TAKING THE
MEASUREMENTS
Your shoes will only fit you well if you send us the correct measurements. So
please, to keep us all happy, take your time and take care when following the
instructions below.
Your new shoes
will be a little snug at first but they will soon begin to mold out to your feet.
At this point they become "your" shoes because they fit
"your" feet.
You MUST get someone else to take your measurements for you.
Your foot is in
the resting position a full shoe size smaller than when weight-bearing. This is
why you cannot simply put one foot on a small table and draw around it. Standing
on both feet and bending down to measure means that you have to shift your
weight and will also result in the wrong measurements, so please do not attempt
this either.
You will
need:
Step 1: Please wear
the socks you intend to wear with the
shoes when you are being
measured. For boots please also wear any leg-coverings that will later be
worn inside the boots.
Orthopaedic insoles: Historic footwear is not firm enough to support these. They
will damage the heels of the machine-stitched footwear and you will just have to
wear these shoes/boots without them. The same goes for the hand-stitched range.
However, some styles of the hand-stitched range can be adjusted to the use of
orthopaedic insoles, but you MUST get in touch with me before measuring and
ordering to talk through the possibilities, the additional cost and how all this
affects your warranty.
Step2:
Put a piece of paper on
the floor and step onto it.
Stand straight with your body weight equally distributed on both feet. If
you do it correctly there is no need to lift your foot completely off the paper until all
the measurements have been taken.
Step 3: Draw
an outline of the foot. Use a sharp pencil
or biro that makes a fine line. Take
care to hold the pen at a slight angle away from your foot to compensate for the
width of the pencil - like in the picture - to get an accurate outline that is
neither bigger nor smaller than your foot. Make sure you are drawing an
accurate outline all the way round, and avoid leaning under the foot especially at
the back of the heel.
Step 4: Draw another outline around your
foot, but this time angling the pen in as much as you can (unlike in the picture
above), thus reaching under the foot as far as
possible (this gives us useful information, like whether you have fallen arches
etc.). It would be helpful if you used a different colour pencil for this second
outline.
Step 5: Keep the foot
in the original position on the paper
for all the following measurements with the tape measure and mark with notches on
the outline of the foot where exactly measurements A, B, and C were taken.
Please remember to make these marks as they are vital for us.
To take measurements A, B and C
you need to lift your foot slightly and partly
off the paper to allow the
measuring tape to slide under the foot.
Then measure all the way round with the tape encircling your foot snugly.
You can also include additional information e.g. the location of painful areas
on the form.
A :
across the joint of the foot where it is widest
B : halfway between joint and ankle
C:
across the instep where it is highest
D:
around the ankle just under the anklebones where it is thinnest
E:
diagonal from the heel to the top of the instep, where you get the smallest
measurement for this position. You have to nudge the tape slightly under the
heel for this
F:
25cm (10in) up from the ground around your calf (only for calf-high
boots)
Step 6:
Put your name and address onto the pieces of paper with your foot outlines,
complete the order form, enclose the payment and send it via ordinary mail to
the address on the order form. If ordering more than one
pair of shoes at a time, please staple the order-forms to the drawings they
belong to as this will avoid misunderstandings.
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Oct 2003