Are you like me? Do you find that in most shoe stores the only thing that will fit is the shoe box OR that you buy footwear that hurts your foot as you have it “squeezed” so tightly into the shoe OR you buy footwear that is far too long just to try and get the width you need OR that you can’t get modern, funky, fun FASHIONABLE footwear....welcome to my old world!
The dream for Twinklefeet.co.nz started when I got married in 2005. My bridesmaid and I went to every shoe store we could dream about looking for wide width high heels and I could not get my foot into anything – Cinderella was not my name.
I finally ordered some wide sized bridal shoes in. When these arrived they were completely different from what I had ordered and did not fit correctly but I was out of time and options! Luckily I have a father that is a footwear manufacturer and he remade the shoes for me, lowering the heel and also making the style wider and voilà I had a beautiful, comfortable pair of wide width high heels to wear and dance the night away in!
I realised that you are not lucky enough to have a footwear specialist in your family and the dream to open Twinklefeet.co.nz began.
I was lucky enough to go to the Las Vegas shoe fair in July 2007 and to find attractive, stylish, trendy and fashionable wide fitting footwear. I wanted to bring half of the shoes I saw home in my suitcase. I also went one step further and looked for footwear that is comfortable and healthy for you to wear.
Twinklefeet.co.nz launched in March 2008 and continues to grow. If you were wondering where the name comes from..............it is my vision that just because we have wide feet it does not mean we cannot have pretty shoes and fashion!
By Nicola - twinklefeet.co.nz
