So, I’m a pretty average-height guy—5’7”. Not tall, not short, just… there. My feet, however, did not get the memo. They are gigantic. Size 15. Which means I leave footprints that suggest someone much larger (or possibly Bigfoot) passed through, got spooked, and took off running.
People always comment. First, the double-take. Then: “Whoa. Those are… big.” And finally, the classic: “How do you even find shoes?”
Badly. That’s how.
Shoe shopping for me is like searching for an ancient artifact. Store clerks disappear into the back, only to return shaking their heads, as if I’d asked for a unicorn saddle. “We might have one pair in the back…” And what they bring out is always tragic—some orthopedic dad sneaker the size of a small canoe, usually in a shade best described as “beige disappointment.”
For a while, I tried to hide it. I slouched. I crammed my toes into size 13s like a Victorian woman chasing a terrible beauty standard. I even considered custom shoes—until I saw the price and briefly thought maybe barefoot life isn’t so bad.
But now? I’ve embraced it. I don’t tip over easily. I get extra legroom on buses just by existing. And when people ask about my shoe size, I just smile and say, “Great for swimming.”
I have sympathy… I have size 17 4E. From 12-17 my age was my shoe size. I stopped being able to get shoes in store for the most part at 13
Edit: I have had the best luck recently buying shoes here https://bigshoes.com/
Last year I found Nikes my size. Then they immediately went out of stock after I got them. This year the next version was available when I just happened to check the site. I bought two pairs and another pair of more dressy casual shoes
Do you maybe know of any similar website based in the EU? The shipping and duties and all that would double the price here.
Sorry, I don’t. I’m in the US. Idk if they do international, but Zappos may be an option? Although I think they got bought by amazon. To I avoid them now
From 12-17 my age was my shoe size
Me too!! Not for that long but I was able to make that joke for a year or two.
I feel my your pain on the shoes, I also wear size 15 but I’m 6’5", with the added blessing of a proportionally long torso. Shirts are impossible but it’s a bummer going to an Amazon (because no store stocks size 15) and seeing options go from like 10,000 down to 100.
I really like onitsaku tigers, I just buy them on repeat.
I mean, no one’s talking about those hands either…
So EU size 47.
Geländevernichtungsbretter (ground flattening boards) or Kindersärge (childrens coffins), as we call those kinds of shoes. I had a friend with EU size 48, but at least he had the matching height.
My Vans are a 49 EU?
Yea eu47 is 13, not 15
Shoe sizes are all over the place, you know that anyways. I’m somewhere between 12.5 and 14(.5) when looking for fitting shoes in the us
Check out barefoot shoes, maybe they help getting a shorter shoe. My size mostly comes from a need of a wider toe box. YMMV
Each shoe is the size of a van
That’s way smaller than they look. I would have guessed a 52+. A size 47 is not unusual.
Also a good one is, that you can go to the firefighters to walk out forrestfires.
Can’t be a 47. I use a 46 and IIRC it’s a us 12 or something like that. It must be EU 50 or something.
You know what they say about guys with big feet…
Big socks…
Big slippers too.
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Size 16 double wide.
I only ever buy New Balance as I don’t trust any other shoe to fit me as well. They have an offshoot, Dunham, for more formal shoes as well as work and hiking boots.
Haven’t shopped in a shoe store since I was 12 as they stopped at size 13 in stores most of the time.
Most stores in my area don’t even have 13’s 😭
Get the ring to Mordor Mr. Frodo.
Nothing wrong here. just an oversized hobbit
Damn you, I came to say this…he would be welcome in Matamata, just a little taller than usual.
Hey brother.
Size 15 wides here. I feel you. No where on earth have I been able to walk into a place and get shoes. the struggle is real.
How about somewhere here? On the internet?
I mean, yeah? That’s where I buy all my shoes. It sucks not being able to try on shoes
I want to see you with your shoes off. Might be tiny feet in those shoes.
Nice try pervert ;-)
My feet grew before the rest of me, then I caught up. So was in 5th grade a 5 foot tall person with size 9 (women’s) feet, but over the summer grew 6 inches, then it slowed down and I landed around 5’9" and a size 10 feet.
My coworker though has the same size feet at 5’2", she could be your sister!
Your feet look like you could just walk around on your toes and have an extra joint in your legs.
Extra joint
Hops like a kangaroo, bouncing shops for a size 15
Like a Kingdom Hearts character…
Well at least you know if they roleboot the LOTR Trilogy you have a solid career path
I wear size 15 XX-Wide (6E) shoes and buy them online. It’s not really a problem for me. There are plenty to choose from, and sites let you filter by size.
