Finding Plus Size Boots-Arrgh!
Amy Hutton
Wintertime. Shopping for plus size boots. I remember it well. I
was born in western Pennsylvania, and every fall I'd go shopping
for plus size snow boots. I live in South Florida now, so my
need for boots has been eliminated. But the agony of shopping
for boots in my size up north was something I won't soon forget.
No stores had plus size boots!
I'd start out with a vision of what I wanted. Something mid calf
or full length. Brown, with zipper, and good soles that would
hold me up on ice. That shouldn't have been hard to find, right?
So I'd visit the local shoe stores, and grit my teeth every time
the clerk brought out a new pair of boots. I'd try them on, and
they'd fit fine in the foot area, but they wouldn't zip up! None
of them were designed for women with a wide calf. That started
to get really embarrassing about the third set of boots brought
out. So I'd try another store and then another.
I once had a nice plus size clerk who told me when I walked in
and asked for long boots, that I might as well go elsewhere.
They didn't stock them. I asked the lady where she got her plus
size boots, and she pointed behind the counter to her short
black leather cutie pie boots. Yuck.
I once found a pair of boots that fit me. They fit like a glove.
But they were ORANGE.
Several stores and a whole mall later, I'd end up with short
black hiking boots. I'd come home with unfashionable boots and a
good chunk of my self image in the trash can.
All that's changed with the internet age. We can go online and
find just the plus size boots we need. I'll be visiting snowland
this winter, and I'm going to have to go looking for new boots.
I haven't had to any boots for a couple years now. But at least
this time I know that I'll be able to find exactly what I want,
in colors and style I like. Online. And the darn boots will ZIP
UP!
About the author:
Amy Hutton lives in South Florida and writes about issues of
importance to plus size women. Her favorite place to buy plus
size boots is PlusSize Heaven
Wintertime. Shopping for plus size boots. I remember it well. I
was born in western Pennsylvania, and every fall I'd go shopping
for plus size snow boots. I live in South Florida now, so my
need for boots has been eliminated. But the agony of shopping
for boots in my size up north was something I won't soon forget.
No stores had plus size boots!
I'd start out with a vision of what I wanted. Something mid calf
or full length. Brown, with zipper, and good soles that would
hold me up on ice. That shouldn't have been hard to find, right?
So I'd visit the local shoe stores, and grit my teeth every time
the clerk brought out a new pair of boots. I'd try them on, and
they'd fit fine in the foot area, but they wouldn't zip up! None
of them were designed for women with a wide calf. That started
to get really embarrassing about the third set of boots brought
out. So I'd try another store and then another.
I once had a nice plus size clerk who told me when I walked in
and asked for long boots, that I might as well go elsewhere.
They didn't stock them. I asked the lady where she got her plus
size boots, and she pointed behind the counter to her short
black leather cutie pie boots. Yuck.
I once found a pair of boots that fit me. They fit like a glove.
But they were ORANGE.
Several stores and a whole mall later, I'd end up with short
black hiking boots. I'd come home with unfashionable boots and a
good chunk of my self image in the trash can.
All that's changed with the internet age. We can go online and
find just the plus size boots we need. I'll be visiting snowland
this winter, and I'm going to have to go looking for new boots.
I haven't had to any boots for a couple years now. But at least
this time I know that I'll be able to find exactly what I want,
in colors and style I like. Online. And the darn boots will ZIP
UP!
About the author:
Amy Hutton lives in South Florida and writes about issues of
importance to plus size women. Her favorite place to buy plus
size boots is PlusSize Heaven
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