[Mitsy]

I'm not necessarily a designer brand addict, but I do have certain brands that I have a special fondness for. Among those brands are Clarke's, Dexter, Naturalizer, and a few others that I can't recall at the moment. I will wear a cheap shoe if it fits well enough. However, since I have narrow feet, it is best if I can try those on before buying.

As I've posted on another thread, I buy a lot of shoes on ebay or online from regular shoe stores/vendors. I'm not usually ever disappointed. The only problem I've encountered here lately with my ebay purchases are with some of the Born brand shoes. Normally, I wear a 7 and sometimes that is too large (width wise), but I wear socks with casual shoes anyway, so that's never a problem. However, the Born brand must be cut smaller because I need a 7 1/2 and several I've bought just don't fit me right. Born is what I'd consider to be a higher end brand, and I'm a bit irritated that I now own several pair of Born shoes that just don't fit and I'm not likely to wear since they will hurt my feet. What's with the skimming on the sizes with this brand? I don't have that problem with any other brand that I can think of.