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I don't understand why in the year 2023 with what ... 15 years of the "long tail" of the internet, we don't have mass market shoe companies that will scan your

by plg 4y ago

I don't understand why in the year 2023 with what ... 15 years of the "long tail" of the internet, we don't have mass market shoe companies that will scan your feet (e.g. in an in-store kiosk, or using your iphone (hello lidar!)) and then shop you shoes that fit your feet exactly. this from a guy with one foot size 12.8 and the other foot size 13.6. My feet have hurt every day since I was a teenager PS I would pay, like a lot, to get shoes to fit my feet exactly

Connor_Creegan1 4y ago
Something similar exists: bondenoshoes.com
- TurkishPoptart 4y ago
  Not sure if I can't justify spending $1k+ on a pair of shoes.
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Klayy 4y ago
I've been buying shoes online from eobuwie.pl for years. I scanned my feet once and that was it. Maybe a store like that doesn't exist in your country, but it's definitely a thing.
DylanSp 4y ago
Some stores do have machines that scan your feet, but that doesn't mean they'll have a shoe of exactly the correctly size in stock.
cafard 4y ago
I remember from Sports Illustrated that Dave Cowens, then center for the Boston Celtics, belonged to some organization that swapped odd-sized shoes. Given that NBA centers tend to have unusually large feet, one might have thought it unlikely that he could have found someone else with unusually large feet, but disproportioned symmetrically. Yet apparently he did.
kemitchell 4y ago
My local Red Wing store had a gadget that mapped my feet in 3D. I've since seen links the company gave other people to profile pages showing their results. While the machine was doing its beepy-flashy dance, I told the sales guy I bet he could beat it. He did. The machine recommended a width they had in stock. Sales guy himself told me to order in a different one. There are old patents for electro-mechanical devices. The dream goes back a long time. Meanwhile, even bespoke makers in London do test fittings. They'll often start with mock pairs made of scrap leather, then investigate the fit destructively. It isn't just how the feet are shaped and how they move, but how the shoe will move with them, how the shoe materials will form over the last, how the shoe materials will stretch and sag over time, how the design of the shoe itself will affect the biomechanics. It's an incredible trade.
nunez 4y ago
Because almost everyone needs shoes, shoes are still made by hand and custom orders would be expensive in this model, very few people can afford custom shoes, and even if you could, feet grow for a while and out of the box shoes work for almost everyone. Also, ordering custom anything to your body is an ordeal. Most folks wouldn't be okay with waiting weeks for shoes that don't fit them right only to do a back and forth for weeks trying for a perfect fit. that said, you can absolutely buy custom shoes and trainers if you mind them not being from Big Sneaker. Usually starts at US$400 and takes about six to eight weeks to get.

by plg 4y ago

Connor_Creegan1 4y ago

Something similar exists: bondenoshoes.com

TurkishPoptart 4y ago
Not sure if I can't justify spending $1k+ on a pair of shoes.

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Klayy 4y ago

I've been buying shoes online from eobuwie.pl for years. I scanned my feet once and that was it. Maybe a store like that doesn't exist in your country, but it's definitely a thing.

DylanSp 4y ago

Some stores do have machines that scan your feet, but that doesn't mean they'll have a shoe of exactly the correctly size in stock.

cafard 4y ago

I remember from Sports Illustrated that Dave Cowens, then center for the Boston Celtics, belonged to some organization that swapped odd-sized shoes. Given that NBA centers tend to have unusually large feet, one might have thought it unlikely that he could have found someone else with unusually large feet, but disproportioned symmetrically. Yet apparently he did.

kemitchell 4y ago

My local Red Wing store had a gadget that mapped my feet in 3D. I've since seen links the company gave other people to profile pages showing their results. While the machine was doing its beepy-flashy dance, I told the sales guy I bet he could beat it. He did. The machine recommended a width they had in stock. Sales guy himself told me to order in a different one. There are old patents for electro-mechanical devices. The dream goes back a long time. Meanwhile, even bespoke makers in London do test fittings. They'll often start with mock pairs made of scrap leather, then investigate the fit destructively. It isn't just how the feet are shaped and how they move, but how the shoe will move with them, how the shoe materials will form over the last, how the shoe materials will stretch and sag over time, how the design of the shoe itself will affect the biomechanics. It's an incredible trade.

nunez 4y ago

Because almost everyone needs shoes, shoes are still made by hand and custom orders would be expensive in this model, very few people can afford custom shoes, and even if you could, feet grow for a while and out of the box shoes work for almost everyone. Also, ordering custom anything to your body is an ordeal. Most folks wouldn't be okay with waiting weeks for shoes that don't fit them right only to do a back and forth for weeks trying for a perfect fit. that said, you can absolutely buy custom shoes and trainers if you mind them not being from Big Sneaker. Usually starts at US$400 and takes about six to eight weeks to get.