Meermin Mallorca Shoes

[Odradek]

Are Meermin normally very slow at answering e-mails?

Contacted them yesterday through the form on their site, and again about 2 hours ago but no response.

Tried to orders some MTO boots and I thought it was going ok.
Got an order number but the money hasn't left my account as far as I know, and the Meermin site is saying I have no order now.

 

[Griffith]

I bought the Oxford cap toe 10.5UK Size. They are fine in length and feel alright on the heel, but excessively tight on the top of the foot, to the point of being actually painful. I inserted shoe trees in them and they feel a little better and easier to put on, but still feel very tight on top (between the laces and the toe-box).

Is this normal? Should I size-up? I usually wear 10.5UK in Van Bommels shoes and 45EU sizes.

 

[jim0068]

I bought the Oxford cap toe 10.5UK Size. They are fine in length and feel alright on the heel, but excessively tight on the top of the foot, to the point of being actually painful. I inserted shoe trees in them and they feel a little better and easier to put on, but still feel very tight on top (between the laces and the toe-box).

Is this normal? Should I size-up? I usually wear 10.5UK in Van Bommels shoes and 45EU sizes.

What last? Is it the Hiro? What is your sizing in other brands/last? I have the same issue in the Hiro lasted chelseas i bought (posted a few posts back) but was wondering if that is due to the last or just the chelsea not having the ability to adjust the tightness in that area since no laces.

The issue becomes that i think the length is about perfect so going up another 1/2 size to get the width to alleviate the tightness might make the heel slip too much. Maybe some shoe tree stretching is necessary. Also how many times have your wore them? I'm at i think 3-4 wears (i walk about 1/2 to work each day) and it's getting better but may not break in/stretch as much as i want.

As a comparison, i have a 9.0UK in the Rui last (vs. 9.5UK in the Hiro) and they're about pefect.

 

[Griffith]

Yep it's the Hiro last. Yea a size up would lengthen the shoe by 4mm which is not necessary, and expand the shoe by 1mm, which does not seem much. I have not worn them yet besides at home, 30min each day. My only other dress shoes are Van Bommel's, which are ok (a little loose, but that's me being a perfectionist) and I always get them size 10.5. I'm wondering whether Hiro's lasts are not a good fit for me. I don't have particularly large feet neither, i'd say regular or on the thin side.

 

[jim0068]

Yep it's the Hiro last. Yea a size up would lengthen the shoe by 4mm which is not necessary, and expand the shoe by 1mm, which does not seem much. I have not worn them yet besides at home, 30min each day. My only other dress shoes are Van Bommel's, which are ok (a little loose, but that's me being a perfectionist) and I always get them size 10.5. I'm wondering whether Hiro's lasts are not a good fit for me. I don't have particularly large feet neither, i'd say regular or on the thin side.

Maybe not a good fit for you & I both then unfortunately.

 

[Griffith]

I'll give it a shot, if in 30 days they are not broken in, i'll take them to the cobbler and consider my options.

 

[othertravel]

Do you guys take the same meermin size as you do in Carmina?

 

[jim0068]

Do you guys take the same meermin size as you do in Carmina?

I have yet to own a pair of Carmina. I'm nervous about the sizing, however i have a line on a set of 10.5UK Simpson last that might be a good gauge to see where i'd be in the Rain last (looking at the black wholecuts).

For reference, i'm 10.5D in AE 5 last with a bit of room, same size in the old 0 last (probably AE's nicest/sleekest) but it did require some breakin/stretching via wear/shoe trees, 10.0D in Alden Barrie (unlined suede bluchers though, might have stretched more), 9.5UK in C&J 348 last (little loose, could possibly wear a 9.0UK), 10.0D in the RL Marlowe which i think is 341 last and they had so much heel slip i had to install tongue pads to keep my foot from slipping too far foward. A 9.5D probably would have been too tight in width. Oh and i have a pair of 10.5D's in Alden's plaza last for the plain toe balmoral shoe.

Hope that helps with some comparisons.

 

[bamgrinus]

Do you guys take the same meermin size as you do in Carmina?

Depends on the last. I take the same size as Hiro in Forest and Oscar.

 

[jamie411]



Do you guys take the same meermin size as you do in Carmina?

I take the same size in Hiro, Olfe, and Carmina Rain.

 

[othertravel]

Perfect, thanks guys!

 

[FatCatPhil]

Hi guys, I'm on the fence about these MTO snuff rapello boots:



Thing is, the color differs a lot from other shoes also dubbed "snuff rapello":




Is it because of the lighting or are we really talking about different colors here?

 

[j ingevaldsson]

Some Meermin pics from the Shoegazing Super Trunk Show held in Stockholm this weekend, with apart from Meermin also included Carlos Santos, Vass, Riccardo Bestetti, Maftei, Gaziano & Girling bespoke, Italigente, Melker Shoes and more. A couple of the pics are taken by Milad Abedi.


Pepe Albaladejo from Meermin helping a customer:




Some of their boots selection:




It was very crowdy in front of Meermin's table all day:

 

[FatCatPhil]

Why thanks, I beleive the close up of the balmoral seen in your second pic is the snuff rapello I was talking about, much darker indeed!

 

[ShawnBC]

Who's the lovely young lady next to Pepe at the Meermin booth?