Dear Shoe Lady,
What size should I order? My width is 4.6 and length is 11.2?
B.H.
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Dear B.H.,
An excellent, practical question. I assume that you have read how to measure your feet correctly and understand that if you make a little slip and don’t keep the pencil straight up and down, and tight to the edge of your foot, you could end up with a very wrong size.
You should be shopping for a women’s 14M, 14 medium. A size 13 is only 1/5th of an inch shorter, 11 inches. If a shoe has an open toe, like a sandal, you may find that 13’s work for you too. After you have asked such a nice simple question, I am loathe to make it more complicated. But much depends on whether you have extra short or extra long toes. A shoe’s size is really determined by the length between the heel and the ball of the foot. So if your toes are disproportionately long, you’ll be buying a shoe that doesn’t quite hit in the right places around the ball of your foot. Ah. TMI. Too much information.
Take a look at these styles. http://www.designershoes.com/all-products?sizewidth=131 Size 14 shoes that look like women’s shoes are infernally hard to find. There are 154 styles today from 13 different brands.
Walk in peace,
The Shoe Lady