r/WhitesBoots

Father’s Day boots finally arrived
8” 350 Cutter LTT Vibram Vbar natural chromexcel

I’m heading out for a day of trout fishing, wearing these White’s Oxfords in Red Dog roughout. They’re very comfortable. Have a great day!

Hello,

I just bought my 2nd pair of Whites boots. They are the Kato x Whites Chelsea C350 in 55 ArchEase Last.

I have one other pair of Whites with the 55 last. I ended up in a size 11. I normally wear a size 12 vans/nike sneaker.

For these Chelsea’s, I’m finding the 11 is very snug. Mainly in width, noticeable pressure on the side of my foot where my pinky toe is. I cannot really move or lift my pinky toes around.

I also ordered an 11.5 to try. On the 11.5, I can move my toes around better. It’s snug on the top of my foot and such but no pressure around my toes. To me that feels better, but I get more heel slip when I try walking. On the 11, I get pretty much zero heel slip.

I am wearing my thickest boot socks for all this (Darn Tough heaviest boot sock, like 4022 I think). I am leaning towards the 11.5 due to feet swelling with walking, but I keep hearing that with Chelsea’s you want them more snug than a typical new boot. I appreciate if anyone can chime in. Included photos of where my big toe and pinky toe is on the size 11.

Thanks for any help