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 The size of your feet is equal to the length of your foot. In Europe, they measure in centimeters; in America, they use inches. So how did we settle on shoe sizes? 

 

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Let's take a look at this fascinating story.

 

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Shoe sizes were created around 1887 when an American shoemaker called Charles William Stiefel developed a sizing method for women’s shoes with his father-in-law,

 

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 George Endicott Peabody in Massachusetts by measuring their feet and dividing them into parts all the way up to the waist. 

 
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Shoe sizes have not always been easy to understand. For example, in ancient times shoes were measured using a designated number of fingers on a hand 

 

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- typically one or two digits - depending on style and availability of materials needed. In the US, shoe sizes are measured in whole and half sizes, but in most other countries they're not. 

 

 
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But it actually can be surprisingly difficult depending on where you live! Different countries use different systems for measuring their shoes, which causes some confusion when ordering online or importing goods from foreign countries. 

 

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Shoe size conversion charts are a boon to international travellers, and for those who shop online. They also come in handy for those uncertain what their best European shoe size is. In this article, we'll tell you how shoe sizes work and teach you how to convert from one to the other by yourself!

 

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In the EVA INSIDER blog post "How to Convert Units of Measurement," we go through a step-by-step process for converting units within both the United States and the United Kingdom. Now, we'll review how to convert between different units of measurement when it comes to shoes.You may be thinking, What's so complicated about shoe sizing?

The modern international standard for shoe sizing is a numeric system based on foot length and two parallel lines used to form different numbers at different points of the foot. The bottom line represents inches while the second line represents centimeters; thus three numbers are needed (length number in inches, third number in centimeters). It's the simple math that drives everything. 

 
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Shoe sizes are a byzantine mess of sizing. Choosing the wrong size is easy, and it can cause long-lasting pain to your feet. There are three basic ways to measure shoe sizes:

 

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 inside length, foot width, outside diameter. This article will walk through each of these methods and provide detailed recommendations for what you should use based on your activity or activity level.

 

 
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 "" Shoe sizing can seem like an extremely complex process when really it's nothing more than dividing a number into smaller numbers—

 

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like 2 centimeters divided by 12 centimeters for example. Unfortunately, 

 

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this process has been made difficult due to the lack of consistency in how different manufacturers define shoes and their dimensions.

 
 
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