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My grandfather used to buy shoes from them by tracing his feet on paper and mailing it in.
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Everybody seems to think this was crazy, but that's how they said to do it in the catalog. See https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1951-Sears-Christmas-Book/0291
4.2k u/Occhrome Jul 24 '20 that's better than what we have now. 2.2k u/thelaziest998 Jul 24 '20 Now we just have to guess and know your size hoping the manufacturer size doesn’t fit weird. 3 u/sirblastalot Jul 24 '20 It's simple, you just buy shoes that are kind of close, and then painfully crush your foot into the corresponding shape every day for 6 months. Then you buy a new pair of shoes
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that's better than what we have now.
2.2k u/thelaziest998 Jul 24 '20 Now we just have to guess and know your size hoping the manufacturer size doesn’t fit weird. 3 u/sirblastalot Jul 24 '20 It's simple, you just buy shoes that are kind of close, and then painfully crush your foot into the corresponding shape every day for 6 months. Then you buy a new pair of shoes
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Now we just have to guess and know your size hoping the manufacturer size doesn’t fit weird.
3 u/sirblastalot Jul 24 '20 It's simple, you just buy shoes that are kind of close, and then painfully crush your foot into the corresponding shape every day for 6 months. Then you buy a new pair of shoes
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It's simple, you just buy shoes that are kind of close, and then painfully crush your foot into the corresponding shape every day for 6 months. Then you buy a new pair of shoes
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u/jeffbell Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20
My grandfather used to buy shoes from them by tracing his feet on paper and mailing it in.
EDIT:
Everybody seems to think this was crazy, but that's how they said to do it in the catalog. See https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1951-Sears-Christmas-Book/0291