Does this look familiar? We have all had a too big experience ! This happens when we buy this style of shoe, too big to begin with.
The key to purchasing an open shoe, be it a heel or a flat is to make sure the foot fits perfectly in the footbed, with nothing left over at the back or heel of the shoe.
A shoe will always give to the pressure of being worn, and so the foot will naturally move forward in the shoe. This will create a gap or a space at the back of the shoe floor, if you purchase the shoe with a gap in the beginning. Then it just become's bigger and you end up with a look like the feet in the picture above!
Sometimes there are no other sizes left and you just have to have this shoe, we can totally relate to that !! However, where possible buy the shoe to fit the foot exactly, when purchasing an open sandal (especially a heel) or mule (slide) style shoe. This will mean it will usually fit better around the rest of the foot as well.
A solution to correcting shoes that have become too big is to put a pair of gel pads in at the ball of the feet. The gel pads not only protect this part of your foot, they also push or set the foot back in the shoe slightly, reducing the gap. These gel pads come in handy for enclosed shoes that have gotten a little too big as well. They can help to firm the shoe back up around the foot.
Good luck and happy, strappy, heel shopping ! x
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