WOMEN'S FEET BIGGER.
WIDENED BY GAMES.
STOCKING SIZES. NEW YORK, January 10. Women's feet are growing larger in America, but it is a healthy sign. The chief reason is the increasing number of girls who take strenuous exercise in the various forms of sport. Ten years ago the average stocking was size 9; five years ago it was 9£. Now more No. 10's are sold than all the others combined. Stockings size 9J correspond to 4 in shoes, and 10's to size 5 in shoes. In addition to the extra weight put on feet in games which flatten them out, the sports shoes are made of soft material which offers no resistance. It is due to the influence of sport that short vamp footwear has taken the place of the long English style.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15, 19 January 1926, Page 7
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133WOMEN'S FEET BIGGER. WIDENED BY GAMES. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15, 19 January 1926, Page 7
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