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Did anyone see the write up in yesterdays Sun newspaper ? It was written by Toni Jones , fashion editor. "24 hours of shoes

...... not one decent pair "


Not a very good write up either.:giggle::giggle::giggle:
 
I just discovered the channel on Sunday, as QVC and IW was boring. Too much of Debbie Paver!!! Julie Peagood needs to stop that inferiating grin. The shoes were the same ones on IW when Debbie was there. By the way, I looked at the catalogue online, you might as well call it the Debbie Pavers modelling mag!!!!!!!!
 
I think the Sun woman needs to open her mind a bit to other people instead of looking at the shoes from her own selfish perspective. :devil:

Obviously she's never struggled to get shoes to fit, isn't blessed with a wide hoof, has never had to get scissors out to cut shoes to get them to fit and has never wandered around tens of shops without getting a single pair to fit - let alone a stonkingly great fashionable shoe to fit.
As for the velcro being for lazy people, she's obviously never had mobility issues which mean she can't bend to do up fiddly buckles either. :wonder:

Since the moment I was unable to have kids clark's shoes I've suffered when it comes to buying shoes. Instead of being able to wander around being spoilt for choice, I used to go shopping for shoes when I needed a pair, not when I fancied a pair - because the whole experience was mind-numbingly painful, traipsing here there and everywhere for a size 5 and a half, wide fitting. :sweat:
When good ole British shoes were made and sold in this country in half sizes, it wasn't so bad, but these ruddy continental sizes and skinny fits imported from who knows where which have gradually taken over have made life a struggle for me. Size 5 was too small, 6 fell off - and NO those sodding insole grip things do not work!

I now have an arthritic knee and often I have to walk with a stick so I can't wander around the shops. The first shoe that was slagged off I actually bought on ebay and they enabled me to be a courier as I could WALK. OK they aren't a fashion statement - little ole ladies used to be dead jealous of my fabulous frumpies - but there again, little ole ladies need shoes too! Pavers caters for them without breaking the bank. :happy:

If I have one gripe, it's that WIDE fitting shoe selections are still too dull and boring - just because we have wide feet doesn't mean we always want one inch heels or less! They do my achilles tendon in, which is now playing up as a result of my arthritic knee *groan*. :blush:

Sorry for the rant, but I'm hoping Pavers sit up and take note. Their latest wide fit selection are a start, but they still leave a lot to be desired. Black and white is boring! And the shoes which are more for winter are more like men's shoes than anything - and too low. Let's have a 2" heel with the "spongefactor" please. And for high instep peeps like me, don't make the shoe go up over the foot. Cut in towards the toes on the top part of the foot, a little like the current peep-toe black and white offerings, but in a winter style (so no peep toe) and let's have some colour please!
Next winter, it would be lovely to have some ankle boots which I can do up. Stop having models who say they have wide feet when they clearly have the bones and stance of a sodding ballerina! What about us poor girls who are not blessed with tiny ankles? Debbie Pavers, feel free to invite me to one of your shops, I would love the opportunity to show you what I mean, surely I can't be that unusual!

And finally.... the last thing that pees me off (and isn't restricted to Pavers) is this "go half a size up or half a size down" business. Er DER??? Just bliddy make the things in a standard size FFS! I've long since forgotten what size I ruddy well am. :doh:

As for Julia Peasgood, it's bugging me - was she in Broookside years ago??
 
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I only wear frumpy shoes. I love my flyflots , both sandals and shoes. They are soooo comfy. I found that they are the only shoes that don't need wearing in. My feet are very wide. I prefer comfort to fashion now. My ankles are more cankles than ankles.
Julie Peasgood was in Brookside, she was also in Emmerdale.
 
Oooh wrongsideof40 I can identify with you! <img src="http://r12.imgfast.net/users/1211/18/99/91/smiles/674652.gif">

Life becomes exciting when I can find a pair of shoes that fit lol and I love my flyflots too.
The other day, I was amazed to find some really nice shoes on Cotton Traders for £10!! They have a little butterfly design on the top and I had to cut them in the middle and it doesn't even show because the cut follows the shape of the butterfly's wings.

Wrongside, you might like these, I bought 2 pairs - bronze and pink ones.(I hope the promotional code works, it should halve the price to £10). The same offer is on the cut-out loafer too - great for summer:

http://trc.emv2.com/HS?a=ENX7CqrXRfyR8SA9MKLH9YjnGHxKD1_q_fcStGb5lw8W0bBhOG5mpqVsje_HxHDV6FI7

If the link doesn't work, then the code is HHXM and the discount only shows when you have added to your basket (be careful, it often adds 2 pairs instead of one!!) <img src="http://r12.imgfast.net/users/1211/18/99/91/smiles/6450.gif">
 
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I so agree. I am tall and slim and have no health issues - but since I was a teenager I have had wide feet and a high instep, and I'm sure there are plenty of others like me. It's accepted in all other items of clothing that people come in all shapes and sizes - but not in feet! Why is that? I guess it is because it is less profitable for manufacturers to go beyond an average norm. But whereas you can have a ring sized up or down, you can't do that with a pair of shoes. As a teenager it was so miserable trying to find shoes to fit, I felt like a complete freak, even though one is only talking about a tiny adjustment really in sizing. At least with sportswear becoming fashionable and girls growing taller, shoes have become a bit less of a nightmare to find, but it still isn't great.

