a problem with boots
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Topic: a problem with boots
Posted By: aimeejoy
Subject: a problem with boots
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 12:33pm
Have been trying to buy a pair a boots, but I just cant find any that I can zip up. Does anyone else have this problem, its not like I'm even that big, and I tried last year pre-baby and after getting to lifetime at WW and still couldnt find any! Found another pair of really cool shoes instead but they didnt have my size! The problems with only having one shoe shop in town.  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 1:03pm
LOL I was so excited when I found a pair I could zip up in a shop in Oz that I bought them in brown and black. That was pre gremlins tho, I couldn't zip them up now  -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: AngieBabe
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 1:18pm
Yep, I had this problem until I was in London and found a shop that sold really cool boots with 'wide calf' so I bought them there and then and are not likely to ever get rid of them! (got them about 4.5 years ago now  )
Still, that doesn't really help you with finding any that zip up here in NZ does it ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: MelanieAndBree
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 1:38pm
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I have that problem too. I found a paid that just zip up though lol.
My mate was saying theres a shop here that have started selling boots with a wide calf so i think a few people have the same prob! ------------- Melanie. Mum to Briahna Robyn, 3yrs |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 1:42pm
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My mum has that problem with boots, I think she just hunted and hunted until she found some. She said something about putting some on layby the other day, must be from Hannahs.
I find the ones that are slightly stretchy the best co I like to tuck my jeans/leggings into my boots. ------------- |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 1:50pm
| I found some nice ones in farmers about three years ago. a bit more "generous" |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 6:24pm
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Yup I have the same issue...even when I was a size 8-10 I had the same problem...sucks big time!!
Wider calf ones would be good! I normally just buy lace up or stretch ones. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 6:31pm
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Same problem here too!
I bought a pair last winter at #1 shoe warehouse. They are the only pair of boots/shoes I have bought from there that haven't fallen apart after a few wears ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 6:35pm
| Man I have the opposite problem. They don't stay where I want them to and so I get the baggy ankle look which annoys the crap out of me. My No1 shoe warehouse boots seem to be bigger around the calf than others. But some of my hannahs ones have some elastic pleat looking things on the inside of the calves giving them waaaay more give. |
Posted By: AliaDawn
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 6:40pm
Never have had issues with boots... lace ups?? I haven't worn zip up boots for a while though... I'm too tall to get away with high heels really  -------------  
 
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 7:13pm
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I have a friend that has the same problem (although hers is because she got DVT from the Pill and her calves have been left severly enlarged). She bought some boots and took them to a shoe doctor/repairer person and he inserted a strip of elastic on the inside of the legs of them for about $30!
You can't even tell that it wasn't part of the original style of the boots! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 7:26pm
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I buy zip up ones with elastic inserts too, quite common these days I thought...
Change that to I USED TO BUY...  before we had kids and mortgage and one income etc. etc.------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 8:22pm
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There is a shoe repairer in Auckland who can stretch boots (or insert elastic) and various other fixes .. Ive taken a couple of pairs there.
Maybe you have something similar in your area. ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 8:25pm
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I got mine from the Warehouse about 3 years ago and they are great. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 8:34pm
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Hmmm, never thought of that. I think it just means I need to go on a shopping trip to Palmy to find the right ones that fit! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 8:44pm
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Yay for shopping trip!!! ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 8:55am
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i have a pair here that i don't wear....what size are you aimee?
i got charli a pr of grosby boots last week and i can only just get them zipped up....but she has 'bulges' over the top  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 8:57am
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I am about a 9.5 And LOL at the bulges - my girls would have those too!! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 10:50am
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When in england, ended up in bath and found the most fabulous shop that does boots in 20 different calf fittings. I bought two pairs and had bought another pair online for delivery within the uk.
They are at www.duoboots.com , promotional boots are the most reasonably priced on the website. Send them an enquiry and ask how much to send to NZ (if they do). Could be cheaper than actually buying them here? |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 10:53am
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I must admit, I normally find even with the elastic pleat bit most of them don't do up! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 12:20pm
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ooh i was gonna suggest that Rachkell might know - her boots stuck in my mind from when she came back from UK!
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