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| 全世界如果只有一種鞋子，那尺寸問題就會單純多了 If there's only one kind of shoe then the problem of footwear size would be much easier. |
說到買鞋...目前市面上的尺寸標示真的挺亂的....從事鞋子產業的我們看了頭都很暈了，也難怪消費者會一個頭二個大....尤其是現在網路銷售當道，尺寸的標示或是統一性更是重要，不然光來來往往換貨問題吃掉不少賣家成本以也消耗了不少費者的耐性。
Speaking of shopping shoes, there seems to be a lot of confusion about standard measurement marks of footwear on the market. Online purchases keep growing in these days, thus it is important to have unity measurement mark standard. If not so, it costs sellers a lot of time and money, or consumers might lose their patience for exchanging goods back and forth.
網路買鞋最害怕的是看中喜歡的鞋款但卻不敢肯定買了自己合不合穿？尤其是不同網路店家因為採購貨源的不同所以常會出現歐規、美規、英規甚至是日本尺碼的標示，部分由台灣生產的鞋款尺寸又是另外一套。鞋子真得很不單純...哈哈！
The fear of purchasing shoes online is the fitting. The online supply of goods comes from different areas and countries, consequently many size measurements are confusing and complicated.
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| 五花八門的鞋款也有五花八門的尺寸標示 There are so many shoe styles and different types of sizing marks as well. |
那...到底可以用哪一個國家的尺寸標示當做標準呢？答案是.....沒有標準!!
In that case, which country’s size meas urement standard is correct? The answer is there’s no certain standard.
我想任何一個國家都不會想在這上面做退讓，不然也不會衍伸出這麼多個別標示方法，鞋款越往專業領域發展的情況下，尺寸標示的參考點也會越多....例如：專業運動鞋。許多品牌甚至會同一個尺寸出現不同寬度的鞋款供客人做選擇。
For instance, some brands of professional sport shoes provide variety widths in one size to customers.
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| 並不是每個店家都可以提供專業的量腳器 Not every store provides professional foot measuring service. |
總體來說雖然各國標示在鞋子尺寸上的數字有所不同，但都是以雙腳實際測量數據再配合各國的尺寸規做換算的結果。
而最早的尺寸規是從英國開始的，古代鞋子的尺寸大小沒有一定的規則~ 直到1374年英國國王艾德華二世 ﹝King Edward II﹞~他開始制定一套正式的系統，利用大麥粒的長度來計算，三個大麥粒的長度為一英吋，每個尺寸為一個大麥粒或三分之ㄧ英吋之差，這也就是英國尺寸規。直到1880年美國人愛德溫辛普森 ﹝Edwin Simpson﹞參考了英國尺寸規繼而發明了至今都一直在使用的新系統 ，全號為三分之ㄧ吋的差別~ 半號為六分之ㄧ英吋的差別。
還是很頭痛吧....用白話一點來說：(長度級放)
Each country has its own measurement. However, they use the number of the length of feet and cooperate with each country’s measurement then convert it into a result. Size standard system was started from England. In ancient time, there’s no size standard of shoes, until 1374. King Edward II established and defined three grains of barleycorn equaled an inch, and it represented the unit of length in British shoe sizing system officially. Then in 1880, American Edwin Simpson developed a new sizing system and it is still being used today. The system is based a 1/3 inch difference between whole sizes and 1/6 inch difference in half sizes. Are you getting confused and headache? Let us put them in other words:
美國尺寸級放來說，每個號頭長度差8.46m/m(英國尺寸6碼=美國尺寸7 1/2碼)
歐洲尺寸級放來說，每個號頭長度差6.66m/m
日本尺寸級放來說，每個號頭長度差為實際腳長+1公分
台灣尺寸級放來說：台灣尺寸比較精簡一點，工廠通常只使用SML三個尺寸，這樣一來楦頭跟大底模具只需要三種尺寸再利用尺寸差去延伸出新尺寸，就可以做出五種尺寸的效果！
The sizing system in US is 8.46 m /m difference between each size (UK size 6 equals US 6.66 m /m difference. In Japan Taiwan
很多尺寸對照表都是參考長度級放的，如果說這樣就可以完全比對出自己該穿的鞋子尺寸，這樣的說法其實並不客觀也不是可以完全當做依據，因為鞋子還是有肥度問題需要考量進去，鞋款一開始的標準碼(寬度跟長度)設定並不相同(因為不同鞋款、楦型與不同設計師設計開發重點的不同，標準碼的尺寸也會跟著有差距)。
A lot of shoe size conversion charts are grading by the length, consequently you can’t totally refer to the charts to find your size. The width is another point that you need to concern; different styles of shoes have their own lasts and different keys of the designs, and they are all connected with the fitting of the width.
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| 測量尺寸除了腳長度外，腳的圍度是另一個影響穿著的重點 Sizing the feet is not only measuring the length but also the width. |
一般消費者對於自己雙腳的肥度測量比較不熟悉(通常只是根據大拇趾與小腳趾外突出的骨頭當測量點)，但實際專業的量法會有三種以上，但....誰會帶尺去買鞋並且花大量時間去量測哩？？以下提供幾種試穿鞋子的方式以及檢查要點希望可以協助到各位消費者！
Consumers are unfamiliar with measuring their own width of the feet. Normally, taking measuring point from the line on one side of your tracing, to the line on the other side and find the widest part of your foot. In fact, there are over three kinds of way to measure the width professionally, but who will bring ruler or measuring tape to buy shoes or spend much time to measure their own feet? Here we share some information about fitting tips and check points:
(1)注意試穿鞋子的時機：人的腳型並非一成不變，通常夏季腳型最為腫脹，一天之中也會因為運動時間長短或是上下午溫度差的影響，腳型會有所變化。理論上在腳部血液循環最暢通、腳部容積最大時進行試穿比較能買到適穿的鞋子。
(1) Taking notice of timing when you try your
shoe on: The shape of the feet is not certainly the
same all the time.Normally the feet tend to be
swollen in the summer, the feet changes because of
exercising or temperature changing in a day.
