Minimal/Barefoot style running shoes . . .

[colby]

Crap. I was thinking of trying the NB's to see if the toe box was wider. My Merrells feel a bit narrow to my feet.

A couple of the Merrell styles come in wide widths! Some people still find they aren't wide enough, though.

A shoe store guy specifically told me the NB wouldn't be a good fit for wide feet. I recently saw them in the store again, no way would I fit in them. I think they'd need to be wide width to work for more toebox volume.

I have heard the vivobarefoots (and the Lemings mentioned) have a better toebox, but I haven't seen them personally yet.

[GLC1968]

A couple of the Merrell styles come in wide widths! Some people still find they aren't wide enough, though.

A shoe store guy specifically told me the NB wouldn't be a good fit for wide feet. I recently saw them in the store again, no way would I fit in them. I think they'd need to be wide width to work for more toebox volume.

I have heard the vivobarefoots (and the Lemings mentioned) have a better toebox, but I haven't seen them personally yet.

See, that doesn't make sense to me. I wear the NB (in the wide width) because they are the only shoe that was wide enough for my toe spread. I don't have a particularly wide foot, just really wide toes (think flipper feet). I have multiple pairs of the Vivobarefoot shoes and while the casual shoes are great, the 'running' shoes (Lucy, Neo and the like) are all way too narrow in the toes.

I haven't tried the Lemmings yet, but I did look at a friend's pair and they look very much like my NB Minimus trail in shape. I'll definitely give those a try once I'm done with my screw issue.

Merrells are great for me for every day wear, but for running, they gave me blisters and black toenails because my feet shifted around too much.

[limewave]

Veronica--Love the dress! I think you could find some nice flats that would look good. They aren't "barefoot" shoes, but I do have some nice ballet flats that are silver. I've started wearing those for dressier occasions.

GLC, I'm with you. I have wide toes, like flipper and New Balance have worked great for me. I've never had Merrell's before--this is an experiment. And I have not tried minimal running shoes before either. This new ground for me . . .