There’s nothing that says feminine bombshell more than a sexy pair of high heels. Whether your preference is 4″ stiletto’s or a more modest 2″ wedge heel you face a challenge shared by many crossdressers – finding shoes that fit well.
Finding the Right Size Woman’s Shoes
Woman’s shoes are smaller and narrower than men’s shoes. When buying woman’s shoes you should start with at least one size larger than the men’s dress shoe you wear, and one width wider. While you’re probably familiar with sizes, width’s can be a bit trickier. Widths are measured by letters (A, B, C, D and E), where A is narrower, and E is wider. 2A or 4A or even narrower, and 2E and 4E even wider. Some websites substitute N (narrow, roughly equivalent to A), W (wide, roughly a C/D), and WW (very wide, roughly E or 2E).
Some examples:
- A men’s size 10 would be a woman’s 11W or 12W
- A men’s size 10W would be a woman’s 11WW or 12WW
Where to Find Large Woman’s Shoes
Now that you know your woman’s shoe size, you’ll discover that not many stores stock your size, often topping out at a size 10M, or if you’re lucky a size 11W. Many crossdressers need shoes a few sizes larger. Thankfully there are now many stores stocking larger shoes, often in sizes up to 15 or 16. I’ve listed a few of my favorite stores below. All of them stock larger shoe sizes.
Shop For Crossdresser High Heels
The Internet is vast, if you start with the three stores below I can almost guarantee that you’ll find a fabulous pair of large woman’s shoes that fits you perfectly.
Zappos: Great selection of large woman’s shoes, and offers free shipping both ways. The safest way to find your woman’s shoe size is to order a few shoes from Zappos and return the one’s that don’t fit. I have had wonderful customer service from Zappos, they have my strongest recommendation.
Pierre Silber – Sexy High Heels In Larger Sizes: The name says it all. A great place to buy sexy high heels in sizes up to size 16.
Designer Shoe Warehouse: High quality at a great price – you can’t go wrong with DSW.
Nordstrom: Wear the latest fashions. Nordstrom often has larger sizes up to 13W.
Other Places to Find Large Woman’s Shoes
Payless Shoe Source: Payless has a surprisingly robust selection of large woman’s shoes in sizes up to 13. If you’re on a budget these can be a great alternative to the pricier stores. Be sure to shop online, I’ve found that in store the selection of larger sizes tends to be lacking.
Shiekh Shoes: Woman’s shoes in sizes up to 15.
Aldo Shoes: Lots of cute high heels, but their selection starts to thin for size 11 and 12.
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Spring in Tassie. Skirts, heels, soft pastels, and a confident yet demure persona. It takes time but significant other support helps a lot. Sincerely best wishes dear friends. Jane
Drag Queen Closet, Chic Me, Queenofdrag.com, Amazon, eBay, facebook market place. These are also sights you can find the perfect pair of heels for that special occasion or everyday wear. These places aren’t just for drag queen apparel and shoes/boots, they specialize in plus sizes. Happy shopping.
Love those hills were can I get a pair for my self
I wear a gals size 11 or 12 shoe, actually sandals mostly. My go to shoe store is Marmi shoes. They have a few stores around the country and many of their styles go to size 13.
Shoes at Marmi do tend to be pricy, but you get what you pay for. I have several pairs of sandals that I have had for 10+ years and they still are fun to wear! And the staff at every store I have been to provide excellent customer service! Check them out.
Shoes should be a size larger than mens… I’m not going to get into the UK/European/US problem, but every time I’ve ever bought shoes larger than my male size, they have always been embarrassingly big and now live at the back of my cupboard, rarely – if ever – to be worn. Mind, when I therefore decided that those stunning thigh boots would probably be OK if I ordered them a size smaller (I have big feet – they didn’t come in my normal size but surely one size smaller must be OK?)I was struggling to get them on –… Read more »
Only Maker is another site for high heels, boots and booties, and I believe they are all made to better fit men. Sizes go to at least 16. I wear a 12 or 12.5 so I don’t always look at other sizes. Their website includes lots of pictures of crossdressers in their footwear as well, which I like.
I love my fem part
Love lingerie
I love ti be with women
definitly zappos, never had a size issue