wide feet in thong sandals-NO for me!!!

greenglove

I found some really cute and comfortable flat thong sandals with a zip up heel that were quite comfortable. My feet are on the wide side and I looked like a duck in the shoes! I realized that I look much better in a sandal the has some kind of strap across my foot. I think very bare sandals look best on a slim foot.Ii was also worried that if I wore shoes without sides my foot would grow like a person who runs barefoot. My husband thought I was ridiculous but the sandals are going back. I would have been obsessing about how my feet looked and if they were spreading every time I wore them. Has anyone else had this experience?

14 years ago

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Dashrashi

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I don't like to wear d'orsay pumps for the same reason. My foot...spreads and looks not cute. Give me a closed-side slingback any day of the week.

14 years ago

Diana

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I have narrowish feet and still have the pancake/duck foot problem in very bare sandals. In my case, it's because I have basically zero arch so without something holding in the middle part of my foot it just becomes a pancake, especially in very flat shoes.

14 years ago

catgirl

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This is a great description of why I don't wear ballet flats! Too much expanse of foot to shoe ratio!

14 years ago

MNsara

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Oh yes, I have been there!! In flip flops, I don't care unless my wide foot sides stick out past the footbed (Yuck!)

A few years ago, I realized that my feet look best when that outside edge of the foot is contained - especially the center third of the edge, if that makes sense.

So, even these adorable oxfords would give me the muffin foot in those openings. . .

http://www.zappos.com/boutique.....ht-natural

14 years ago

Lisa

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I am also not a fan of a really bare sandal on the top, I like to think the straps distract from the shape of my foot. I stay away from sandals that show a lot of foot such as these.
http://www.zappos.com/cole-haa.....ccia-print

14 years ago

Diana

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I have some gladiators (mine are black but they are the same style as the pic) that are pretty bare but have a very clever rigid arch support piece sticking up on the side that very effectively holds in the foot pancake... so if anyone is looking for a bare-ish sandal style that might still work you might want to look for something similar. The arch support piece looks a little funny on the shoe but you can't see it once it's on your foot.

(These are Taryn by Taryn Rose, which is a brand that I generally think is overpriced and not all that spectacular, but I do like this particular (unfortunately no longer available) style... unfortunately I don't know of any other brands that do this sticking-up arch support thing on sandals.)

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14 years ago

Sveta

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This is exactly why I don't like thong sandals on me - even though I quite like them on the right feet.

14 years ago

Freckles

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Sorry you weren't able to find a bare shoe that you liked. Gpod luck in finding something soon.

14 years ago

Louise

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It doesn't bother me as long as the foot isn't hanging over the shoe. I have quite wide feet but they aren't very fleshy and I happily wear thong sandals but I do usually go with a wider fit to prevent any overhang x

14 years ago

CocoLion

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I too have wide feet but as long as they don't hang over the side, I don't mind thongs. They are not unflattering on me, whereas ballet flats, in general, make my small feet look like stumps.

14 years ago

Irene

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I have skinny feet. Yes, they are bony and almost fatless, so thong sandals look quite nice on me, even-though I have big feet (UK 7). But normally thong sandals are super flat and have hard soles, so my fatless and cushion-less feet don't wear those too well. Guess there's always a problem!

14 years ago

JaneF

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For me, it's not the thong that makes my feet look fat, it's horizontal straps without some kind of vertical or diagonal. I like a t-strap—very slimming!

14 years ago

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