Notes from the hallway

Short pieces on boots, sizes and the seasonal scramble. Everything here traces back to a measured foot or a manufacturer's own chart.

10 August 2026Should winter boots be a size bigger?Yes, roughly one size, and there is nothing mystical about it: the extra room is for a wool sock and five months of growing. Here is the arithmetic.10 August 2026Do Kuoma boots run big?Wide, yes. Long, no. The famous roominess is in the width; the length runs exact, and Kuoma publishes the millimetres to prove it.10 August 2026How to measure kids' feet at homePaper, a wall, a pen, an evening. Two minutes per child, three times a year, and you never guess at a shoe shelf again.10 August 2026Why kids size charts disagreeLine up four size charts and you get four answers for the same foot. None of them are lying; they are measuring different things.