Fitting guide
There will never be a substitute for walking into a Harrington Leather Works retail store, and having a fitting consultation with a member of our knowledgeable retail staff. However, with the launch of our E-commerce service, we have recognised it is not always possible to visit a Harrington Leather Works store.
HOW TO USE?
The Fitting guide
Harrington Leather Works footwear is built to last, and when fitted and cared for correctly, will last many years. The Goodyear welted method which we have perfected over more than a century, coupled with full leather linings and leather insoles will mould to the contours of your foot as time passes, but… Our shoes MUST fit your feet to begin with.
A ‘fitting at distance’ guide is exactly that, a guide. It will help us to answer your fitting enquiries to the best of our abilities. By providing us with the length and width of your feet, we can mitigate sizing mishaps during the fitting process. Below is a step by step guide of how to measure your feet accurately at home. If you have any questions please contact our Customer Care Team.
Before you begin, make sure you are wearing some relatively fitted socks, or the socks that you would choose to wear with your new shoes!
You will need: A ruler, a plain piece of A4 paper, a pencil, a wall or flat surface to butt up against, and your feet. Oh, and we threw in a tape measure to make the photo look nice!!!
Place the paper up on the floor, making sure it is butted up to the wall and place your heel on the paper and against the wall. TIP: Once your foot is in place, make sure your pencil is to hand!
Find your inner artist… Drawing around your foot might sound easy, but it might take a few attempts to get it absolutely right. Holding the pencil as vertical as possible, draw around your feet, one at a time.
Your feet are no longer required (to us!). Now, take your ruler and draw a rectangle around your pencil drawing as per the illustration. The horizontal line should touch your longest toe, the two vertical lines should touch the inside and outside of your foot.
Draw two more lines to form a cross. The first, a vertical line from the bottom of the paper (which was butted up against the wall and now represents your heel) to the horizontal line that forms the top of the rectangle (and touches your toes). The second, a horizontal line that joins up the two vertical lines of the rectangle (that represent the widest points of your feet).
Measure (in metric) the two lines which make up the cross. The longest line (vertical) will give you your foot length. The shortest line will give you your width measurement. Measure both of your feet. When sending your measurements to us, please send the measurements of both feet to us.
The next steps...
From your measurements, you can now work out your UK size.
If you think the size is not correct, according to what you might usually wear, please share some more information such as your usual size that might help us in determining your correct size in Harrington Leather Works.
For example: Do you own any other Harrington shoes? Do you own any other English footwear?
We can use this information to help size for Harrington Leather Works.
The more time we take now, will help in the long-term.
- Edward Harrington, Founder.
Trying shoes on at home
Shoes & boots that fit, will be comfortable from the moment your try them on.
If you are still unsure and wish to discuss your measurements, please contact our Online Retail Services team.
Using only the finest leathers from the leading tanneries of Europe, Harrington Leather Works shoes are individually crafted on lasts designed to produce the best possible fitting characteristics. Each pair takes up to eight weeks to manufacture in a labour-intensive process involving over 200 highly skilled operations.