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Feet come in all shapes and sizes, so why shouldn’t your shoes?
We’re all unique. We all have different colour eyes, face shapes, height, weight, foot size, foot length and even foot shape.
You find shoes on the high street in different sizes, and increasingly in slightly different widths, but how easy is it to find shoes to match your foot shape?
Our mission is to offer shoes which give the "FREEDOM" to be able to walk in complete comfort and the "JOY" of living your life to the full without thinking about your feet!
We know that to achieve this, we need to offer footwear that accommodates as many people as is viable, not just for different length of foot but for foot WIDTH and foot SHAPE.
Of course we offer different shoe sizes, from 3-9 for ladies, including many styles in half sizes, and from size 6-16 for men, but we also offer 3 different variable width fittings too.
Wide, Wider and Extra Wide Shoes
Our shoes for wide feet are suitable for people requiring E-8E (that’s EEEEEEEE) width fitting through our:
Wide V (suitable for people requiring E-EEE width) Wider 2V (suitable for people requiring EE-4E width) and Extra Wide 6V (suitable for people requiring 6E-8E width fitting, and the widest and deepest shoes on the market).
Toe Shapes
As mentioned, everyone is unique and so people have different foot shapes, although most people have one of three common toe shapes:
Rounded - known as "Roman" Square - known as "Egyptian" Tapered - known as "Greek"
When choosing your shoe, it is important to take your toe shape into account, as well as your size and fitting, to ensure ALL your toes have enough space. Pressure on your toes can cause bunions, hammer toes and many more serious problems.
The ultimate comfort is achieved by taking all these factors into consideration.
To accommodate different foot shapes, we offer our shoes in FOUR different toe shapes:
- Square – Allows more room for your toes, particularly for people with square toe shape or with round or tapered feet who need the extra room
- Round – Round toe shape and deep toe box gives plenty of room for your toes, especially for people with round toe shape but also for people with tapered feet who need the extra room
- Almond toe – Shaped for comfort. Slightly pointed at the end for a stylish look, especially suited for people with tapered foot shape.
- Pointed – Our elegantly styled toe box is still deep & wide but gives an elegant silhouette. Ideal for people with tapered foot shape or those looking for a slim look for that special occasion.
With many of our styles, we try to offer a similar base style with different features for different needs.
For instance we offer wide fitting trainers in either almond (like Whitworth and Scaup), round (like Echo and Pheasant) or square toe shapes (like vegan-friendly style Beryl and Barrow).
Additionally, for instance, you may find men’s classic and casual styles to suit all needs:
Benny, Bob and Dalton, which are broadly similar classic styles with square toe shape, offer different fastenings for different needs:
Bob’s lace-up fastening offers security of fit and adjustability, Benny’s adjustable strap fastening offers adjustability with ease for those with reduced hand motility and Dalton offers the ease of a slip-on style.
Similarly, men’s classic styles with round toes include lace-up Derek, strap fastening Donald and slip-on Delhi.
But toe shape is just one of many features that we offer to ensure the perfect fit for your foot.
We also know that many people have wide feet but less wide ankles and calves, so we provide a range of fastening options that offer adjustability to reduce the ankle / calf circumference, such as lace-up designs with inside zips, adjustable ankle or calf straps and more.
Discover some of our wide and extra wide shoes with different toe shapes.
Wide Shoes with Square Toe Shapes
Vegan-friendly lightweight trainer Coot has stretch uppers that mould to the shape of your foot for total comfort while you exercise and to provide room for bunions, with lace-up design for secure fit and adjustability.
It also has an Air bubble sole for extra cushioning as you walk so it’s not only gorgeous to look at but feels gorgeous to wear too, all day!
Available in our wide 2V (EE-4E) and extra wide 6V (6E-8E) width fitting, it’s suitable for even the widest of feet.
Boating-style loafer Avalon is a long-standing and ever-popular summer style, sleek in soft leather.
It features a lace-up design for a secure fit alongside a lightweight Air-bubble sole for all-day comfort.
Available in half sizes in 2V (EE-4E) variable width or 6E* width fitting for extra wide, stylish feet.
