Comments on: Boots for the Big Calves http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/ Fashion, Lifestyle, and Humor for the Plus Sized Woman. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:07:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Ajae http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-44425 Ajae Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:03:36 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-44425 Have a look at www.WideCalfBoots.com.au its a new range of designer womens boots that fit the wider calf. They are an Aussie company. Bennetts Boots Have a look at www.WideCalfBoots.com.au its a new range of designer womens boots that fit the wider calf. They are an Aussie company. Bennetts Boots

]]> By: Leah http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-40602 Leah Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:00:00 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-40602 For really real, Erica? Could you post a picture of you wearing the boots you got? If you're a PR intern, yay you, but you might want to be a little quicker on the uptake since this post is wicked old and most "real" folks have some qualm with a place. But mostly pretty good. If you're really real.... damn, you should go into PR. ;-) For really real, Erica? Could you post a picture of you wearing the boots you got?

If you’re a PR intern, yay you, but you might want to be a little quicker on the uptake since this post is wicked old and most “real” folks have some qualm with a place. But mostly pretty good.

If you’re really real…. damn, you should go into PR. ;-)

]]> By: Erica http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-40583 Erica Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:29:56 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-40583 I found the greatest boots at http://www.WideWidths.com since they sell the largest wide calf boots of anyone online! I just got my THIRD pair of boots with an extra wide calf circumference from them and I have NEVER been able to find a pair of boots before in my entire life! They have nice fashionable styles - all the stuff that the skinny calf women are wearing! Their customer service department is great too since they answer you within a few hours and they are very nice and helpful. Duo Boots are MUCH more expensive and they ship from the UK so it is prohibitive to buy from them. Someone here wrote that their shipping is expensive but it isn't at all - it's just that some of the other sites offer free shipping and this company doesn't. But what's the big deal if you get free shipping if you can't find boots to fit you on the other sites?? Every single boot on the WideWidths.com site comes only for wide calves so you don’t waste your time looking through sites to find out that nothing will fit you. The other sites tell you it's a wide calf but they are just 16" and I never thought I’d be able to find a pair of boots for my big legs. I also wear a wide width too (thanks Grandma!) as if one thing wasn’t enough. What a great place to shop - you’ll love their stuff. I found the greatest boots at http://www.WideWidths.com since they sell the largest wide calf boots of anyone online! I just got my THIRD pair of boots with an extra wide calf circumference from them and I have NEVER been able to find a pair of boots before in my entire life! They have nice fashionable styles - all the stuff that the skinny calf women are wearing! Their customer service department is great too since they answer you within a few hours and they are very nice and helpful. Duo Boots are MUCH more expensive and they ship from the UK so it is prohibitive to buy from them.

Someone here wrote that their shipping is expensive but it isn’t at all - it’s just that some of the other sites offer free shipping and this company doesn’t. But what’s the big deal if you get free shipping if you can’t find boots to fit you on the other sites?? Every single boot on the WideWidths.com site comes only for wide calves so you don’t waste your time looking through sites to find out that nothing will fit you. The other sites tell you it’s a wide calf but they are just 16″ and I never thought I’d be able to find a pair of boots for my big legs. I also wear a wide width too (thanks Grandma!) as if one thing wasn’t enough. What a great place to shop - you’ll love their stuff.

]]> By: Audrey http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-7906 Audrey Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:48:45 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-7906 My thing with Duo is that their leather boots usually have this really hideous (and rarely pictured) elastic stretch panel. Yeah, so that's how they can "fit" wider calves, you say... but I have 2 pairs of J. Crew wide calf boots-- and yes, it's really unfair that their "wide calf" widths is like an inch wider than their normal widths, usually around 15" or so, negating anyone else whose calves are larger than 15"-- but they don't have the ugly panel extension part. My thing with Duo is that their leather boots usually have this really hideous (and rarely pictured) elastic stretch panel. Yeah, so that’s how they can “fit” wider calves, you say… but I have 2 pairs of J. Crew wide calf boots– and yes, it’s really unfair that their “wide calf” widths is like an inch wider than their normal widths, usually around 15″ or so, negating anyone else whose calves are larger than 15″– but they don’t have the ugly panel extension part.

