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As a company, Grenson has been 'modernised' and 'streamlined'.

Liverpool council is utterly inept in my experience.

Liverpool council is utterly inept in my experience.

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He wears a quartz Tonino Lamborghini Sypder. Rose gold plated instead of SS around the carbon.

You're shitting me...?

He's a lawyer. Like it or loathe it, it's his job to defend his client as effectively as he can. I agree though, it's a disgusting placement of blame. What a cunt.

What did the device say about your foot length and width?

The guy in the Alden shop brought me a 10D on my suggestion but when I put them on I immediately felt that the balls of my feet were swimming about a bit with medium-thick socks on. I ask to try the 9.5D and they felt/feel really good (they're quite snug but by no means too small). The chromexcel leather is known to relax a bit with wear and I hate big-fitting shoes anyway.

At this point I asked to be measured to aid the deliberation and the guy said, "from your measurements I'd have brought you the 10D but if you're happier in these [the 9.5s] then go with them. They feel fine around your feet and your toes are in the right place". He used a Brannock device.

No. The general rule of thumb is that 1 size with up is 1 width down, viz. 8E has roughly a similar hold to a 9D.

In which case it follows that the 9.5E will have a similar-ish fit to my supposed ideal, a 10D?

My 10D plain toes are good in width but quite long. The 9.5D longwings I have have plenty of toe room, I would say at least 2cm.

Thanks for your help with this, much appreciated.

Trubalance offers a bit more support would comes out to be a bit more narrow, e.g. D in Trubalance is often like a C in Barrie.

Weird then that the boots fit me so well, as I have sized down a whole size.

I have a really stupid question about shoe width:

Is the width (as denoted, for example, by the letter D) relative to the overall size (as denoted by a number) or finite? In other words, is an 8E the same width as a 11E? I think I had assumed that an increase in shoe size (the number, that is) meant an overall bigger shoe (length* and *width), and the width increments (letters) were relative to the overall size rather than absolute.

Might want try a 10 1/2 C. What did the Brannock device--- every shoe shop in the US has them--- say?

10D, ish. Well, it said something else, but the nice shoe shop lady converted it to 10D based on her knowledge of the Barrie last. C is a custom order.

I should also mention that the boots I bought were also 9.5D and fit great. Like, perfect. But they're on a Trubalance last which I suspect runs a little wider.

Go long and narrow and NEVER short and wide..

Because the extra width makes the frugal length more noticeable?

Could you get a cobbler to stretch them a bit?

I don't know, I've always assumed this was foolish idea for some reason?

Too small shoes? Depends upon what too small means? Too narrow or too short.. Or both? Aldens tend to be sized on the large side.. I think the longwing is a Barrie last and that is around 1/2 larger than the standard US or 1/2 less than UK, viz. a UK 11 is a 11 1/2 in Barrie.. So if you thought the US had UK sizes you are perhaps 1/2 size short.. Normally one orders these, I think, in the standard size--- e.g. 1/2 size long (UK+1)--- but a tad more narrow (US widths are AAA to EEE with Alden D as the equivalent to E and sometimes F in the UK)..

There is nothing one can do about shoes that are too short.. Narrow.. depends as people are often used to sloppy fitting shoes and their first reaction to proper fit is "too tight".. That's why most shoes sold on the high street are in wide widths..

They're a (US) 9.5D, whereas my shell derbies (also pictured above) are 10D. Both Barrie last. I would say I'm a large 9.5 in UK sizing so 10D is probably the 'correct' size for me in the Barrie, but they didn't have these in stock. They did however have a 9.5E which I was surprised to find did actually feel like it fit fine and was actually a tad wide. And these 9.5Ds seemed great in the shop but ever since I feel like I'm stuffing my feet in somewhat. The length seems ok, it's more the width/instep. It's a gamble (not least because of the import tax etc) but I might swap them for the 9.5E as this'll sort the width, even though they seemed too generous when I tried them on.

Picked these pebble-grain Alden longwings up in NYC but I think they're a bit small so I might have to move them on :-(

These natural chromexcel Indies are perfect though!

Natalie Portman is just another one of those pretend-actors who only ever play themselves. In other words, she can't act. Some of those non-actors are quite popular because people basically like them for who they are, but it leaves films rather deprived of the characters that are supposed to be in them.

I think I agree with this.

I agree, I didn't enjoy it at all.

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"Flaky layers"

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dough balls :-D

Dolby = shite IMOH.

What a beautiful eulogy.

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I love it

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