You won’t believe that super sleek slingback Trudy is a wide-fitting shoe!
With a 2¼" block heel it offers stability and style, with an adjustable ankle strap that can be cut to the length required to ensure the perfect fit for your foot.
Available in our wide 2V(EE-4E) and extra wide 6V (6E-8E) width fitting, it’s suitable for even extra wide, stylish feet.
Wide shoes with round toe shapes
Casual style Sinead is super comfy in soft leather and with lace-to-toe fastening it’s adjustable for feet that swell.
The casual design is versatile enough to suit a variety of occasions and the air-bubble sole will offer all-day comfort whatever the use.
Mira is just SO comfortable you won’t even know you’re wearing shoes!
A new, diabetes and bunion-friendly canvas lace-up style, it’s also ideal for feet that swell and has a grippy rubber sole to keep you sure of foot.
Mira is made with recycled materials so it’s better for the environment and, because it is made with no animal products, it’s totally suitable for vegans too!
Just perfect for summer!
Garganey is a brand new everyday shoe with stretch uppers and elasticated top-line built on our popular bumper sole.
It’s arthritis and bunion-friendly and good for feet that swell too and the patterned material cleverly disguises bumpy feet!
Just another design feature that makes our shoes perfect for wide, deep and problem feet.
Wide shoes with almond toe shapes
Whitworth is a stylish wide-fitting trainer in soft leather with sparkly metallic print stretch panel detailing. The stretch panels are positioned to the base of the big and little toes, making them perfect for people with bunions as the panels gently stretch to mould to the shape of the foot and avoid rubbing against sore areas.
It has lace-up design for secure fit, flared heel for increased stability and grippy rubber sole for sure-footedness.
Available in 2V(EE-4E) and 6V(6E-8E) width fittings, it’s perfect for even the widest active feet.
New for 2023 is casual dress shoe Mandarin, that’s ideal to dress up or down to suit any occasion. A smart loafer design sitting atop our active sole it combines dressier style with the comfort of a casual shoe that offers total comfort all day.
In black or beige soft patent leather and featuring a snaffle design it looks the part for casual, smart or smart casual wear!
Fan-favourite casual style Hawaii is stylish, lightweight and incredibly comfy! Touch fastening straps allow easy access and adjustment while the stretch fabric expands to mould to the shape of your foot either for lumps and bumps or as your foot swells through the day.
The air-cooled design allows air to flow round the foot – perfect for warm weather – and the air-bubble sole ensures all day comfort for active feet.
Hawaii is arthritis, diabetes and bunion-friendly!
Elegant court shoe Farne has a stylish 2¼" heel and stretch panel that expands to provide extra room for swollen feet for an extra-comfortable fit for any formal occasion.
Wide shoes with pointed toe shapes
Paris is just so sleek you won’t know it’s a wide-fitting shoe. Available in our 2V(EE-4E) width fitting and in a raft of colours and materials, like denim blue, grey suede, nude, old silver and good old beautifully soft black leather, amongst others, it’s a shoe for any smart outfit!
Chic slingback Purbeck offers an element of adjustment via an adjustable cut-to-fit strap and is built with a perfectly balanced medium-height heel.
Like Paris it is available in a raft of colours including striking white, soft gold, navy and many more.
So there you have it. Our guide to different toe shapes and wide shoe fittings.
Need more convincing? See what our customer say about how comfortable our shoes are:
“Best shoes I have ever bought worth every penny.” Lynn Simpson
“They are the best shoes going and so comfortable even for very swollen lymphoedema feet. I can’t recommend them enough.” Fiona Preston
“They are the only shoes I have had that don’t cramp my hammer toes, I absolutely love them and wish I had found them years ago.” Veronica Simmons
“As a person who has suffered ill-fitting and uncomfortable shoes for over 30 years, having the opportunity to wear shoes which fit and don't cause long-lasting pain is incredible!” Mr B
“Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have spent my whole live getting shoes that were a bad fit. Your shoes are the first that have not taken me weeks/months to break in Brilliant, I shall push your web site to anyone with broad feet.” H, Edinburgh
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