Y'know what we'd need to make this work BEAUTIFULLY is a space age gizmo that will temporarily resize a foot. Need to try on this lovely size nine shoe that might leave space for your bunion? POOF you're a size nine for the next few minutes! Then you can go buy the appropriate size shoe, knowing it will work.

Even without that, though... the more I brainstorm about my feet, the more I hear about all my friends' and coworkers' foot pain. I swear half the people at my company wear orthotics and a quarter have had surgery. It's incredible how many people's feet hurt. So there might well be enough weird shoes out there!

What size Birks do you wear? I have two pair of sevens I can't wear, and I'd gladly hand 'em over if they'd work for you.