I measured my feet, checked my size on a chart and bought a pair of high heels. Apparently women’s feet are thinner than men’s, but I never thought they were that much thinner. Shoe fits but it hurts.

Foot measures are 27 cm long and 10 cm wide across the ball (10.62’’ long and 3.93’’ in imperial)

I compared the heels to my unisex sneakers: sneakers are 11 cm (4.33’‘) wide across the ball and the heels 7.5 cm (2.95’').

I don’t believe any heel brand makes 10 cm (3.93’') wide heels.

People have recommended me to go a bigger size, but a larger size is going to be longer and will fall off.

  • ickplant@lemmy.world
    6·
    9 hours ago

    You could look for wide shoes, not all brand make them. So, instead of looking for size 12, look for 12 Wide (I think it’s usually shown as the letter B, so 12B). I’m a cis woman with wide feet, and this is what I do.

  • Birdy@lemmings.world
    4·
    9 hours ago

    While my cross dressing days are over, my town has a kinky shop where you can find drag shoes in large size. It may be an option for you depending how big is your city.

    However, I did only use gender neutral sneakers, I am way too tall for heels, and even flat girly shoes in large size are out of my budget (Expect we’ll above €100)

  • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    14 hours ago

    If youre comfortable enough to risk getting outed IRL, theres are certain vendors that cater specifically to crossdressers. The ones I saw were crazy expensive and weren’t particularly pretty. They’d tried to make them pretty but I think theres only so much they can do when focusing on size and strength

  • waka@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    81·
    15 hours ago

    That one time I bought a pair for a joke at a party a few years ago, I just searched on Amazon for high heels in my regular male size. Apparently, some chinese companies custom-make large-sized lady boots on demand this way. I think I ordered them from “Only Maker”, their models seemed to be safe to walk in with wide heels… I checked before whether you need to order a different size - turns out there is no significant difference. Simply order whatever standard size you usually buy. Just make sure that you pick a model with a wider front. Male feet tend to be wider there, which cause the majority of problems when walking. This is especially true if you have issues with normal shoes being a bit narrow in general (like rubbing at your outer toes when walking for a while).

    Also remember that high heels tend to be in the category of “sitting shoes”, not “walking shoes”. I learned that at said party fairly quickly.

  • Keshara@piefed.worldEnglish
    6·
    15 hours ago

    My best advice would be to go in somewhere supportive and safe and get fitted properly, you can cause a lot of damage to your feet and ankles.

    Also, start off with a low height and work your way up ☺️