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ShaneM
Joined: 03 Feb 2005
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 Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:17 am Post subject: How to find women's shoes? Difficulty: Size 10 |
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My girlfriend is giving me the hardest time because I told her when we moved here that the shoe shopping was amazing. Unfortunately I didn't factor in that she wears a US Size 10-11 (Korean 260 or 270 I guess). We've seen a few tennis shoes these sizes but she always wants the cute pink heels, etc. Any chance or should I tell her to stop asking (and getting subsequently laughed at...)?
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:54 am Post subject: |
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| I'm a size 10 and the only shoes I've bough here in the last 3 or so years have been men's shoes. |
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ashke516
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Location: on the beach
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:58 am Post subject: |
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| crazylemongirl wrote: |
| I'm a size 10 and the only shoes I've bough here in the last 3 or so years have been men's shoes. |
Me too. I bought six pairs of shoes when I went home last month... should last me through next summer! |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:14 am Post subject: |
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Never fear! Lady Sasquatch is here!
My feet are even bigger than your ladyfriend's, but I am well shod. Well, relatively well. There is a store in Itaewon that stocks pretty shoes for the canoe-footed girl.
It's quite close to the station, facing the Hamilton Hotel, before you get to Seoul Pub (does that make sense?)
The big shoes are on the right wall, near the back of the store. The guys who own it seem to speak a little English. Good luck! |
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RobinH
Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Location: Mid-bulk transport, standard radeon accelerator core, class code 03-K64--Firefly.
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You can have shoes made here, but they are generally crap. Sorry, she's SOL (and so are you!  )
When I need shoes I order from eBay. Even with the shipping, it's often cheaper than buying in a store anyway. And, if they don't fit, you can always resell them! |
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heydelores
Joined: 24 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| I wear US women's size 9 and have a terrible time here. I can find shoes that are long enough (255-260), but they're never wide enough in the toe. I still keep my eyes open when I'm out shopping, but I never get my hopes up. |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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| tell your "girlfriend" to try mail order. |
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formerflautist
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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| JC Penney ships to Korea if she doesn't mind not trying shoes on. |
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bijjy
Joined: 11 Sep 2005
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:32 am Post subject: |
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| Ha. I'm a size 8 (250 in Korea) and I hardly ever find anything that fits. I don't know how on earth you guys would manage to find anything. |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| kermo wrote: |
Never fear! Lady Sasquatch is here!
My feet are even bigger than your ladyfriend's, but I am well shod. Well, relatively well. There is a store in Itaewon that stocks pretty shoes for the canoe-footed girl.
It's quite close to the station, facing the Hamilton Hotel, before you get to Seoul Pub (does that make sense?)
The big shoes are on the right wall, near the back of the store. The guys who own it seem to speak a little English. Good luck! |
I'm wrong. I had another look, and it's past Seoul Pub and Nashville's, set back from the street a little, in a shop called Bandolinos. You can buy a variety of styles in large sizes, from companies like Banana Republic. If you like the Bandolino's brand shoes, but you can't find the size or colour you want, they'll make if for you. Hooray! |
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 12:23 am Post subject: |
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| I recommend Marylandsquare.com, Zappos.com, and/or Shoetrader.com. |
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casey's moon
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:44 am Post subject: |
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You told her that the shoe shopping was amazing??????  My feet are small and I can find plenty of shoes that fit me, but I still do all my shoe shopping whenever I'm out of the country. |
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RachaelRoo
Joined: 15 Jul 2005
Location: Anywhere but Ulsan!
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:44 am Post subject: |
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I'm a size 9 myself and I have never been able to successfully buy footwear in Korea.
I'm in Bangkok now and the shoe shopping is awesome....maybe she should wait until she has some vacation time. Just came from Vietnam and they have all kinds of sizes there as well, and at much better prices |
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Futooomsh
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Location: Seoul
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| She can get shoes made in Itaewon |
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the1andonly
Joined: 08 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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payless ships internationally.
or you can try ebay.
Other than that.......
YOU ARE SCREWED. |
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