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December 24th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
Louise Eccles
Last updated at 12:43 AM on 24th December 2011
Retailers have admitted they are increasing shoe sizes to accommodate fatter feet
We already know about so-called ‘vanity sizing’ when it comes to clothes. But it seems they’re not the only things being quietly expanded – shoes are too.
Some retailers have discreetly increased the width of their footwear to serve an increasingly overweight population, while others are offering wider fittings.
French Sole, an upmarket shoe shop favoured by the Duchess of Cambridge, admitted it ‘readjusted’ at least one of its styles every six months.
Retailers can increase the length and
width of their footwear relatively unchecked, because there are no
internationally set guidelines.
A
survey of seven major shoe retailers by the Daily Mail found that the
width of a women’s size six shoe can vary by as much as half a
centimetre. While it appears slight, experts said it could mean the
difference between ‘comfort and agony’ with high-heeled shoes. French
Sole founder Jane Winkworth, who specialises in ballet pumps, said: ‘We
have certainly had to broaden our shoes – we have to do it virtually
every time we design a new shoe.
‘It
is often just a fraction larger, but we need to do it to accommodate
larger feet now. Our shoes are without a doubt bigger than they were
when we started 24 years ago.
‘It
has to be very gradual of course, and we do not increase the sizes
overnight. But I will often go to my shoemakers in Spain or France and
tell them our customers are finding these ones a bit tight on what we
call their “bunion joints”.’ She added: ‘Every six months to a year we
are readjusting one style or another and it is always up, up, up, never
down.’
Mrs Winkworth insisted it was not ‘vanity sizing’ because the length and overall shape had not been altered.
Debenhams has recently launched a
range of EEE-fit footwear, which are three fit sizes wider than average
shoes and have up to 15mm more room at the ball joint.
A spokesman for Debenhams said: ‘Demand for wider fit shoes has increased significantly in recent years.’
Tam
Fry, of the National Obesity Forum, said: ‘It is inevitable that as the
nation becomes more overweight, their feet will become wider. It is
another consequence of the obesity problem in Britain.
‘There
is a problem with vanity sizing in the clothing industry and it is
conceivable that this is also happening with shoes. Women who have put
on weight would perhaps be reluctant to admit they are wearing bigger
shoes.’
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