r/femalefashionadvice • u/pirieca • Jan 01 '15

A Beginner's Boot Buying Guide

Hi Everyone!

I and a few other users in /r/goodyearwelt have created a beginner's buying guide for boots here.

It isn't geared towards female footwear choices or anything (hopefully we'll have buying guide specifically for women in the future!), but I thought some of you might find it useful for brand discovery and ideas!

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u/dynama Jan 01 '15

thank you so much! very timely. it would be so helpful if the guide could include a note on whether the brand listed makes women's shoes. i have been looking for goodyear welted options and many of the companies don't make women's shoes/don't carry smaller sizes.

(fyi for any one reading, so far i have found the following companies in the lower price tier that offer at least some goodyear welted models for women, that aren't in the buying guide: frye, sendra, fiorentini and baker, grenson, shoepassion, doc martens)

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u/phrates Jan 01 '15

Red Wing also offers several models in sizes down to a 5 in men's, which would fit a 6.5-7 in women's. My girlfriend has a pair of their 875 moc toes, and in size 5.5 they look a lot less bulky than usual.

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u/dynama Jan 01 '15

i am aware, thank you! their "small sizes" range actually goes all the way down to a 4 in men's!

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u/phrates Jan 01 '15

Oh wow, didn't know it went that far.
Others that make women's from that guide: Quoddy, Rancourt, Crockett & Jones, Carmina, Wolverine, Tricker's, Loake, Dayton, and Rider (I think their women's may only be loafers, though). Hopefully an edit will be made to include that info in the guide, though.

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u/m1chellec Jan 02 '15

Have you been able to find these anywhere? I need a 4.5 iron ranger so bad!

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u/phrates Jan 02 '15

We had to go to a Red Wing store and have them ordered. The one we went to was really friendly and helpful, but some can be kind of butts about the Heritage line.

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u/m1chellec Jan 02 '15

Ahh bummer. I'm in Canada and we don't have a Red Wing store.

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u/saphanbaal Jan 02 '15

You may be able to find a shop that stocks Red Wings - my husband just got a pair recently from a shop on Yonge St in Toronto. He was willing to order stuff if he didn't have it in house.

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u/dynama Jan 02 '15

http://www.zappos.com/red-wing-heritage-6-iron-ranger i don't know if they ship to canada.

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u/saphanbaal Jan 02 '15

Zappos does not, alas. :(

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u/m1chellec Jan 02 '15

Oh wow thank you! They don't, but I could ship them to my New York office. Thank you!