Here is what happened. I went to the Dr. Martens website. I found some cute sandals on a great clearance. With joy in my heart, I ordered them. I went back to the product info page so that I could copy the url and send it to everyone I knew, announcing my shopping triumph. That’s when I saw the one little word that, if I were a cartoon character, would have sent my eyes baROOOOOOOOOONgah-ing to the screen: “Mens.” I know, I know, they should put an apostrophe between the N and the S, but that is not what made my eyes do that thing. And guess what? No such thing as order-canceling: they claim that the order goes directly to the warehouse, and that they have no contact with the warehouse, nor do they even know where the warehouse is, or if it even exists.
So here is what I am wondering, wise and worldly readers. Are UK sizes the same for men and women, unlike US sizes? That is, will I be able to wear these sandals, with only you and me and the entire Dr. Martens community knowing they are technically for men, because a UK women’s 7 is the same shoe as a UK men’s 7? Or is it like US sizes, where a women’s 8 and a men’s 8 wouldn’t be even close to the same size, and now I will have to pay the return shipping?
I am wringing my hands anxiously, awaiting your reply.
I really hate to say this, but I think even the UK women’s size 7 is different/smaller than US.
I am soo sorry. I truly hope I am wrong!
http://www.i18nguy.com/l10n/shoes.html
Good luck!!
I have no idea…good luck!
Jenny H.– The UK sizes are different from US sizes, but there’s a little conversion chart so I know what my UK size is (it’s like 1.5-2 sizes smaller than my US size). What I’m hoping is that my UK size in women’s is the same as my UK size in men’s: some countries have a size scale that doesn’t take women’s/men’s into account, and some countries (like the U.S.) have different size scales for men and women.
Suburban Oblivion: That guy’s chart is pretty helpful, although he says my UK size is different than what it is, so I’m not positive. Still, it LOOKS as if these sandals MIGHT work out. I won’t feel better until (1) they arrive and fit, or (2) someone tells me that they regularly buy men’s Docs in their own women’s UK size.
Hi, I live in the UK and no, we don’t have different size scales for men and women :) In fact, the last two pairs of trainers I bought were apparently men’s!
Nance– You are my NEW BEST FRIEND. I can hardly believe there could be such good news. I am seeing a glimmer of hope: the sandals will arrive, and they will FIT! And I will love them! And I will snort thinking of any MAN trying to wear such pretty, feminine sandals!