For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a problem with shoes. It’s so bad that I related to Geekigirl’s post, “The Battle of the Bra“, about how difficult it is for certain ladies to find fitting undergarments. Although I’m not a flat-chested woman, I’m a large-footed man. Our problems are the same. Mass production steamrolled us.
Stores just don’t carry my size. They don’t sell enough pairs and the boxes take up too much space. I can find new army boots and sneakers but nothing else. I’ve more or less stopped trying; instead deciding to bitterly deride footwear while secretly scouring used shops for anything that fits.
About once a year, I find something I like.
These are a pair of Mondo Uomos that retail for about five hundred dollars and which I bought at Value Village for thirty. Although I had no idea what Mondo Uomos were, the workmanship and the owl-like pattern on the toe caught my attention. So I bought them.
They just about fit.
