Fashion

[Jhincher]

I usually wear an 8WW in shoes, I have two pair of the clogs in 8W and they are too wide for me now. I am wondering if I need to order an 8M or go down to a 7 1/2 W. I was looking at the canvas clogs for this summer and I would wear without socks. Any of you wore these clogs?

[Annabellethecat66]

I have Ryka clogs and lots of others, I don't know EXACTLY your answer but here's something I've learned.

I asked 2 different foot Drs why as I've lost weight the actual size (not the width but the size of my foot has gone down? I said, "I know bones don't shrink enough to equal a size or 1/2 size so what's up?

They both said that when you are heavier your foot also gets wider (I was a size 2X easily). They said you loose weight everywhere (even in your ear lobes). They said that a foot has nowhere to go but upward when in a shoe and you stand on your foot so it goes up a size, thus the larger size.

My guess is that if you went down a size in width maybe you need to go down a size in length. This happened to me in the Clark shoes. It is very difficult to find a sie 10 1/2 (everyone will tell you this). So I always ordered a size 11 and they fit (even my beloved Birkenstock shoes).

But due to health issues (I cannot smell anything or taste anything) so I just don't eat much, thus I've lost weight. Now I'm finding that all of my shoes are too big! I love, love shoes. This is driving me crazy. Even my clogs (Birkenstock, Ryka, Sketchers, etc., are too big. Some are wider than others. I have found that Clarks run wide to start with, so they are really big!

In some shoes I wear a size 10 now. I'm beginning to think for the first time since even before my husband died, I will need to go back to size 9 1/2 in shoes like Clarks.

Maybe you already know this. I'm always late to the party (so to speak) as people say. I don't understand as quickly as some do, so this might be old news to you.

If I were you and you are no longer very wide, just wide, you might want to just try the size that's less wide.

[Jhincher]

Thank you for your reply, I have lost 43 lbs. in the past year and my two pair of winder Ryka clogs are really big now, even with socks. I am lot a loss as what to do for my feet, they have always been hard to find shoes wide enough, so this is new to me. Thank you so much again!

[Meeras]

thanks for this good input..

[Nightowlz]

Don't have any of the Ryka clogs. I have to order up 1/2 size in Ryka as since they were first sold on Q they have changed them some how. It's the only brand I have bought where I have to go up 1/2 size. Ryka's are made for women so the toe box area is larger/wider & the heel area smaller. They are the only tennis shoes I can wear that don't slide on my heels. I think if the length of the 8W Ryka fits but they are too wide in the width I would just order the regular width in an 8.

[Shogirl]

I'm with Nightowlz - if the length looks good, just order a M width instead of the W. In Rykas, if I'm wearing them barefoot, I order my correct size, but if I'm wearing them with socks, I go 1/2 size up. I love my Rykas and have probably 10 pairs of different styles.

[kivah]

Maybe u should order the canvas clog in 2 different widths to be sure one will fit. I own a pair of Ryka canvas clogs, which I purchased around 6 yrs ago. I wear 7 wide -- and it fits. Hope the quality is the same as in the past --- as I had to return the exact clog around 3 years ago, as the quality changed.