Shoes for Small Feet

Smallshoes Quite a few of you have been in touch recently to complain about the lack of decent footwear for ladies with petite feet. It's true that most shoe designers seem to believe we're all a UK size 4+, or if we have tiny feet, we also lack any kind of style whatsoever. But there are gorgeous shoes for small feet around, like this 'Kelly' shoe, £75 from Small-Shoes.co.uk. You just need to look around a little. So what are Shoewawa's tips for finding good shoes in small sizes? Read on for ideas & useful links!

- When searching for shoes, don't overlook teen-orientated shops if you're looking for young, fashionable trend shoes. Tammy have a good range of trend shoes in very small sizes (in fact they only go up to a size 5), and make great jewelled flats, cheap trainers and summer sandals. They're also good in winter for boots on a budget.

-Try catalogues. Again, there are decent teen ranges in catalogues like Additions Direct and Littlewoods, and many of the catalogues aimed at slightly older women (Marshall Ward, for example) carry shoes in smaller sizes, usually from a 2 or 3 upwards. La Redoute also have a good range of teen shoes, and are particularly good for great flip-flops in small sizes.

- I'm sure you know this one already, but when shopping for sports shoes, look in the juniors section (boys or girls). Don't be embarassed about having to buy from the 'kids' range. There's usually very similar styles to the adult ranges (especially from brands like Nike, Reebok and so on) and you'll save yourself quite a lot of money, as in the UK children's shoes are VAT free (meaning an automatic 17.5% saving).

- Know which brands to buy online. Freed of London ( available at Zappos) stock dancing shoes in a UK 3 and above. Bally make some styles in a US 3.5 (around a UK 2) and above, and Naturalizer (also at Zappos) make shoes in a US 4 and above.

- Don't think you can't buy designer. Just like with clothing (which starts at ridiculous zero-sizing) a lot of designer shoes come in petite sizes, with many designers starting their shoe sizing range with US 3 or 4. Good designer ranges to try are Guiseppe Zanotti, Roberto Cavalli or Stuart Weitzman.

- Shop online! Try these websites:

http://www.small-shoes.co.uk
http://www.womens-small-shoes.com
http://www.feetpetite.co.nz
http://www.thelittleshoeshop.com
http://www.petitefeet.com.au
http://www.cinderellaofboston.com

Belinda

gday ladies..

im another owner of a size 2 foot. so difficult finding decent trendy shoes so i hear you. I live in Australia and blimey it's almost twice as difficult to find smaller shoes here because all the awesome websites don't post outside of Europe and UK. so i've been searching for an au. site but no luck. Luckily enough for me my best friend has just moved over to london and she will be receiving my amazing small shoes and posting them to me! thanks so much for the sites too, www.barratts.co.uk is the best and so much cheaper than the rest I've found. www.smallshoes.co.uk is pretty good too, but the first is cheaper :-)

thanks again and good luck shoe hunting cos I hear ya ;-) x

lauren

hey ive never left a comment here before but just found this column and agree with everyone!

susan, you should try Tammy at BHS online, they start it 13 and do nice shoes, flats and proper heels (i hate childrens heels that are all thick and flat and usually always have some sort of flower or butterfly lol!). at the minute they don't have much but will prob be getting new stock on soon.

for the high street you could go to tammy again(!), or try new look. some of their stores do shoes in the generation 915 range that start at size 13 i think but not 100% sure. their size 1 is quite small so may fit you, again they do really nice pumps and heels that you would never know are for teens.

plus, both shops are cheap yay!

Ravel used to be quite good too until they closed it down boo-hiss!

hope this helps you xo

susan wilders

Hello,

I'm a UK 13 (32) and all the great sites that have been mentioned before start at a UK 1. Does anyone have any suggestions? Barratts have a great young range (cheap too) but again it starts at a UK 1 - see link.

http://www.barratts.co.uk/cl/21000/Womens_Tall_and_Small.html

Any help gratefully received. Thanks.

Lesley

Satin in size 33? For wedding glamour, try www.heavenlydanceshoes.com who will make shoes to your exact size from a drawing around your feet. Small sizes no problem. Wedding gliz only limited by your imagination. Prices depend on what you choose, but under £90. Failing that, try your local shop which supplies ballroom dancing stuff. They have frighteningly grown up Satin children's dance shoes( Freed and Katz come to mind)at very inexpensive prices.

Also see my article on Shoewawa for more help

http://www.shoewawa.com/2007/10/small_shoes_for.html

Love lesley

Gill

I have a lot of problems getting shoes that fit. I can find kids shoes that fit of course and also the odd ladies shoes in a UK 2/2.5 but no fashionable shoes. Almost all shoes I like start at a UK 3, which are just too big. Buying from specialist shops is extremely expensive - for less material! I'd love my feet to be that bit bigger so that UK 3 size shoes would fit but since that won't happen perhaps those of us with small feet (and big feet of course) could be catered for more widely.

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