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Made to order in PretoriaReady in 2–4 weeksDelivery included in South Africa

Your fit

Worked to your foot, confirmed before cutting.

Every last is worked to the client’s foot. There are no width fittings and no fixed widths. Give the bench your size, your measurements, or both; it confirms the fit with you before anything is cut.

Download the measuring guide Message the bench

Five ways

Give the bench your fit

Your size, your measurements, or both, confirmed before cutting.

  1. 01

    Your UK size

    Choose your size when you commission. If you already wear a SixKings pair, tell the bench the model and size and it works from that.

  2. 02

    With a tape, at home

    No printer needed. A helper, a flexible tape and a wall with no skirting board. Measure G, A, C and D, plus E and F for boots, as shown below. The bench asks if it needs more.

    See the nine measurements
  3. 03

    The printed guide

    Five A4 sheets: trace both feet, take the nine measurements, photograph the sheets and send them on WhatsApp or to support@sixkingsbrand.com.

    Download the guide (PDF)
  4. 04

    A fitting call

    A video call with the bench, measuring with you as you go. Ask for a time on WhatsApp.

    Ask for a fitting call
  5. 05

    The Room

    Measured at the bench, Shop 11, Greenlyn Village, Menlo Park. Monday to Friday 09h00–17h00, Saturday 09h00–14h00.

    Visit the Atelier

The nine measurements

A to I, both feet

In the afternoon, in the socks you will wear, standing with your weight on both feet, with a helper. Keep the tape flat against the skin, snug but not squeezing. Write each one in millimetres.

A foot from the inner side, showing where the tape goes for A to FABCDFE
From the side · A to F with the tape
A traced foot, showing length G, forefoot width H and heel width IGHI
From the trace · G, H, I
AJoint girth
Around the widest part of the forefoot, from the big toe joint to the little toe joint.
BMid girth
Around the foot, exactly halfway between A and C.
CInstep girth
The narrowest way round, from the middle of the arch to about 2 cm above the instep bone. Feel for the bump first.
DLong heel girth
From just above the instep bone, round the back of the heel where it meets the floor, back to the start.
EHeight, boots only
On the outside of the leg, from the floor to where F is taken.
FAnkle girth, boots only
Around the narrowest part of the leg above the ankle.
GFoot length
Heel to the tip of the longest toe: read it off the trace, or stand with your heel against a wall with no skirting board (or an upright book), hold a second book flat against your longest toe and measure between them.
HForefoot width
Across the two widest points of the forefoot, from the trace.
IHeel width
Across the widest part of the heel, from the trace.

Check: your foot length (G) against the size chart on the first sheet of the guide. If it is a long way from your usual size, or outside UK 5–13, message the bench.

Download the guide (PDF, 5 sheets) Send your measurements

At the bench

What happens to your fit

  1. 01

    How do you like them to fit?

    Heel, instep and toes: snug, true or roomy. Tell the bench with your measurements, or it will ask.

  2. 02

    Your fit, confirmed

    The bench reads your fit and, if anything is unclear, asks or suggests a short call. Then it sends you one page with your measurements on WhatsApp. Nothing is cut until you have confirmed it.

  3. 03

    On delivery

    You try the pair and the bench checks heel, instep and toes with you.

Nothing is cut until your fit is confirmed.

Bespoke & Fit

Specialist fit and orthotic accommodation are taken on at no premium, quoted after a first conversation.

Bespoke & Fit

Then

Choose your pair. Three builds at one price, made to order in 2–4 weeks, delivery included in South Africa.

See the shoes