Making purchases in online stores, many people buy different clothes, all kinds of accessories and cosmetics abroad. As for the virtual shoe market, not everyone dares to appreciate it, despite the variety of models and the fact that shoes on the Internet are often much cheaper. For example, it's no secret that many shops located in shopping centers that sell high-quality footwear of famous brands increase prices three or four times. That's why when you make purchases on official websites, you can save a lot and be confident that you bought not a fake.
What stops us in conquering the expanses of the shoe stores of the network? Most often, it's the fear of making a mistake with the size. In this article you will find useful information on the topic of "matching shoes sizes" and can easily brew in European and American online boutiques.
Shoes sizes: England
Most of the shoes, which are sold in UK stores, start at the 34th Russian size. In England it is, respectively, a size of 2.5. In general, the scheme for calculating the size is quite simple: the length of the foot is measured from the protruding toe and to the heel. However, the European size is calculated somewhat differently - here the insole is measured, which, usually, is 10-15 mm longer than the length of the foot. Therefore, to calculate your size, add a unit to your Russian shoe size.
American sizes of women's shoes
As for how to correctly determine the size of shoes in the American system of calculus, then you need to remember the number 29. Why is it? Because if you take this number from your Russian size, then this will be the American version! For example, in Russia do you wear a 38th? We take away 29, it turns out nine - this will be your American shoe size. Then you can add one, if you want the shoes to sit a little freer and more comfortable.
How to determine the size of shoes
It is necessary to take into account the fact that the European sizes of women's shoes, like American ones, may differ slightly from different manufacturers, since not only the length of the foot, but also its width is important! Therefore, take into account the following tips how to correctly determine the size of shoes and competently make purchases on the Internet:
- Pay attention to those online stores, which indicate not only the length of the insole, but also its width. After all, a two-millimeter discrepancy in width can make it impossible to wear one or another pair of shoes;
- Pay special attention to the manufacturer - in online stores it is best to buy high-quality footwear from well-known brands, and you can buy it without fear of buying a fake only in official Internet-representative offices;
- If you do not have the most standard foot shape - carefully study all the information about the pair of shoes you purchase - large illustrations, a detailed description of the model will be useful to you. In addition, there is a small trick - you can go to the "real" store, try on shoes there, and order the same pair through the Internet is much cheaper.
Most online stores offer such a service as a free replacement or full compensation for the cost of shoes that you did not fit. If you can not correctly determine the correspondence of the sizes of shoes, then most often you will easily replace it with larger or smaller ones.