Wow, mutant feet

[cjsmith]

1. For a long time I had Ecco shoes, a bit too big for me in all dimensions.
2. I was told to get something with better support and I got Mephistos. ($ouch$)
3. Those were tight enough to exacerbate my nascent bunions and bunionettes, even after more than a day on the stretcher, so I temporarily switched to my old running shoes. The running shoes are what I wore to surgery and can't get into now.

So hey, maybe the old Eccos, right? With the laces removed completely, of course? And with the orthotics removed and the insole not replaced, just for some extra room?

Nope.

I can get my left foot in one of those, but after about thirty seconds I gotta get back out. And no WAY am I going to attempt to stand up in it.

I'm impressed! :-O

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[mactavish.livejournal.com]

If you feel the need to go to Nordstrom Rack in San Leandro, I'll go with you and (if you want) you can use my scooter, even though it's not super scooter-friendly. They have good shoes at decent prices, but they're sort of a pain to pick through.

I can live day and night in the sandals I got there before Boston.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*google google* Wow, a Nordstrom's Basement! (I grew up with "Filene's" and (where we could shop) "Filene's Basement".)

Do they actually make shoes custom, there? I can't tell from their web site.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Nordstrom basement used to be in the Emporium basement in downtown Oakland, and had regular markdowns of everything. Once a week, they'd knock 5% or so off, so stuff that no one wanted was really cheap. I remember, once, seeing a $195 dress that was 95% off. The $195 was its final price. It was fancy.

After the Loma Prieta, they closed that (the store was badly damaged, even the *sob* gorgeous second-floor women's room with green vitreous china washbasins and toilets, a black-and-white checkered floor, a pink leather "fainting" couch, and marbled black/white marble stall walls) and, over time, opened a few "rack" stores that act like the basement, but with a more constant pricing system.

My Teva leather sandals were $40, original price around $90, I think.

Mister Nordstrom was a shoe-seller before he started the department store business, so they've always had excellent shoes in a huge variety of sizes, just expensive. I'm not thinking so much "custom" for you, though that might eventually be required, but just "wide" and "excellent quality." The problem is that they're all in singles on shelves, and you have to wander through your size, grab a lot, go to the counter so they can fetch matches, then try them on.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I suspect I need something more than a good selection of excellent shoes. :-( :-( "Eurowalk Shuz", formerly Robert Krohn Shoes, also has excellent shoes at high prices. (The Mephistos were $265. I was able to wear them for a couple weeks.) It claims that its goal is "custom fit and measure for every customer", but this is a crock. You get what the manufacturer made, thankyouverymuch.

O'course, I could be wrong. Maybe Nordstrom Rack has a bigger selection than anything I've ever seen. That could do it.

This one sounds pretty darn good. The round trip time is a little much, though. :-)

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

(Example of size range: deyo often has a hard time finding shoes in his 14 size. They have a couple of racks of 14. They have a rack of 17. I didn't check the range in women's, but they do the whole "wide" thing.)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Wow. That is indeed impressive!

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

This is kind of like an old fashioned shoe store

http://www.globe-shoes.com/

But it's near me, not you :(

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

WOW, their size range is incredible! There's got to be SOMEthing like that west of the Mississippi (or the Rockies)... there's got to be. Somewhere.