Special-order shoes fit hard-to-fit customers list
Dr Fashion shares retailers and makers catering to unusual sizes. Hack Shoes in Michigan offers 41% to 13 width women’s styles, Bronner’s in Bay City carries 2 to 15 women’s and 4% to 18 men’s widths, King Size Shoes lists 12 to 16 men’s sizes, and Lane Bryant covers 7 to 12 women’s widths. Additional shops include Massey’s, Selby Fifth Avenue, and niche custom options such as the Cordwainer Shop. The National Odd Shoe Exchange in Phoenix assists with unique sizing and memberships offer varying fees and postage‑based shoe access with free shoe allotments for some groups. Rockport donations support national brands.
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Dr Fashion
Phoenix
Ariz
Rock ‘Port
Denim takes center stage in couture streetwear
Denim crosses from casual to couture with high fashion looks. Cotton Incorporated and Liz Claiborne executives note its fit and feel while Express, Escada, Ellesse, Versace, Chanel, Saks and Montaldo's showcase upscale denim outfits. Designers tout hard edges of tailoring and playful edge across suits, jackets, skirts, and dresses. Several high end pieces range from 64 to 780 dollars, reflecting a denim renaissance in both street and formal wear.
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Cotton Incorporated
New York
Sarah Patterson
Liz Claiborne, Inc
Express
Phillip Monaghan
Columbus
Ohio
Saint Tropez Harbor
Alice Vickers
Saks
Denver
Irritated readers share language peeves and tips
The column collects reader pet peeves on misused words and speech irritants, from you knows and basically to mispronunciations of jewelry real estate terms and phrases like epitome and nausea. It also notes the paradoxes story tidbits about words like only and true facts, plus a Dear Abby exchange on domestic listening and a California ocean anecdote.
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Jool-Ree
Jool-Uh-Ree
Abby
Pacific Ocean
California
Ocean
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Southfield
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Bay City
King Size
Hingham
Mass
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Indianapolis
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Massey’s Shoes
Lynchburg
Selby Fifth Avenue
N Y
M Cordwainer Shop
Deerfield
N.H
Whitchcock
Stearns & Foster
Seis
Sta. Lmolass
Fond Owna
Lou Pgs
Escada
Fifth Avenue
Phelan
Equestrian
Sausalito
Calif
Uct
Patricia Phelan
Phelan’s
Ellesse
Activewear
Dillard’s
Bloomingdale’s
Neiman Marcus
Nordstrom
Lisa Berger
Gianni Versace
Versace
Byron Lars
Chanel
Lizwear
Wdige
DKNY
Montaldo
Brett Harrison
Montaldo’s
North Carolina
Richmond
St. Louis
Colorado Springs
Colo
Jon Tagia
Vi Chapin
Marigail Mathis
Jess
Arthur-Ritis
Je.v
J.E.V
Helen Munball
Dear Abby
Tri- City
Grafton
North Main St
Tri-City
Geriatrics
Tricity Family Practice
Wwe
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Persee UE Mesa
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Lorain County
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