Ive been saying it for a while now, but I think the industry has started vanity sizing shoes. I've been a size 8 since I was 12, and now I have to buy 7.5. But my feet haven't gotten smaller because I still fit into my old size 8s. And trying to buy knee-high boots is next to impossible because they're all too big in the calves. I have moderately muscular calves, and I can't fit into that style of boot because they're designed for obeast hooves.