Can't Find Narrow Woman's Walking Shoes

Hi Robin,, did you check out the Naots at Fields , my feet are not as narrow as yours, but are narrow, and I find Naots are very comfortable. I also assume you have checked out that place at Hillside Mall, shoes are expensive there, but they have alot of foriegn makes and do specialize in hard to fit narrows and wides .

I find that with my feet as I age I have to spend more to get a comfortable shoe,, my feet will not tolerate crap anymore,, lOL

good luck.

I don't have a narrow foot but I do recommend Naots & suggest you look at the Mauri which is a clog mary jane style. With a clog you don't have to worry about fitting the heel. These shoes are super, super comfortable. In fact, I have 2 pairs exactly the same & have ordered another pair (kumara) with the same footbed. Naot makes several different footbeds & they feel different.

You can view the Mauri at Naot.com. Click on removeable footbeds. Select womens and then clogs. Scan down to the Mauri. I order thru my local shoe store. I bought these as airport shoes 2 trips ago. I ended up wearing them every day that trip & the next. I'm bring them again this fall.

My feet sound like twins of yours! I have found that insoles are sometimes necessary in narrow shoes to give a better fit. SAS makes narrow walking shoes (more for older ladies, I think), as does ECCO and Naturalizer. I used my sandals for capris and skirts--two adjustable straps seemed to do the trick--but I can't think of the make. I need to try on the actual shoe since different styles fit differently even from the same manufacturer, so I don't know how it would work to order shoes from the US. Good luck!

Robin I feel your pain. I too have a narrow foot & am constantly looking for comfortable walking shoes to take on my travels. I have a few websites for you although these are in the States: Maryland Square/www.marylandsquare.com; Auditions Shoes/www.auditionsshoes.com; I have ordered many shoes from both w/great success. One of my favorite brands is Naturalizer. Comfortable & a good fitting narrow shoe for me. Another good website is Zappos.com I have never ordered from them as I have always had good luck with the others. Good luck!

I have a different problem... wide front of foot with very deep arch , but a very narrow heel. Check out SAS. They carry lots of different styles, walking, dress, sandels, etc. in many different widths.

My feet are also VERY narrow, and here are the shoes that work for me: Clarks (I usually take a pair of dressier sandals for walking & dressing up), Asics Gel Kayano tennis shoes (they come in narrow widths) & some Dansko sandals/mary janes work depending on the style.

I don't know if you can order from Zappos.com or not, if you can I recommend getting shoes from them so you can try them on & return them if necessary for free.

Just a note: All of the Ecco & Naot shoes I tried were too wide for me, especially those with straps. (I do own one pair of Ecco sandals but I had to order a full size smaller for the straps to fit. They are not good as a dressy shoe, however.) Some of them worked but weren't dressy enough to double as a walking & dressy shoe.

Hi everyone: Here's what I ended up getting, after extensive on-line research and shopping. 1. Naturalizer Demetri lace ups with bowling shoe styling. They came in a Narrow width from the Naturalizer Store. Other stores carry them but not in narrow. These are well padded, have a great, grippy rubber sole, removable insoles, are suede lined (preventing slippage) and have a padded cuff all the way around the top back edge. The were only $CA120. I have seen them online in US for $US80. Munros from Ingeldews were close runner ups but too high in the toe cap for me. With Munro's combination fitting, the heels are very narrow and in one style (Venture), the whole shoe was too narrow with my orthotics. The other style was Kellie, and it was the one with a higher toe cap. 2. I found Mary Janes at Foot Solutions, which I understand is a chain. They were Selmer, Patricia style. They didn't have an adjustable strap but a shoemaker is shortening it for me. These were about $250, but fit like a glove and were very well made. Naturalizer has some more reasonable Mary-Jane styles I have found on-line (shipping to US only), but weren't in the store. The ones I saw didn't have removable liners, but seemed to have some arch support. See all Naturalizers at http://www.naturalizer.com/
Hope this helps all the others with narrow feet out there. I hope the investment in my time will be worth it when I'm walking the cobblestoned streets of France.