My Beef With Boots: A Rant to Boot Manufacturers

Dear Boot Manufacturers:

I have worn a size 6-1/2 boot since I was 12 years old (and that is a long time ago! I am a LOT older than I look!). I still wear a 6-1/2 sandal and a 7 pump (due to ridiculously high arches, which is why I prefer boots over shoes). My point? I'll get to it; I just want you to know a little bit about me first. If we are going to have an intimate conversation about my tootsies, I want you to know them, to appreciate them, and to offer them a proper fitting boot!

Last year, I had to start wearing a size 7 boot because the 6-1/2 was suddenly too small. This year, I barely fit into a 7-1/2 boot. WHAT GIVES? I am NOT going to buy a size 8! My MOTHER wears a size 8, and I am NOT turning into my mother, in spite of the fact that this is what my husband told me this very morning! I'll have you know that I had my feet professionally measured, and they still measure 6-1/2 B, so it's not me - it's you!

While I have your attention, I would like to address the matter of wide calf boots. In addition to my small feet, I had ridiculously narrow calves. (I'd post a picture, but I need to shave my legs first, so you're just going to have to take my word for it). Anyhow, what's with the recent need for any woman with calves wider than the circumference of an infant's thigh to purchase wide calf boots?

Welcome to the world of "wide" calves, baby girl!

My legs JUST fit into a pair of regular calf width boots, and only if I am wearing nylons. There is no way anything - even socks - are going to fit in there, too, leaving me unable to wear my "stuck in the '80's" look of jeans tucked into boots with legwarmer overlay (which IS coming back! I just saw legwarmers on sale at JC Penney today!).

Viva la '80's!

 

Long story short, I purchased the wide-calf riding boots. But I am not happy about it. Women love purchasing boots because unlike their hips, they generally do not have to worry about their calves being too wide.

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