I also think it is ridiculous that wider shoes can't be made in fashionable and pretty styles (I don't mean an ugly pair with an applique flower or a bit of mirror glass stuck on either). What is the problem with simply giving a slightly wider fit from a D to an E in a pretty style? Does something magically happen up to a D fitting that can't be turned into an E? And everyone knows that women who have had children end up with wider feet, so the demand is there. I expect that thousands of women like me simply put up with having to buy a bigger length (which makes you more prone to tripping up) just to get that teens weensy bit more width.

On the plus side I'm glad I've never been able to wear stupid fashion shoes because at least I haven't ended up with bunions and corns.
 
Oooh wrongsideof40 I can identify with you! <img src="http://r12.imgfast.net/users/1211/18/99/91/smiles/674652.gif">

Life becomes exciting when I can find a pair of shoes that fit lol and I love my flyflots too.
The other day, I was amazed to find some really nice shoes on Cotton Traders for £10!! They have a little butterfly design on the top and I had to cut them in the middle and it doesn't even show because the cut follows the shape of the butterfly's wings.

wrongside, you might like these, I bought 2 pairs - bronze and pink ones.(I hope the promotional code works, it should halve the price to £10). The same offer is on the cut-out loafer too - great for summer:

http://trc.emv2.com/HS?a=ENX7CqrXRfyR8SA9MKLH9YjnGHxKD1_q_fcStGb5lw8W0bBhOG5mpqVsje_HxHDV6FI7

If the link doesn't work, then the code is HHXM and the discount only shows when you have added to your basket (be careful, it often adds 2 pairs instead of one!!) <img src="http://r12.imgfast.net/users/1211/18/99/91/smiles/6450.gif">

Thanks for that Lottie. :mysmilie_3: They look really comfy. You can't go wrong at that price. Have you found them ok ? I was looking through yesterdays Sun newspaper , there was a full page advert for those shoes. I'm usually so reluctant to buy mail order incase they don't fit. :flower: :flower: :flower:
 
Thanks for that Lottie. :mysmilie_3: They look really comfy. You can't go wrong at that price. Have you found them ok ? I was looking through yesterdays Sun newspaper , there was a full page advert for those shoes. I'm usually so reluctant to buy mail order incase they don't fit. :flower: :flower: :flower:

Yes, I was worried incase they didn't fit, but they are really comfy - the sole is like a flyflot one in that it gives, so it's fine for my aching joints. Even my teenage son says how nice they are!

I did have to cut them - right in the middle between the butterfly wings, but to be honest you can't tell as the split matches the butterfly wings. They actually look prettier that way! So if you have a wide hoof, or very wide hoof, I'd recommend them 100%

I buy straight off the Cotton Traders website rather than a newspaper. Not sure if there would be a difference in price - the shoes should be £20 but I get sent these promotion codes via email.

I also got sent a free gift as I spent over £25 and it was an overnight bag which I put my sewing machine in lol!! I was quite surprised as it's a sturdy bag.
 
I so agree. I am tall and slim and have no health issues - but since I was a teenager I have had wide feet and a high instep, and I'm sure there are plenty of others like me. It's accepted in all other items of clothing that people come in all shapes and sizes - but not in feet! Why is that? I guess it is because it is less profitable for manufacturers to go beyond an average norm. But whereas you can have a ring sized up or down, you can't do that with a pair of shoes. As a teenager it was so miserable trying to find shoes to fit, I felt like a complete freak, even though one is only talking about a tiny adjustment really in sizing. At least with sportswear becoming fashionable and girls growing taller, shoes have become a bit less of a nightmare to find, but it still isn't great.

I also think it is ridiculous that wider shoes can't be made in fashionable and pretty styles (I don't mean an ugly pair with an applique flower or a bit of mirror glass stuck on either). What is the problem with simply giving a slightly wider fit from a D to an E in a pretty style? Does something magically happen up to a D fitting that can't be turned into an E? And everyone knows that women who have had children end up with wider feet, so the demand is there. I expect that thousands of women like me simply put up with having to buy a bigger length (which makes you more prone to tripping up) just to get that teens weensy bit more width.

On the plus side I'm glad I've never been able to wear stupid fashion shoes because at least I haven't ended up with bunions and corns.

