Friday, March 16, 2012

Calculate your size, the true!

In France, sizes of shoes are expressed without measurement unit but the numbers represented by these sizes are obtained by a rather simple calculation. Here is the magic formula to know its true size of foot and do more to err in the choice of his next shoes. Arm you your meter tape, here we go!

T - calls on the form? It is the chaussante part of your shoe that includes footwear supplement + the length of the foot, that is to say a little more of 1 cm (1/24th of the length of the foot very exactly). But why add 1 cm we tell you? Simply to ensure a minimum of comfort. Indeed, the foot advance and elongates in the shoe at the held the PAS.

The size of the foot is the sum of the length of it added to the 1/24th of this length. Yes, this is a little math for the start of the year…! You should know that size is equivalent to 2/3 of cm is 6.66 mm. Size 38 for example, it is in fact 25.3 cm.

The width of the shoe is measured at the joints at the root of the toes. The perimeter of the foot in this place is called "Tour of the fingers". The width is then expressed as a number (from 1 to 7) or in letter (A to G). Therefore, it is not strange to see that some hunters have different widths for the same model of shoe. Here is the formula to calculate your ideal width: (perimeter x 2) - size.

You have of surely pointed out that some brands they most shoe great or smaller and that the height of the heels may encourage them to change the usual size. It is normal, even if this complicates us life! Even if previous calculations are relevant, we will advise you always promote a fitting situation and test in-store the size and not minimum 15 model for having no bad surprise on day where you will wear for the first time.

Good to know: If you longing for shoes in Italy, be aware that standard Italian is a size above the French standard: the 40 Italian will correspond to the 39 French.

Here is the summary table:

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