weird shoe sizing on J. Crew's website: "h-m" or "m"??

[Joel_Cairo]

I've always liked this Red Wing workboot luberjack kinda thing, but less the sneakerish white sole: Seems J. Crew as saved my day:

however, does anybody know what it means when sizing options include "h-m" "and"m", as opposed to the normal, god-fearing D, E, etc? http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/product...Code=SHPG00337

 

[Gaius Pompeius Trimalchio]

I think that means 1/2 sizes in length, as in 8, 8H (8 1/2), 9.

 

[DNW]

H means half, and M means medium. So, 9H-M means 9.5 medium width. It's unbelievable that a company that size doesn't have anyone with one iota of common sense to use the 9.5 instead of 9H.

 

[Joel_Cairo]

thanks guys. I think I'll order a J. Crew size "(XIV - (10 x 1/2)h m", or as we say on earth, a 9.5 medium.

 

[Ritchee]

A seller on eBay has many sizes of those boots...

http://clothing.search.ebay.com/_Men...ateQ5foQ5fmind

 

[Joel_Cairo]

Originally Posted by Ritchee

A seller on eBay has many sizes of those boots... http://clothing.search.ebay.com/_Men...ateQ5foQ5fmind
Thanks for the tip-off. Weirdly, though, those boots don't look to be either of the two colors J. Crew has on their website....?

 

[robin]

Originally Posted by Ritchee

A seller on eBay has many sizes of those boots...

http://clothing.search.ebay.com/_Men...ateQ5foQ5fmind
Awesome. Thanks for that.

How are these sized (true, small, large)? I was looking to buy a pair as well.

 

[Joel_Cairo]

For anyone interested, I asked the seller which color the boots he is selling are.

J. Crew has two colors shown:

"hickory" and "dark wood"

To my eye, his look to be about halfway between the two colors:

When I asked him to clarify which ones he has, he responded:

Originally Posted by Ebay JCrew x Red Wing guy

\tHello about your question about the J. Crew boots, I have not looked at the J. Crew website but as far as I know these boots are a medium brown become without a box so there is no way of knowing the exact color of the their shiny and go towards a darker tone of the medium brown thank you for asking your question

So I'm guessing his are Dark Wood, and that they have been distressed some and de-shined for the website photo.

 

[robin]

No big deal. I'd kind of like to distress/antique them differently anyways.

 

[Ritchee]

Yea, that color does seem to be off from what's shown on their web site.

Recently on eBay, I won a pair of tan colored J Crew boots similar in appearance to the Red Wing style. I took some brown Kiwi polish and they darkened up nice. By the way, I usually take a 10 regular and the past 3 J Crew boots fit fine.

 

[blee017]

I believe the ones on eBay are from previous season. Here's the link: http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/product...d=prod79359491.

 

[robin]

Oi! Good catch, and I think you're right. There were some posts on superfuture on these from last year.

 

[robbie]

i think Jcrew is selling red wings this year, but also have a house brand. this might account for the variations in color.

 

[mr bunbury]

Hmm.... I assume the Redwings will be much higher quailty than the J. Crew house brand lookalikes?

 

[Arethusa]

Originally Posted by Joel_Cairo

For anyone interested, I asked the seller which color the boots he is selling are. J. Crew has two colors shown:

"hickory" and "dark wood" To my eye, his look to be about halfway between the two colors:

When I asked him to clarify which ones he has, he responded: So I'm guessing his are Dark Wood, and that they have been distressed some and de-shined for the website photo.
These have nothing to do with the Red Wing boots they have right now. These are old stock from last season when they had a Red Wing-alike.