centimeters. |
| Flip the paper over
and repeat these steps with the other foot. |