So I haven’t been on this in a long time, but I need to go on a rant so where better to do it than a platform I literally never use.
I hate this trend of tall boots. Not because they look bad, because I adore the look. I hate the trend of tall boots because it made me self conscious about a part of my body i had NEVER previously thought of as something to be ashamed of. I have calves, have my whole life. It is genetic, and as someone in a science degree I know this. But there is nothing more humiliating than having to try on hundreds of pairs of boots in hopes that there is a pair of “wide calf” boots out there that fit properly and aren’t either
a) the size of a regular width boot but the brand has such tiny normal boots that these are indeed deemed as “wide calf”
b) so massive in the calves that they basically slide down my legs.
I went to a different city because the shoe stores in mine didn’t stock wide calf boots because they weren’t as popular. I am not a big girl, I’m a size 6-8 depending where I shop. But because of my calves I’ve had to go into plus size stores to try and find shoes. What is wrong with this picture? Why is something genetic stopping me from being able to get boots that are trendy? Why is something as trivial as the size of my calves pushing me into panic attacks because all I want is a pair of boots that I literally cannot find and making me feel like I am a much bigger girl than I actually am as a result.
I struggle with body image, as do most women in our society. And I have one more part of me to add to my list of things I don’t like about myself because of shoe company’s definition of normal calves.
Sorry this is literally the stupidest rant but I honestly have cried in shoe stores over boots too many times, and shopping online is impossible because every brand fits differently and I cannot take the disappointment of ordering boots I love and having to send them back because my calves do not fit the standard of normal in my society.
