When I was a kid, shopping for shoes involved a salesman with a pile of shoe boxes and a shoe-sizer. I remember the salesman kneeling in front of me to fit my foot into the metal contraption — it ...

Unless you’re shelling out stacks of bills on a pair of bespoke shoes, no store-bought shoe was made to fit your particular foot to its exact specifications. Shoes are shaped around a last, a ...

Our gear editors get flooded with running shoe questions. One of the most common: “How does that shoe fit?” That’s because even though you may have worn a size 10 in a certain Nike running style, you ...

She praises the likes of Jimmy Choo, Christian Louboutin and Manolo Blahnik who offer more inclusive ranges and custom ...

At the 2021 Boston Marathon, I felt a flash of pain in my left foot. Despite the searing burn on my toes, I managed to run just two minutes shy of a sub-three-hour race. My ivory shoes were still ...

Your feet take you everywhere in life. So if you’ve ever wondered what determines your foot size, here's a "best foot forward," thanks to input from a doctor of podiatric medicine, and more. Read on ...

If your shoes often feel painful by the end of the day and you're noticing unsightly bunions forming, it could well be because you've been wearing the wrong shoe size for years. Indeed, according to a ...

Are you looking for help figuring out how to convert youth to women’s shoe sizes? Or do you have a kid with big feet and you ...

Medically reviewed by Oluseun Olufade, MD The average U.S. men’s shoe size is 10–11.Global averages are similar, though some ...

Artificial intelligence is changing our world daily — and that holds true when it comes to understanding our feet. In recent years, companies such as Volumental and Aetrex have introduced AI-driven ...

Ever wondered who holds the record for world’s largest feet — and what size shoes that person sports? As it turns out, Guinness World Records keeps track of this stat. Here’s all you need to about the ...