mirage Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 Hi people! Im new to this site, have read some posts then I decided to join :} I like to wear heels, I haven't done so since 2003 - long time ago! I wore housemates shoes, we were similar sized feet, she even encouraged it! Later that year I moved and we lost contact etc etc and moved again. Anyway after looking at this site and reading I decided I had better get me some heels. http://members.optusnet.com.au/~devrell/xyz/fc_1_b.jpg http://members.optusnet.com.au/~devrell/xyz/c8_1_b.jpg These two bought at the same time, they should be at the po box tomorrow. http://members.optusnet.com.au/~devrell/xyz/88_1_b.jpg Saw this pair and decided I had to have them! They should arrive early next week. You can call me Tamsin, Tom or my username ...just dont call me late for dinner!
flavio Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 I'm glad to be the first to welcome you. WELCOME! Flavio - Brazilian heel lover, now in France.
Dr. Shoe Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 At least you have taste! Welcome! Graduate footwear designer able to advise and assist on modification and shoe making projects.
shyguy Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 glad to see you found us, hope you will get involved and post your experiences and stories along with the rest. He was so narrow minded he could see through a keyhole with both eyes. Brown's Law: If the shoe fits, it's ugly
DeSalto Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 Mirage, Wellcome. By the way, nice sandals! DeSalto No shoe is better than a sexy pair of stilettos!
mirage Posted May 17, 2006 Author Posted May 17, 2006 Hi me again! I'm trying to get this pair of heels: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/PRADA-Charcoal-Wedged-High-Heel-Size-US-8_W0QQitemZ260000318074QQcategoryZ25598QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Tell me what you think. Such great welcoming from you, thankyou!
HeelD Posted May 17, 2006 Posted May 17, 2006 Prada - very nice. You have US8 size feet?! (UK 6 / EU 39) You're gonna make a lot of guys on here jealous! Welcome! Heel-D - Freestyling since 2005
mirage Posted May 18, 2006 Author Posted May 18, 2006 Prada - very nice. You have US8 size feet?! (UK 6 / EU 39) You're gonna make a lot of guys on here jealous! Welcome! Well...hrmm... They did return in my search for Australian size 8, so I hope its a misprint. Australian 8 = 9.5US, 7UK If they are US8 thats 6.5 here and that would be a bit small :/ I'm going on a hunch that they will fit in the descreption it says "Sole: 10"", so I'm thinking they might fit. http://www.i18nguy.com/l10n/shoes.html
Guy N. Heels Posted May 18, 2006 Posted May 18, 2006 Welcome. I'm glad you found us and I hope you'll keep those pix coming. Keep on stepping, Guy N. Heels
Danielinheels Posted May 19, 2006 Posted May 19, 2006 Prada - very nice. You have US8 size feet?! (UK 6 / EU 39) You're gonna make a lot of guys on here jealous! Welcome! Already happened Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
Danielinheels Posted May 19, 2006 Posted May 19, 2006 Oh and by the way, a friend-girl of mine takes an AUS8; her boyfriend brought here a pair of shoes in a size US8 and she says they fit her perfectly. Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
mirage Posted May 20, 2006 Author Posted May 20, 2006 Unfortuneatly I was not successful with the Prada heels I was hoping to aquire, they went for $AUD75.50, I missed out by one dollar :/ *sob* Ahh well maybe another time:-}
balacau Posted May 20, 2006 Posted May 20, 2006 Uhm erm well....better late than never Welcome to the list Btw I'm a UK size 7 (7 1/2 if I went for stilletos though). I didn't know the Australians had their own size range. UK7 is a Euro size 41. I learned the truth a long time ago, being afraid of the dark is what keeps most of us alive...
Dawn HH Posted May 20, 2006 Posted May 20, 2006 Mirage:-) You won't be the only one here to make a few guys jealous of your off-the-rack size. I take a 7.5 or 8 US in heeled shoes and an 8 or 9 US in heeled boots. Welcome to the Forum. Cheers--- Dawn HH High Heeled Boots Forever!
mirage Posted May 23, 2006 Author Posted May 23, 2006 Hi people! http://members.optusnet.com.au/~devrell/xyz/fc_1_b.jpg http://members.optusnet.com.au/~devrell/xyz/c8_1_b.jpg Well I received these on Monday, tried them on when I got home both seem to be a tight fit. Looks like I might be Australian 8.5 for some shoes.
Guy N. Heels Posted May 24, 2006 Posted May 24, 2006 Hi Mirage, And welcome to the cockeyed world of shoe sizes. I've got shoe size charts from at least 3 different web sites that sorta-like agree, but not completely. Trying to make the conversions from one country to another can give anyone a headache. :x Then, to make bad matters even worse, I've found that the advertised shoe size often has little to do with the shoe fit! My experience has been that the advertised shoe size is only a guide for what to expect and that nothing compares to actually putting you feet into a pair of shoes if you really want to know how they fit. For that matter, I've even found shoes of an advertised size with one shoe being a different size than the other! So that's why I tend to shy away from mail-orders and e-bay sales. Once I get my feet in a pair of shoes I can tell right away if they fit and if I want to wear 'em. Otherwise I can never be sure of what I'm getting. Wouldn't it be so much easier if we all had just one size chart to go by in order to go buy? Keep on stepping, Guy N. Heels
vector Posted May 27, 2006 Posted May 27, 2006 That's why whenever you ask a woman what size she wears, you get 15 different answers!!! It depends on the style of the shoe AND the manufacturer!
Dawn HH Posted May 27, 2006 Posted May 27, 2006 Yep! Sure would, Guy N. Heels. Cheers--- Dawn HH High Heeled Boots Forever!
chris100575 Posted May 28, 2006 Posted May 28, 2006 The whole shoe size thing can be a pain. I know that my UK size is 7/8, my European size is 41/42 and my US size is 10/11. I think I'm actually between sizes, so I can be one or the other depending on the shoe. However, some shops in the UK sell European shoes with UK sizes and they don't always follow the same conversion. In fact I don't think UK to European sizes convert exactly anyway, so you get two shops selling a particular shoe as a size UK 8 and it can be either a 41 in one shop and a 42 in another! It would be easier if shoes had a universal sizing scheme that the whole world used, but as Guy N Heels says, there's no substitute for trying them on. Chris
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