(a)中午12點到下午3點之間是腳部血液循環最快的時候，這時候的腳部血管、微血管以及肌肉的膨脹係數最大。(個人行走4小時後的腳型也可以視為最理想的穿鞋狀態)
(a) The best blood circulation time of the feet is between 12~ 3 PM, it’s the period when the coefficient of expansion of blood vessels, capillaries and muscle in the maximum status. (After 4 hours walking, the feet are in the best shape for fitting and trying on the shoes.)
(b)有一派說法是....傍晚買鞋最適合，由於地心引力的關係導致血液往下流，除了腳部腫脹外，足弓也會變厚，所以也適合試穿鞋款。
(b) Some say afternoon is the best timing for buying shoes, due to gravity. The feet get swollen and arches become higher, so it’s the best condition for fitting.
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| 穿著不適合的鞋子就像在鞋子裡放釘子一樣難過 If the shoe’s unfit, your feet may tingle. |
(2)試穿時的檢查要點：
(2) Check points of fitting:
(a)鞋頭部位：穿著上不能有擠壓的感覺，從趾尖到鞋尖通常需要保留10mm以上的空間(特殊鞋頭除外)，不管當季鞋款流行鞋頭形狀是甚麼，但是保留10mm以上的鞋頭空間是不容忽略的。
(a) Shoe toe area: When you try on the shoe, you need to have room between your toe and shoe toe over
(b)足圍部分：足圍通常分為足掌圍、足腰圍、足背圍，試穿鞋子通常注意足掌圍即可(因為鞋楦製作時三種足圍度已經呈現一定的比例)，以腳大拇趾到小姆趾外的足骨最凸點繞一圈的長度就是腳底板最寬的位置，如果比這長度寬的鞋子穿起來容易鬆動，常走下來會增加摩擦破皮的機會；太緊的話容易造成綁腳，長時間下血液循環會受到影響，鞋內空間不夠空氣不夠流通也會增加霉菌感染的機率。
(b) The girth of the feet: In general, it divides into metatarsal width, instep width and heel width. However, the shoe last scales the girth proportionally, so you just need to keep an eye on metatarsal width when you try the shoe on. It is the measurement around the widest part of the foot, between the outermost points of the inner and outer metatarsals. If the shoe is too wider for you, you feet will slide backward and forward from side to side as you walk, then the feet might get scrape after walking for long durations. When the shoe is too tight, your feet may be constricted, it can promote bunions and cut off circulation.
(c)足弓部位：足弓位於腳部中央位置，內腰較高，外腰較低，通常分高隆、偏高隆、正常、偏扁平、扁平足五種。也是人體重心轉移的樞紐，通常這部分可以用鞋墊來做輔助調整。
(c) The arch: The foot arches are formed by the bones of the tarsal and metatarsal, ligaments, and tendons of the foot and are essential for both movement and weight bearing.
(d)鞋口高度：因鞋款的不同有分短、中、高統鞋，試穿的重點是避免摩擦，檢查時雙腳站立，將其中一隻腳向內側拐彎看看是否會觸碰腳踝骨；另一個方法是保持鞋底不離地板，將其中一隻腳前移讓 阿基里斯腱 收縮，看鞋口與外踝骨是否會碰觸。
(d) The height of the topline: the height depends on different shoe styles from low, medium or high tops. When you fit the shoe, stand up straight and turn your feet inwards, and see whether the inner ankle feels jammed or not. The other way is keeping your feet on the floor, then move one feet forward to make the Achilles tendon shrinks, and check whether the outer ankle againsts the topline or not.
(e)後踵部分：這也是很多女孩們的痛(腳後跟常常貼著ok蹦)，西方人的後跟比較後凸，東方人比較圓順，所以有些歐美品牌的鞋款雖然漂亮美麗但穿起來很容易摩腳的原因在此。現在市面上已經有出現後踵貼的產品，多少可以幫助舒緩。
(e) The back heel: Many women’s have adhesive bandages paste on their back heels. In general, western people tend to have raised heels and asian people tend to have round heels. So that is the reason why asian women’s back heels rub against the back heel of the shoe, when they wear the shoes of western brands. Luckily, there are some product like heel liners or rub relief strips.
所以如果消費者不是很了解想要購買的品牌尺寸或是擔心買到不合腳的尺寸時，可先自行量取雙腳的實際長度以及寬度，將數據提供給店家，如果店家對於自己銷售的鞋款有一定程度上了解，都會幫助消費者過濾出最適合的鞋款以及建議穿著的尺寸，省下不少消費著摸索的時間。
If you don’t want to spend time to get to know the standard size of brands or worry to get the unfit shoes, then you can measure your length and width of your feet by yourself, and give the shops your statistics. Mainly, it will save time for the shop to find the suitable size and styles for you, if they know their product well.