I so agree with everything you say and we can't be that unusual!
As for the pretty styles, YES of course they could just make them wide, and why don't they, I'd like to know. :taphead:
You can see the moment the wide fittings come on, they are aimed at women in their 80's with severe odoema!
I bought a Pavers ankle boot last year and a pair of court shoes that were allegedly a wide fit - THEY WEREN'T! :devil:

I have real problems finding something for work in the winter that fits me and enables me to wear them all day and still be able to walk around - and is not a low 1" heel. 2" is far more preferable. :rock:

I think I got away with it when I was younger as I wore court shoes which just covered my toes and so my high instep didn't get in the way. Also I'd buy a half size. Cost me a fortune, but I'd wear them to death and then buy another pair and being leather, they'd give a bit. I can't totter around in those sort of shoes now as I need more support as I have arthritis.
 
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I'm another that can't just 'fancy' a new pair, I've had one pair of slippers, a pair of sandals for the last few years due to the fact that my feet and ankles swell so much I have been known to go out in the slippers instead of the sandals.
 
I so agree with everything you say and we can't be that unusual!
As for the pretty styles, YES of course they could just make them wide, and why don't they, I'd like to know. :taphead:
You can see the moment the wide fittings come on, they are aimed at women in their 80's with severe odoema!
I bought a Pavers ankle boot last year and a pair of court shoes that were allegedly a wide fit - THEY WEREN'T! :devil:

I have real problems finding something for work in the winter that fits me and enables me to wear them all day and still be able to walk around - and is not a low 1" heel. 2" is far more preferable. :rock:

I think I got away with it when I was younger as I wore court shoes which just covered my toes and so my high instep didn't get in the way. Also I'd buy a half size. Cost me a fortune, but I'd wear them to death and then buy another pair and being leather, they'd give a bit. I can't totter around in those sort of shoes now as I need more support as I have arthritis.

I am supposed to be a 7 or maybe a half size up but I nearly always end up buying an 8 to get the width - in winter I mainly stick to boots, it helps that they are so fashionable at the moment. And I rarely bother to look further afield than clarks although I did get a pair of flyflot ankle boots that were quite nice (but no heel!) When it comes to closed shoes it is just a matter of luck, but although I try to be careful I still have a couple of pairs of shoes that I have wasted good money on.

So come on Debbie Paver - if you listen to your customers and want to make feet happy, come up with some ranges in variable width fittings in some of the trendier styles - not ugly flat utilitarian boats passed off as being for "people on their feet all day" or something "all ages can wear". I don't want to wear flat mary-janes or unisex-looking brogues. Or those supremely ugly wide-fitting sandals (you know the ones I mean) that even my 80-year-old mother with health issues still wouldn't be seen dead in.

You don't have to be old, sick or obese to have wide feet. In fact you can be very overweight with dainty little feet and hands. And speaking for myself at least I'd like contemporary, funky designs with heels sometimes - not stilettos but just something "normal" that doesn't cut off at a D fitting.
 
And another thing.... a nice pair of shoes or sandals for someone with wide-fitting high-instep feet doesn't have to be in silver or gold - or "for a wedding" - I go to a wedding once in a blue moon. I don't believe I am alone in wanting pretty shoes in classic or fashionable colours that look nice, not frumpsville. I accept that no one can make my feet look narrow and certain styles are just out of the question, I don't want to walk around in 12-inch spiky heels or platforms. But I also know that you can work design wonders with a nice heel and a clever T-bar or strap design. On the very rare occasions when I can find them.
 
I buy a lot of my shoes from Evans, for larger ladies. I get the width without having to go up sizes and have even come down a whole size depending on the style. Good quality and they last a long time.
 
Poor Julie Peasgood..what has gone wrong that she has to work on this channel with that bizarre woman going on about her "discerning ladies"
 
Poor Julie Peasgood..what has gone wrong that she has to work on this channel with that bizarre woman going on about her "discerning ladies"

She has a worse gig, doing a paper review with Steve Allen on LBC Radio, how she puts up with such a two faced person like Steve Allen is beyond ne.

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I so agree with everything you say and we can't be that unusual!
As for the pretty styles, YES of course they could just make them wide, and why don't they, I'd like to know. :taphead:
You can see the moment the wide fittings come on, they are aimed at women in their 80's with severe odoema!
I bought a Pavers ankle boot last year and a pair of court shoes that were allegedly a wide fit - THEY WEREN'T! :devil:

I have real problems finding something for work in the winter that fits me and enables me to wear them all day and still be able to walk around - and is not a low 1" heel. 2" is far more preferable. :rock:

I think I got away with it when I was younger as I wore court shoes which just covered my toes and so my high instep didn't get in the way. Also I'd buy a half size. Cost me a fortune, but I'd wear them to death and then buy another pair and being leather, they'd give a bit. I can't totter around in those sort of shoes now as I need more support as I have arthritis.

Have you tried Hotter? I once said I'd never be old enough to wear Hotter shoes and I'd cut off my feet first but they really have upped their act over the last couple of seasons - lots of colours, styles for everything from serious walking to smart enough for work and dressed up and even some heels They will never be fashion shoes for trendy teens and celebrities but they are not half bad and they are comfortable.. If you buy on-line or mail order there are often good discounts available.
 

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