For the mtf out there what is your shoe size and does it bother you

[judithlynn]

Hi
I am 5'7" tall used to be 1/2 inch taler, but HRT seems to have shrunk me, although I suspect it may be that I have had pelvic shift with my new rounded buttocks (i have added 2.5" to their size). Anyway I used to take a 42 in mens size, but now take a 41 in women's shoes, but I have wide insteps so I am always looking for the wide fittings. Not so good for  boots as Cindy & I found when looking for some in Adelaide!
Judith

[Confetti]

I'm actually so jealous of you. You always look so cute and you have small feet and then I look like Shrek

Thankyou! But don't say that! We are all different but we will reach our goal eventually, i'm sure you are beautiful and look nothing like Shrek! <3

[Amber42]

I was 6' with size 12 men's for years.  I lost 38 lbs and shrunk in all dimensions.  I'm now 5'11 with size 11 men's.   Maybe im lucky, but I fit into size 12 women's. Without usually needing wide.  It goes without saying that I wish I was shorter with smaller feet! 


Payless, Nordstrom rack are great.  Online, 6pm.com have larger sizes in pretty styles.  Nine West makes up to a 12.

In the end, we are all shapes and sizes both for trans and cis.  Need to love yourself no matter what.


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[karenpayneoregon]

Thinking about this, there are more and more females with larger feet then in the past. I know several woman who wear over size 9 shoes. I can understand the wish for an average size women's shoe and with that one might consider looking a shoes that make the appearance of their feet smaller then they are and with that this is what I do even though by the average size foot size is under size 9 I am at size 9 but purchase shoes that make me look like one to two sizes smaller than they actually are.

[Randy1980]

So it seems I am one of the few with freakishly large feet for my height.. hopefully I lose a little size in my feet with hrt.. at least my wife said I have nice looking feet for a guy. So that helps a little I guess I will have to work extra hard and be gorgeous everywhere else and that will take the focus of my feet.. maybe people will be like wow she is stunning but her feet are huge I guess everybody has to have at least one flaw.. lol I can only wish

[Sena]

I have size 42 (european size) and i am okay with that however wish that it was a bit smaller.
From what is see in most shops woman's shoes go up to 42 so i have just the right size.

[popa910]

I'm actually so jealous of you. You always look so cute and you have small feet and then I look like Shrek

For what it's worth, Fiona looked quite a bit like Shrek after they got married, but I always thought she was still relatively cute

[BeverlyAnn]

I'm 5'6" and I wear a men's 9.5-10D depending on the shoe, which translates to basically 11.5 wide womens.  Since 11.5 is hard to find in many cases, I end up with a women's 12 wide.   Where I run into a problem is width.  When I was wearing loafers for work, I had to buy them at a men's shoe store because my actual size is a 9.5 D width but with a B width heel so with a 12 wide women's my heel slips around.  Even heel inserts don't help that much.

[Maybebaby56]

I've got no problems with shoe size; I'm 5'6" and wear about a size 9.  However, I'm so picky about my shoes that it's not worth my time to try and buy them in a store, because most stores don't have shoes that I like.  I even have a tough time finding shoes I like on the internet for less than $100

You may like Shoes of Prey.  They are about $200 a pair, which is why I never order from them, but they will custom build any kind of shoe you want.  You can choose style, color, heel height, etc.

~Terri

[Tama-Ann]

I'm a 8-9 in UK size, and most stores stock size 8 - so that doesn't faze me.
Stores tend not to stock size 9 - so my foster-sister who is biologically female struggles.

My only issue is with women shoes they're typically pointed at the top and my feet are wide - so my heels I always have to get wide fit, aha! (but they're only wide at the toes - which makes it annoying because the rest of my feet are slim) I have short stubby toes aha!

I do have some dysphoria to it as in certain shoes my feet look really long, and masculine but I just remember that my mum(7.5) <- fits typically in 7's, and sister both have bigger feet also. So it's not that much but occasionally I do.

Off Topic

My thing is my height - I'm 5'10 1/2 - so basically 5'11 and I know once my transition is done and when I'm 'passable' /comfortable in my appearance (<- not a term I like to use but only way to properly put point across.) I want to wear heels in public and I mean 4"+ which makes me 6ft+

There's many tings I want to adjust about my body, but we have to be happy with ourselves - because with our gender dysphoria our self image is even worse than average - and cisgendered people struggle with it. So it's about self acceptance and knowing what you can change, and what you can't.

[Michelle_P]

5' 8", 140 lbs.

US women's size 10 to 10.5 depending on vendor; EU size 41, or US men's size 8.5 to 9.  Women's shoes fit better than men's for the shape of my feet.  (FWIW, my hands have a 2D/4D ratio of 1.0.  Seems like most of me outside the body core is feminine.)

