I tried on several pairs of shoes last night at the store. My favorites of the evening were the Erin suede peep-toe heels in the chili pepper color & the patent-leather Mary Janes in holiday red.

Well, it appears that, after trying them on in the store, the Erin suede peep-toes I’d originally ordered from the catalog in size 8, (which were backordered until November 26th), are now going to be way too big. Apparently, I take a size 7 in this shoe. So I cancelled this backordered item & re-ordered the correct size. (They did have a 7 in another color, so I tried them on for sizing purposes.)

Here’s a picture of these shoes:

This is also the case with the holiday-red, patent high-heeled Mary Janes. Here’s a picture of those shoes:

OK, this is really weird & frustrating. I thought I took an 8 in JCrew shoe sizes. So why do I take a 7 in their Erin peep-toes & Mary Janes? In their suede ballet flats & boots, I do take an 8. However, in some of their sandals I take a size 7.5. I even have one pair of really cute high-heeled espadrilles in a size 9, which I never, ever take!

My theory is that they have multiple vendors, which would explain the non-standard sizing. At any rate, I sure wish they’d standardize their shoe-sizes!

Has anyone else had this happen to them?

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