Naturally, when we choose our shoes, we rarely think about the foot size. Every adult knows the size of their feet. Arriving at a shoe store, we first choose appropriate model, and further appeal to the sales assistant, pointing to what size we need. Our next step is fitting, at which it becomes clear to us, whether we will approach this shoe or not. For non-compliance, we will ask the seller more or smaller. This scheme operates with the entire adult population. However, when buying children’s shoes this way will be problematic.

This is due to the fact that there are many different size designations child shoes. One shoe comes to us from China, the other – from the U.S., a third – from Europe, the fourth – of domestic production. And depending on country of origin will be its size designation of children’s shoes. Especially hard buy shoes online or mail-order when there is no opportunity to consult with a shop assistant, or try on shoes baby. Here we encounter various kinds of mismatches. So for children’s shoes Chinese and Turkish origin used measurement system (the basis of a length of the insole, which is measured in Stich (old French measure of length), 1 Stich is 2 / 3 cm (this is approximately 0.67 cm)), and the countdown begins with size 17, but usually in the stores is very difficult to find this size, often numbering goes from 19 th. Shoe size of the domestic manufacturer is defined using the metric system.

With this approach, shoe size will be equal to the length of the foot in millimeters. And the interval between subsequent size will be 5 mm. We import more shoes interval of approximately 1 cm, however, note that the translation of the metric system in and vice versa may be different from different manufacturers. Most often the reason lies in the fact that the production of shoes from different manufacturers different standard insoles. It may be longer because of the decorative allowance. This difference can be about 10 mm. This explains the difficulty of choosing shoes for your child. So when you buy baby shoes, make sure that you will be able to exchange or return the wrong size. A look into variety of sizes will help you to the table. Also, it helps you, if you measured the foot of the child and now want to determine its size.