]]> By: endamames are tasty http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-7871 endamames are tasty Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:07:50 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-7871 nordstroms will also stretch your boots for you as a complimentary service if you ask them too. nordstroms will also stretch your boots for you as a complimentary service if you ask them too.

]]> By: daniela http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-7475 daniela Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:28:29 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-7475 Just a comment on DUO boots - My experience with them has been extremely frustrating. Yes, their boots will fit your calf. But, their boots have huge variation in the size of the toebox, so much so that I am a 38 in some and a 40 in others. Guess how much sending shoes back and forth from England costs and how much time it takes. Combined with multiple errors from DUO, it turns out to be a huge pain. Also, after spending about $350 getting the perfect fit on a boot from them, the freaking sole is now cracked and crumbling after only 6 months of irregular wear. I am completely DONE with this company. Just a comment on DUO boots - My experience with them has been extremely frustrating. Yes, their boots will fit your calf. But, their boots have huge variation in the size of the toebox, so much so that I am a 38 in some and a 40 in others. Guess how much sending shoes back and forth from England costs and how much time it takes. Combined with multiple errors from DUO, it turns out to be a huge pain.

Also, after spending about $350 getting the perfect fit on a boot from them, the freaking sole is now cracked and crumbling after only 6 months of irregular wear. I am completely DONE with this company.

]]> By: rosarita http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-7280 rosarita Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:24:36 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-7280 Eddie Bauer offers several of their boot styles in wide calf sizes. They're at the edduebaueroutlet.com for 50% off some styles. I love their riding boots. Eddie Bauer offers several of their boot styles in wide calf sizes. They’re at the edduebaueroutlet.com for 50% off some styles. I love their riding boots.

]]> By: Manolo’s Friday Miscellany » Manolo's Shoe Blog http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-7271 Manolo’s Friday Miscellany » Manolo's Shoe Blog Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:41:24 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-7271 [...] Francesca is fascinated to know that one can have one’s boots professionally stretched. [...] […] Francesca is fascinated to know that one can have one’s boots professionally stretched. […]

]]> By: Chiken http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-7269 Chiken Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:06:33 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-7269 Although the link to jcrew in the article takes you to boots that only come in 1 width, other boots on the site do have "extended calf" sizes. Because we're coming to the end of the winter season, they are in the sale section only at this point. I have two pairs of beautiful extended calf boots from the jcrew site, and the fit me perfectly! It really was an amazing find, because normal tall boots don't fit me at all. Although the link to jcrew in the article takes you to boots that only come in 1 width, other boots on the site do have “extended calf” sizes. Because we’re coming to the end of the winter season, they are in the sale section only at this point. I have two pairs of beautiful extended calf boots from the jcrew site, and the fit me perfectly! It really was an amazing find, because normal tall boots don’t fit me at all.

]]> By: Becky http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-7267 Becky Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:51:57 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/01/31/boots-for-the-big-calves/#comment-7267 Duo boots is having a clearance sale as we speak! They're still expensive, but less so. You can also search for wide calf boots at <a href="http://www.zappos.com/n/es/d/722679594/page/1.html" rel="nofollow">Zappos</a>. A lot of them only go to 15" or so, but I have a pair from <a href="http://www.zappos.com/n/es/d/722686400/page/1.html" rel="nofollow">Ros Hommerson</a> that are 17" and gorgeous... I think that designer has boots for 18" and 19" calves too. Duo boots is having a clearance sale as we speak! They’re still expensive, but less so.

You can also search for wide calf boots at Zappos. A lot of them only go to 15″ or so, but I have a pair from Ros Hommerson that are 17″ and gorgeous… I think that designer has boots for 18″ and 19″ calves too.

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