The Shoe Tailor

Repeated requests to stop sending catalogues seems to have encourged them to send more & more. Will they ever stop?
Now sending them back so they have to pay the return postage.

First let me explain “scone shoes.” When I first ordered shoes from the Shoe Tailor, experts in wider-fitting shoes, I measured my feet incorrectly and found that the only shoes in their catalogue that would fit me were their widest, ugliest, most orthopaedic, brown, granny shoes: the type you might wear to go out with your friends for a scone, in your later years. Hence my friends groaningly called them my “scone shoes” and walked several yards behind me on the way to the pub every night. They were very comfy! However, they fell apart after a couple of years of continuous wear, and once gone, same said friends took me shopping to some “proper” shoe shops in ...  Read the complete review

I completed one of The Shoe Tailor forms I saw in a magazine and sent off for a catalogue. I received it about a week later. The catalogue tempted me and I chose three pairs of wide fitting shoes which I then tried to order by phone. I was answered by the recorded message service but eventually got a member of staff. I explained that I wanted to place my first order. "Can I have your "customer number"? But I'm a new customer, Do I have a customer number? "There's a number with the information you received". So I went through the information again, I couldn't find one. "OK, What's your postcode, name, ...  Read the complete review

The Shoe Tailor I first came across this catalogue ‘with a difference’ during a commercial break in that wonderful new series, “Cleopatra” ... ;-) Initially, it was their ‘Foot Measuring Chart’ and their ‘Width Measuring Tape’ that caught my attention, as I believe there are many people who will suffer great pain at some future date because they are presently wearing the wrong size of shoe – and that proper fitting is the key to any worthwhile shoe supply service, be it that offered in a high street store or delivered from an Internet site. In fact, a fitting service ...  Read the complete review