HOW TO MEASURE YOUR FEET FOR THE PERFECT 1812 SNEAKER FIT

THE CORRECT METHOD FOR MEASURING YOUR FEET AT HOME AND FINDING THE RIGHT SIZE IN A HANDMADE ENGLISH SNEAKER

THE SIZE YOU HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT IS NOT NECESSARILY YOUR CORRECT SIZE. FEET CHANGE. THEY SPREAD WITH AGE. THEY VARY BETWEEN THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT. AND CRITICALLY, SIZE NUMBERS DESCRIBE LAST LENGTH ONLY — THEY DO NOT DESCRIBE WIDTH, INSTEP HEIGHT OR BALL CIRCUMFERENCE, ALL OF WHICH AFFECT HOW A SHOE FITS.

BECAUSE 1812 ENGLAND USES A PROPRIETARY LAST DEVELOPED WITH SPRINGLINE, THE FIT CHARACTER IS SPECIFIC. MEASURING CORRECTLY AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE MEASUREMENTS MEAN IS THE FOUNDATION OF GETTING THE RIGHT PAIR FIRST TIME.

WHEN AND HOW TO MEASURE

MEASURE IN THE EVENING. FEET ARE AT THEIR LARGEST AFTER A DAY OF WEAR. STAND ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND TRACE AROUND EACH FOOT WITH A PENCIL HELD VERTICALLY AGAINST THE FOOT. MEASURE THE LENGTH FROM THE BACK OF THE HEEL TO THE END OF THE LONGEST TOE. MEASURE THE WIDTH AT THE WIDEST POINT — TYPICALLY ACROSS THE BALL. REPEAT FOR BOTH FEET AND USE THE MEASUREMENTS FOR THE LARGER FOOT.

READING YOUR MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH IN CENTIMETRES CORRESPONDS APPROXIMATELY TO EU SIZING. DIVIDE BY 0.667 FOR AN APPROXIMATE EU SIZE. SUBTRACT 33 TO 34 FOR UK. THESE ARE GUIDES, NOT GUARANTEES. THE LAST DESIGN AFFECTS HOW THE SIZE NUMBER TRANSLATES TO FIT. A UK 9 ON ONE LAST FITS DIFFERENTLY FROM A UK 9 ON ANOTHER.

IF YOUR FOOT IS WIDE — IF THE WIDTH MEASUREMENT IS PROPORTIONALLY LARGE FOR THE LENGTH — CONTACT US BEFORE ORDERING. THE 1812 LAST IS DESIGNED AROUND CORRECT FOOT ANATOMY, NOT A NARROWED SILHOUETTE, BUT UNDERSTANDING YOUR WIDTH WILL HELP US GIVE SPECIFIC GUIDANCE.

THE CORRECT FIT IS THE FOUNDATION OF EVERYTHING THE SHOE DOES. WE ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP GET IT RIGHT.