JOURNAL

FIT AND SIZING

A SIZE NUMBER DESCRIBES LENGTH. IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT WIDTH, INSTEP HEIGHT OR THE VOLUME AT THE BALL OF THE FOOT, AND THOSE ARE WHAT DECIDE HOW A SNEAKER FITS. THIS PART OF THE JOURNAL COVERS FIT AND SIZING: HOW TO MEASURE YOUR FEET, HOW UK, EU AND US SIZES CONVERT, AND HOW THE FOOT IS BUILT.

UK SIZES ARE COUNTED IN BARLEYCORNS, ONE THIRD OF AN INCH. EU SIZES ARE COUNTED IN PARIS POINTS, TWO THIRDS OF A CENTIMETRE. BECAUSE THE STEPS ARE DIFFERENT, EVERY CONVERSION IS APPROXIMATE. MEASURE BOTH FEET IN THE EVENING, WHEN THEY ARE AT THEIR LARGEST, AND WORK FROM THE LARGER ONE.

1812 SIZES IN UK. EVERY PAIR IS BUILT ON OUR OWN LAST, MADE IN ENGLAND BY SPRINGLINE. IF YOU ARE BETWEEN SIZES, SEND US YOUR MEASUREMENTS AND WE WILL GUIDE YOU.