How To Measur Feet Before Buying Shoes, Suitable For Children, Youth, And Adults
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YOGYAKARTA When buying shoes online, buyers must make sure the size of their shoes is really right. Therefore, buyers must first know how to measure your feet to buy shoes. This is done so that the shoes purchased are not too small or too large so that shoes do not interfere with your fashion.

The following article will provide information on how to measure feet manually, both for children, youth and adults.

Please note that each shoe brand sometimes has different sizes. For example, the size of your shoes is 43 on the A brand. However, it is possible that your size on the B brand is 42. These differences are influenced by various factors, ranging from different size charms in each country, brand shoes, or the condition of your body.

To avoid shoe size errors while shopping online, see how to measure the following manual shoes.

Did you know that the condition of the body can affect the size of the leg? In the morning of emotion, the width of the foot sole can be smaller than in the afternoon. This happens because the legs experience widening or widening due to the activity you do during the day. Therefore it is recommended to measure your feet in the afternoon or after your activity is complete to find out how wide your feet are.

Measuring the legs manually requires several tools ranging from paper, pen, and ruler. The three of them will be used to find out how wide your feet will be.

Image your footprints on a piece of paper. How to draw footprints is very easy, place your foot soles on the surface of an empty paper. Try to use a paper that is long and wide beyond the soles of your feet. After that, the image of the foot sole with a pen, the way is to direct the pen to follow the outermost footline.

Try to do this process in a flat place. In addition, the legs must be completely innocent, not using socks, other footwear, or objects that have the potential to disrupt the depiction process.

The depiction process can be done by sitting or squatting. If you have to stand up, you can ask for help to draw your feet.

After the process of describing the feet is successful, the size of the footprints that have been depicted on empty paper with a ruler or meter. How to measure the image of the foot sole is by pulling straight the linear, from the longest toe end to the heel using the centimeter size (CM). The size obtained will be a benchmark for you when buying shoes online. The CM size must be converted into a size chart shoe.

It must be noted, if your feet are different from each other, it is recommended to use the longest leg size for convenience reasons. Make another measurement if you want to buy shoes on another occasion to update the size of your feet.

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