Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: suzeeq Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Rant Men's Clothes Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 08:24:02 -0700 Message-ID: References: <1798422728.741400965.620720.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <1691184363.741421121.909909.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <64787803.741448999.458884.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 15:24:03 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="17162"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.2.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:2Dk2EZybl89YHh4KXewf/GevGT8= Content-Language: en-US X-User-ID: eJwVycERwCAMA7CVwNhuOk6Swv4jcNVXWp7uh5apo+MY79CaBURme4tVdoIG/69IouDdQ9nfBQiVEPA= In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2392 Lines: 20 On 6/30/2024 7:19 AM, danny burstein wrote: > [snip] >>> It makes it clear there is no consistent clear answer. Because while >>> feet may be getting bigger on average that shouldn't change the shoe >>> sizes. Now the feet getting bigger as we age could be a real issue. >>> Also the fact that shoe sizes between various manufacturers aren't the >>> same could be the issue. > > fwiw, I had (note past tense) a pair of dress shoes I picked up > about 15 years ago for The Governor's Ball where I was heading > with Brandi Shannon (Mary "WitSec" Shannon's sister). Alas, > that other guy took her instead, so I put the shoes aside hoping > for another opportunity. > > About six months ago I took them out of the box and... they > were now two sizes too small. Yeah, my feet had flattened > out and stretched in the interim. > Mine have done that, though not two sizes. Due to my habit of not wearing shoes at home and wearing sandals in the summer. The length has grown only one size, and the width has gone from a narrow to a medium.