How to tell the size of a pair of shoes

[JasonK]

I have a pair of SAS womans shoes and the size info is worn off. Is there a way to measure the shoe and tell what size it is? They look small like maybe a 6.

• This topic was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by Jay.

[Ryanne]

you could look on ebay for similar style and size and see if the other sellers have measurements that would match your shoe.

[Jay]

Just measure it and use a shoe chart:
https://www.google.com/search?q=shoe+size+chart&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS616US617&oq=show+size&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.4040j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[Terri]

Best way, of course, is to have friends and family with different size feet at your beck and call to try on shoes.

Aside from that, the next thing I do is what Ryanne suggested.

SAS style names are really easy to find out from their website. I’ve sold a gazillion pair of SAS shoes, so if you give me the style name and insole length and width measurements, I might be able to help you if I’ve sold that style in the past. Many of their styles have removable insoles which makes them especially easy to accurately measure.

[JasonK]

Jay,
I’ve looked up a few shoe charts and unfortunately a lot of them are pretty worthless because they often do not indicate what is being measured (insole, foot, outside of shoe) nor does it indicate whether its for mens or womens sizes which is pretty annoying. Best I’ve found is this one here https://www.tukshoes.com/pages/size-chart-1 Which leads me to believe its a womens size 7 based on an insole measurement of about 9 inches.

Terri,
The style is “Bounce” and the insole looks to be about 9″ although its a little hard to measure since they are not the removable type.

[Jay]

We avoid shoes that don’t have sizes (for the reason you’re demonstrating now).

But when we did sell shoes without sizes, we would include the shoe chart in the description. So if we said it’s a size 7, the buyer could see the chart where we got that size.

[Erik]

I would take the insoles out (SAS insoles come out easily) and simply match them to another pair of shoes…either another pair you have or take it in somewhere if you have to. SAS are good shoes to sell…they are kind of weird looking but apparently older people who need good support and traction really like them

[JasonK]

Erik,
The insoles don’t seem to come out on the ones I picked up but I used a flexible tape measure and think I got a fairly accurate measurement. You are 100% correct about SAS shoes and old people, here in Florida every thrift store seems to have at least one pair and I do love selling them. I’m finding a lot of Sperrys and Florsheim oxfords/wingtips too. I think it’s interesting how different demographics produce different items. For instance I pretty much never find Red Wing Boots or just boots in general, hiking stuff is hard to come by too which is sad because I love selling hiking shoes.

[Alex]

If you have a Nordstrom’s near you, the shoe sales people are very helpful and may be able to size the shoe for you.

[Terri]

Probably a little late to chime in now, but I just saw your measurement, Jason.

I listed a pair of Size 7 “Bounce” and the insole length measurement was 9.75″ with a width of 3.0″, so I think yours are much smaller than a 7.

[Glenda Goodwich]

I picked up some shoe inserts from a dollar tree. They have the lines on them to cut them down to fit different sized shoes. I slip these inside shoes and have had really good luck getting the correct sizes using this method.

[Terri]

Great tip, Glenda!

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