In the US, the average female foot was a 6.5 in the 1960s (equivalent to UK size 4), rising to 7.5 in the 1970s (UK 5). Today, the average American woman has a shoe size between 8.5 and 9 ...

Footwear has never been a one-size-fits-all industry. And yet, women who wear above a size 10 have historically faced limited options at retail. Now, as demand for extended and wider shoe size ...

"And then there's some things that we don't even know where this could take us." That future could include shoes that are in some way post-size: not based on gender or barleycorns, but just chosen ...

Indeed, according to a recent study, nearly half of women in the UK are wearing the wrong shoe size - and a third of 2,000 people asked readily admit to wearing shoes that don't fit properly, ...

Many people haven’t had their feet measured since childhood and find out their size by trying on a variety of different shoes IF your feet often feel sore by the end of the day and you’re ...

Many companies that provide shoes for UK customers outsource production to Asian factories, which further dilutes any standardisation for size. But shops are not breaking any rules, in fact ...

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