A beautiful pair of shoes or high heels can instantly make you feel more feminine and attractive.
But do you struggle to find stylish women’s shoes in your size?
In this article, I share my top places to shop for shoes for trans women and crossdressers – particularly if your feet are US women’s size 13 or larger!
How to convert between men’s and women’s shoe sizes
But first, let’s talk about how to convert between men’s and women’s shoe sizes. This actually varies a lot from country to country.
In the US and Australia, there’s approximately a 2 size difference between men’s and women’s shoes.
To find your women’s shoe size, simply add 2 sizes to your usual men’s shoe size. For example, a men’s US size 11 would be women’s US size 13.
If you are in the UK, Europe, or Asia, things are much easier since there’s no difference between men’s and women’s shoe sizes.
However, regardless of the size, keep in mind that men’s and women’s shoes are shaped slightly differently. Men’s shoes are usually wider at the heels.
For that reason, I always recommend trying on shoes before you buy them, rather than relying on the numerical size alone.
Now that you know your shoe size, let’s go shopping!
Long Tall Sally
The ultimate shopping destination for tall women, Long Tall Sally offers large size women’s shoes up to a US size 15. This UK based e-commerce site offers service and shipping within the US, UK, EU, and Australia.
Pleaser Shoes
While Pleaser Shoes prides itself on being the leader in sexy footwear, they offer a range of styles – from sexy to classic and pinup to goth. Most importantly, they offer women’s shoes up to a size 16.
Update: Our lovely reader Jolene has shared that with Pleasers, depending on the style of shoe, a trans woman or crossdresser may need to add THREE sizes to their male shoe size.
FSJ Shoes
FSJ Shoes is a China-based shoe manufacturer that offers a huge array of styles up to a size 15 US. Best of all, they also offer custom made shoes at affordable prices so you can make any shoe dream come true!
Zappos
Being the largest online shoe shop, it should come as no surprise that Zappos offers a wide range of shoes for women with big feet. Zappos also has a generous one-year return policy that includes free return shipping.
Amazon
Amazon has a surprising large selection of women’s shoes up to size 16, including pumps, flats, sandals, boots, and more. As an added bonus, many items are eligible for Prime delivery and free returns.
Payless
Who doesn’t love a good deal? While Payless only offers women’s shoes up to a size 13, they are a great option for affordable footwear if your feet are on the smaller side.
Ebay
Let’s not forget about good old eBay! Ebay has a huge selection of transgender and crossdressing shoes at some incredible bargains. The best part is that you can search for women’s shoes up to a size 19!
What are YOUR favorite places to shop for women’s shoes?
A girl can never own too many shoes! So on that note, I’d love to hear about your favorite places to shop for women’s shoes. Please share in the comments below!
Love,
Lucille
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From Chi town DSW style&affordable
I’ve had the majority of my pumps for several years (close to ten) and have worn them quite a bit – I LOVE my 4″ heels – and the quality seems to be very good as most of them are still in great condition. One pair, in a nice shade of tan, I used permanent markers to make into a lovely leopard pattern. I purchased them from Newport News and (at that time) they were about $25/pair. (My men’s size is 9W and Newport’s ladies size 11W are very comfortable.) Nowadays, with an even more limited budget, I keep my eyes open at the Savers store and have found a couple of nice pairs that fit.
thanks you read my mind ,was thinking about shoes for my wardrobe the other day,just have a question ,which is better for us tran,a full heeled shoe or a open shoe so it does show our male feet so much
Just Fab has a Great selection also
I usually buy Nine West in an 11 (although they go up to 12) and also buy at DSW. Generally eBay on line has larger sizes and have done well also with Guess and Colin Stuart.
Thanks Lucille!
I have had great luck with http://www.sexyshoes.com. There is always eBay, http://www.ebay.com and Amazon, ww.amazon.com which have good prices and size-ranges. Don’t forget Payless Shoes at http://www.payless.com.
Kathy
Hello,
While I know not everyone is comfortable with shopping on-line,
Zappos has a good selection of shoes, up to size 17, www.
They pay the shipping and the box comes with an UPS return
tag on it. If the shoes are not what you wanted, simply send it back.
June
Size 13 for me and usually shop ay Pay Less.
Stores in WA do not carry very many, but in Sioux Falls SD they usually have several. I sometimes buy on line and have delivered to store. No shipping costs that way.