| The fit of a shoe is usually represented by a | | | | There are two other wide size methods in |
| number. Most shoe sizes do not take the width of | | | | common use. The first is: A, B, C, D, E, EE, EEE, |
| a foot in to account, only the length. This is | | | | EEEE, F, G. This system goes from narrowest at |
| because it is more expensive for a brand to offer | | | | A to very, very wide at G. The second system |
| shoes in different widths. The good news is that | | | | is: 4A, 3A, 2A, A, B, C, D, E, 2E, 3E, 4E, 5E, 6E. In |
| there are more and more brands catering to | | | | this difficult to read system, the narrowest size is |
| people who realize the importance of shoes that | | | | 4A and 6E is the widest. |
| fit the width of their foot as well as the length. | | | | Actually, I lied when I said there is no standard |
| Unfortunately, because major brands are not | | | | system for shoe width. There actually is a |
| interested in making different widths there is not | | | | standard system, it is just not used for any |
| a standard system for wide sizes. Clarks and | | | | shoes you can buy! It is mostly used by the |
| other wide shoe brands use this system: N | | | | military and NATO. It is called Mondopoint. These |
| (narrow), M (medium) or R (regular), W (wide), W | | | | sizes are written like 300/100 where 300 is the |
| (double wide). People with wide feet are usually | | | | average length and 100 is the average width (in |
| well served by the wide and double wide sizes. | | | | millimeters). |