Wide Fit Shoes

If you’re on your feet for a whole shift, the shoes that matter are the ones that still feel fine at 3pm. Plenty feel lovely in the shop or on the walk to the bus stop, then turn into a problem somewhere between the lunch break and the last customer, resident or class of the … Read more

I’ve bought a lot of footwear over the years in my search for comfort, but my Ganter Kathy boots are among the purchases I’ve been happiest with. In fact, I liked my brown pair so much that I went to rather extraordinary lengths to get another pair in black! I first appreciated just how comfortable … Read more

I’ve bought four pairs of Waldläufer H-Lana trainers. Yes, four! And before you start wondering whether I’ve developed a trainer-collecting habit, there’s a very good reason. I bought my first pair in navy about three years ago, and I loved them so much that I went back for another three pairs in white, black and … Read more

Finding genuinely wide waterproof walking shoes for men with swollen feet can be difficult enough. Add the need for extra room not just across the foot, but over the top of it too, and the choice becomes even more limited. I’ve had enough problems with my own feet and ankles over the years to know … Read more

Finding comfortable slippers when your feet are swollen isn’t always as easy as it sounds. A slipper can be wonderfully soft and still be no use if the opening is too tight to get your foot into, or there’s not enough room once it’s on. That’s something I’ve become very aware of through years of … Read more

Somewhere along the way, I noticed a pattern in my own wardrobe. The brands I’ve found genuinely suitable for my feet — Tamaris, Rieker, Gabor, Ganter, and Waldläufer — are, without exception, German shoe brands. It wasn’t a decision I made deliberately. It just kept happening, pair after pair, year after year, until I looked … Read more

Here’s something that took me a surprisingly long time to realise: buying wide fit shoes doesn’t automatically mean everything inside them is wide too. The insole — the bit your foot actually sits on — is usually still cut to a standard shape, even inside a wide shoe. I came across this properly while looking … Read more

If you’ve ever picked up a pair of Waldläufer shoes and spotted a letter like G, H, K or M on the box, you might have wondered what it means. Especially if you’re more familiar with UK shoe width letters such as E, EE or EEE. The confusing part is that these letters don’t translate … Read more

My own feet are wide right through — forefoot, heel, the lot — so for years I assumed “wide fit” was a simple, one-size-fits-all fix. It took hearing from readers with a very different problem to realise it isn’t. If you’ve got a genuinely wide forefoot but a narrower, well-defined heel, a “wide fit” shoe … Read more

I get asked this more than almost anything else, usually by someone who’s just been told by a shop assistant that they “need a wide fit” and has absolutely no idea what that actually means. So let’s clear it up properly. Wide fit simply means a shoe is designed to give your foot more room … Read more