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FIND YOUR SHOE SIZE
A step by step guide to measuring your feet for correct size, support and comfort.
1. First you need some tape, a piece of paper larger than your foot, a pencil, and a ruler or measuring tape. Taping the piece of paper, at the corners, to a flat, hard surface on floor.
2. Trace the outline of your foot. We recommend measuring your foot in the evening to allow for comfort and ample room. Trace your feet with socks like you may be wearing with the shoes. Place foot firmly on the floor with your leg slightly forward and your shin just in front of your ankle. Using your pencil, trace the outline of your foot on the paper. Hold your pencil straight up and down as you do this. Make sure the pencil is firmly against your foot as you trace around it. It can be helpful to have someone else do the tracing, but you can do this yourself.
3. Marking the length and width of your foot. Using your pencil, draw a straight line from top to bottom of the outline of your foot. That is your length. Then from side to side at the widest part of the outline, draw another straight line for your width.
4. Measuring the length of your foot. Using your measuring tape or ruler, measure from the bottom to the top of your outline. For inches use the closest 16th inch mark when measuring. Don't round up or down as this will affect the fit of new shoes. Write your length measurement at the top of the outline.
5. Measuring the width of your foot. Some people will need a narrow shoe while others need wide shoe. Measure the width of your foot with your tape measure or ruler from left side to the right of the widest part of the outline. Find the mark that is to the closest 16th inch here as well. Write this number to the side of your foot outline.
6. Finding your final shoe size. Repeat these steps for the other foot and go with the larger of the two. After your numbers are written down, you will want to subtract 2 tenths of an inch from each of the numbers to allow for the slight space between your actual foot and the line made when tracing your foot with the pencil. These final numbers are your actual foot measurements and can be converted to your appropriate size and width.
How to Measure Foot Dimensions
Shoe size is represented by length and ball girth . The foot length and foot circumference of a human foot correspond to these two measurements respectively. Foot measurements are taken with the subject standing barefoot and with weight distributed equally on both feet.
Foot length
The distance between the Pternion (the rearmost point of the heel) and the tip of the longest toe is measured pararell to the foot axis. The foot axis is the line connecting the Pternion and the tip of the 2nd toe.
Foot circumference (Ball of foot circumference)
Foot circumference is measured with a tape so that the tape passes over the Metatarsale tibiale and the Metatarsale fibulare. The Metatarsale tibiale is the most medially prominent point on the head of the first metatarsal bone, and the Metatarsale fibulare is the most laterally prominent point on the head of the fifth metatarsal bone.
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