Being 31 years old and having found myself needing to buy shoes my entire adult life I feel as if I am well practiced in buying shoes. I have worn a size 14 shoe since the age of 13-14 and continue to wear a size 14 to this day. I am healthy with a good build, by no means a body builder or Olympic contestant but I am active and healthy. I have large feet but not fat or overly wide but I think this company does not take proportion into account when making their shoes. A person with a size 8 inch long foot my have a 3 inch wide food but a person with a size 14 inch wide foot does not have the same 3 inch wide foot. As with most clothing products, the manufacturers all have a different interpretation of clothing and shoe sizing. We all know one companies size 34 waist is another companies size 32. HOWEVER!, this shoe doesn't even come close. Sure, I have purchased a size 14 blindly in the past and put it on and found it uncomfortably snug but with this shoe I can not even get it on my foot. The shoe is too narrow for the width of the ball of my foot to even slide half way into the opening. Unless you have abnormally narrow feet avoid this shoe.