Large sizes, built to length

Shoes for big feet, built to your length.

Most ranges stop around EU 46 or 47, a US 12 or 13. Past that you get one width, one shape and whatever is left on the shelf. We build the last from two photos of your feet, so size 14, 15 or 16 goes through exactly the same process as any other pair. Handmade in Portugal.

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A big foot is not an average foot, scaled up.

Retail lasts are graded up from a mid-size sample in fixed steps. At the top of the range that grading is stretched furthest from any real foot: the shoe gets longer, but the toe box does not get deeper, the width does not follow yours, and the heel gets looser. Many brands simply stop making the largest sizes, or make them in one colour. Built from your own scan, length is just one of a dozen measurements, and none of them are extrapolated.

Where big sizes go wrong

What fails at the top of the size chart, and what we do instead.

01

Your size isn't made

In a stock shoe

Most size runs end around EU 46 or 47, sometimes earlier in the styles you actually want. Above that the choice shrinks to trainers, specialist big-size shops, or importing and hoping. The pair you liked is rarely the pair that comes in your size.

What we change

There is no size run to fall off the end of. Your last is carved to your measured length, and the Vibram outsole is cut by hand to its outline rather than pressed in a mould made for a fixed set of sizes. Every style in the range is open to you.

  • No size run
  • Hand cut sole
  • Every style
02

Long feet that aren't average width

In a stock shoe

Grading assumes width grows in step with length. Real large feet are often long and slim, or long and very wide. In a stock size 15 you get a width chosen for nobody in particular, and the only fix offered is going up again in length.

What we change

Length, ball width and girth are measured separately and built separately. A long, narrow foot gets a long, narrow last. A long, wide foot gets room across the joints without extra length in front of the toes.

  • Ball width
  • Ball girth
  • Length and width apart
03

A toe box that is long but shallow

In a stock shoe

Grading up adds length faster than depth. In the biggest sizes the toe box is stretched out but not lifted, so the toes press against the top of the shoe while there is room to spare in front of them.

What we change

Toe shape and height are read from your scan and the last carries that volume. The toe box follows your toes rather than tapering to a fashion point.

  • Toe box depth
  • Toe shape
  • Anatomical last
04

Heel slip in a long shoe

In a stock shoe

Sizing up for length or width pulls the heel cup up with it. A large shoe usually has a large heel, whether or not yours is, so the heel lifts on every step and the friction turns into blisters.

What we change

Heel width and heel volume are measured inputs. The counter is built to your heel at your length, so the shoe holds at the back without being cinched at the laces.

  • Heel width
  • Heel volume
  • Slip control
05

Shoes that wear out fast under a bigger frame

In a stock shoe

Taller, heavier frames load a shoe harder, and a glued, moulded sole is often finished when it wears through.

What we change

Board lasted with a natural cork bed that takes your print, and a Vibram outsole any competent cobbler can replace. We keep your last on file, so a new pair or a new sole is cut to the same geometry as the first.

  • Resoleable
  • Cork bed
  • Last kept on file

The inputs

What two photos actually capture.

Each foot is measured independently. There is no averaging between left and right, and no rounding to the nearest size.

  • Length Heel to longest toe, per foot. Yours are almost certainly not identical.
  • Ball width The widest point across the joints. The first thing a stock shoe gets wrong.
  • Ball girth The circumference around the joints. Width alone misses a deep or shallow forefoot.
  • Instep height How much room the shoe needs over the top of the foot before lacing pressure starts.
  • Heel width Controls slippage. A narrow heel in a graded shoe is the reason your foot lifts.
  • Arch height and length Where support has to sit, and where it must not.
  • Toe shape Which toe is longest, and how much room the box needs in front of it.
  • Asymmetry The measured difference between your two feet, kept rather than averaged away.

Large sizes

Questions about big feet.

Do you make shoes in size 14, 15 or 16?

Yes. Every pair is built from a 3D model of your feet rather than picked from a size run, so a US 15 or an EU 50 goes through exactly the same process as any other size. Take two photos with your phone and we build the last to your measured length and width.

Can I get wide shoes in a big size?

Yes. Width, ball girth and instep height are measured separately from length, so a long, wide foot gets a long, wide last. You don't have to choose between a shoe that is long enough and one that is wide enough.

What if one foot is bigger than the other?

Each foot gets its own last, built to its own length, width and volume. The pair looks matched from the outside and fits each foot on the inside.

Can I order online without trying shoes on?

Yes. You take two photos of your feet in your browser or phone, and we build from those measurements. Nothing ships from stock, so there is no size to guess.

How long do custom shoes take?

Four to six weeks. Every pair is cut and built by hand in Portugal after you take your photos and design your pair. We check the fit with a fitting test before your shoe is made, and if the finished pair still isn't right, tell us where and we make one more pair at our cost within sixty days.

What we are not

We make shoes. We are not a clinic.

Custom footwear solves fit problems. It does not treat medical conditions. If you have diabetes, neuropathy, an active ulcer, a healing fracture, or a prescription orthotic written by a specialist, work with your podiatrist first and bring us what they tell you. We will build to their guidance, and we will tell you honestly if what you need is therapeutic footwear rather than what we make.

For everything short of that, which is most people, the fix is geometric rather than clinical. A last built to your measurements, room where you need it, structure where you do not.

Stop settling for the last size on the shelf.

Two photos, under three minutes, on the phone you already have. Your length, your width, your shoe.

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