[Valkria01]

I'm not sure what my shoe size is,my height I think is 5'2.
I thought I was size 8 in mens, but I can fit size 7 women shoes without extra toe space, so I'm not really sure.
in fact, I'm not even sure my feet grew when I was in middle school/High school 

[Thea]

Well, when I remember that size is just a number, it doesn't bother me.
I wear a size 10 to 11 in men's, women's size 11 or 12, depending on the style and brand. I find some cute shoes at the Payless, in the local mall. They have a good selection in my size range.

Now if I could just get a handle on my pants size. I just can't find any consistency there.

[AnxietyDisord3r]

I wear about 10.5 in men's shoes. The only thing that bothers me is that I have yet to find a pair of women's shoes that don't crush my feet width-wise. I'm very skinny but I guess I have wide feet. I don't seem to have any problems with men's shoes but if I wear women's shoes for more than 15 minutes I'll have to amputate my feet.

This is a systemic problem with women's shoes. They don't fit women's feet either. They seem to tighten the most over one of the widest parts (the toes) causing all kinds of foot problems.

It's tough period getting women's shoes if you have wide feet. I used to get my sneakers at New Balance (my current pair is Saucony--nothing else they had at the shoe place fit). Redwings were okay but they discontinued the good women's work shoes so I switched to Wolverines which are good too. I never wore femmy shoes (I had pumps for first communion (!!) but that was the last time) much but I did once get some heels to pull off this elegant lesbian look and they were a sort of open-sandal looking design which let my foot parts stretch out. I'm not into femmy stuff but I still like those shoes, go figure. (Not eager to wear anything that gets me called a girl again, though.)

Women's shoes are torture devices. That's why there's a whole sensible shoes industry (women who work on their feet like nurses pay hundreds for allegedly comfy shoes) and this thing about wearing ballet flats which to me look silly as all get out but sure beat those awful mules.

[AnxietyDisord3r]

Thinking about this, there are more and more females with larger feet then in the past. I know several woman who wear over size 9 shoes. I can understand the wish for an average size women's shoe and with that one might consider looking a shoes that make the appearance of their feet smaller then they are and with that this is what I do even though by the average size foot size is under size 9 I am at size 9 but purchase shoes that make me look like one to two sizes smaller than they actually are.

My mother wears 9's, what are you trying to say?

[AnxietyDisord3r]

I'm 5'6" and I wear a men's 9.5-10D depending on the shoe, which translates to basically 11.5 wide womens.  Since 11.5 is hard to find in many cases, I end up with a women's 12 wide.   Where I run into a problem is width.  When I was wearing loafers for work, I had to buy them at a men's shoe store because my actual size is a 9.5 D width but with a B width heel so with a 12 wide women's my heel slips around.  Even heel inserts don't help that much.

I have the same problem with some styles where the wide width comes with a wide heel that sloshes around. My feet look like wedges. I thought that was weird because shoes never fit but I've found out that's actually really common and the shoe industry is just off its rocker.

Did I ever tell you about the day at Target (this was 15 years ago) when I tried every dept: Mens, Womens, Boys, Girls and they had not one shoe in any style that fit my feet. Way to go, Targeay!

[Heather14]

Finding shoes that are fashionable is difficult for me. My foot is wide so it has been a struggle. I seem to find flats easily but heels are a different animal. I wish shoe companies and designers would realize the large market that is just waiting for them.

[Mariah]

Most of the time I can fit into a woman's 10w sometimes even 10 and on those rare occasions I can't I'm stuck with and 11. I would love it to be slightly smaller but pretty even with the other woman in my family so I'm not completely unhappy with that at all. Hugs
Mariah

[JoanneB]

I thought it was ironic and triggering in a way when Scuba-Pro decided to label the fins that fit my US mens 10 1/2 foot Super-Extra-Large! Heck, a friend of mine 4" shorter was a size 13! Ginormous!

Between HRT, vanity sizing, and age? somehow I am often a womens 11. Still way down the aisle into the But-Ugly shoe section that somehow also only come with 4" minimum heels. At 6ft tall the last thing I need is another neon sign like but-ugly shoes AND 4+ inch heels. Two inch is plenty enough.

So yes, it does bother me a lot that cute shoes at and above a size 10 are a rarity. With my odd-ball high arch and extra bones on-line shopping is out. Most shoes in the right size my foot is difficult to fit into. Sizes are made for fatter feet, not taller feet. Boots are a near impossibility unless they zip up or 2 sizes or more too big

[Rachel]

I wear a woman's size 13 in flats. I have andro sneakers (both pair) so I have not purchased woman's sneakers yet but I will assume a 13.5. My rainbow sandals are size 13 woman's. I am 6'2" from 6'3" last year as measured when we have our annual work health assessments. My shoe size does bother me but it is what it is. At work there are woman my height and some taller. I am in the top 1 or 2% though.