Hey guys, it's Gram. Just checking in with a little bit of Happy New Year's advice from somebody who has walked a runway, wears high heels, and uses a cane:
Do not buy your fancy shoes bigger than your feet. Do not.
However that myth came into being… I looked it up and it says it's by podiatrists and shoe experts to accommodate the foot swelling. Of course a podiatrist would say let your foot swell naturally.
The truth is though, that if you buy shoes that are too big, the back of your foot will slip out of them and you'll be more likely to bust your ankle because you lose your footing within the shoe itself. You may think that you can get away from this problem by wearing backless shoes like a mule or a slide, but the thing is, if it's too big around the ball of your foot, then the shoe itself will rotate from side to side on the ball of your foot and you can still have the same issue with your heel not hitting correctly on the stem of the shoe.
If you want to wear sandals, don't. No matter what size, any strappy shoe that is not broken in, and honestly even strappy shoes that are broken in, run the risk of causing you blisters at any contact point. You want the smallest amount of contact points possible and the least amount of movement possible. And the thing is, the more straps, the more movement, it's a mess. So don't wear a strappy shoe and expect to have undamaged feet, unless you wear socks? or you know your shoe. I have a pair of strappy shoes that I can wear without a problem.
For heels, I always recommend going a half a size smaller than your flat shoe size because that way the back of your heel is flush with the shoe. Truly the most I would recommend to you is a peep toe with ankle straps and that's actually usually what I wear. But then you still have to consider the way the strap meets your ankle and the heel cap of the foot or any seams might scrape against the back of your heel, which hurts like a motherfucker.
Yeah, I am a fan of knee cap size sports band-aids on your foot before you need it. I think about it like, oh, it's like so embarrassing to wear band-aids on your feet, like with a shoe, like oh my god, right? But you know what's even more embarrassing is bleeding everywhere.
So don't be the bloody bitch on New Year's Eve. Follow my shoe advice. Rewind this if you have to. Happy New Year. Thanks for sticking around.
