Magical Trainers for Bunions and Wide Feet

Why Choose Calla Wide Fit Trainers?

We have a range of white ladies' wide fit trainers available in various styles and materials, where you can use the laces or keep them loose to use as slip-ons.

Choosing wider footwear can help relieve the pain associated with foot conditions such as bunions. With our extra wide-fit trainers, you now have a more comfortable, casual option when you're out and about, at the gym, the shops, or just for everyday wear. 

You can choose between wide EE width (Star, Cosmos, Saturn) and extra wide EEE width (Estella, Star, Cosmos, Luna). For materials, our range includes leather, suede, fabric, and vegan leather.

Here are some essential features that make our shoes good for wide feet and bunions:

Rounded Toe Box

The wider toe box lets your toes sit in a more natural position, and also provides room for your existing bunions without looking like a strange shape. This helps to keep them stylish while still being comfortable.

Seamless Interior

Seams cause friction and pressure points on your feet in the footbed during use, aggravating your bunions, and causing discomfort. This is particularly important when walking or working out at the gym.

Adjustable Features

The well-designed lacing system allows you to adjust the fit depending on your foot width, ensuring your shoes aren't too tight, as tight shoes are also a cause of bunions.

This also allows you to adjust the fit of your shoe throughout the day, as your feet swell, keeping them comfortable if you're on your feet all day.

Breathable & Flexible Materials

The soft leather of Calla trainers provides extra comfort against painful foot conditions like bunions. These materials stretch with your feet, and prevent repetitive friction points that can cause pain and blisters. The breathable materials also help avoid excess sweating and keep your feet comfortable.

Cushioning

Precise cushioning under the forefoot in the sole of Calla trainers helps to alleviate the pressure on the bunions, which will help avoid pain during various outdoor activities.

Arch Supported

Our podiatrist recommended arch-supported insoles that help to keep your foot in a more natural position, helping to avoid flat feet, which is a primary cause of bunions (source).

Did you know? Calla started as a brand for bunion shoes. Shop all shoes for bunions here.

When and How To Measure The Width of Your Feet

Your feet swell up during the day, so we recommend not measuring your feet or trying on shoes in the morning. Instead, wait until later in the day when your foot has swelled a little, then take your measurements, so your shoes will fit you better and be less painful.

We also have a larger women's wide fit footwear range here.

How to Tell if Ladies Trainers Are Truly Designed for Wider Feet

True wide fit shoes use redesigned structure to accommodate wider feet properly.

You have been here before. That hopeful scroll through yet another “wide fit” product page, whispering please do not lie to me this time under your breath. You click. You squint at the pictures. Is that toe box actually wider, or is the model just wearing a half size up?

Let us cut through the nonsense.

Here is what to watch for when separating pretenders from performers:

• True anatomical engineering: Think of it like the difference between buying jeans made for curves vs. just sizing up. A genuine wide fit sneaker is designed on a new last - a foot model reshaped to match the structure of a wider foot. Not a remix of the same narrow mold.

• Width ratings clarity: Look for UK width designations like E (wide, ~102-106mm at ball of foot for size UK 6-7), EE (extra wide, ~107-111mm), or EEE (custom-level width ≥112mm). No designation? No trust. You would not buy a tailored jacket in “loose-ish,” so why settle here?

• Brand transparency: If you are expected to guess the width from a filtered Instagram photo, abandon ship. Instead, we give you a PDF with toe box measurements in millimetres. Trace your foot, measure across the ball, and compare. If you are coming in at 106mm+, you are in true wide territory.

And if you are hearing vague language like “accommodates wider feet”? Translation: will squeeze you politely until 11:43am, then remind you you are not 25 anymore.

A shoe that fits for the first 20 minutes and becomes a medieval torture device by lunchtime. But here is the real kicker: you won't realise until it's too late. You are in the cab, heading to the V&A with your niece, and you are fantasising about walking barefoot on the marble just to breathe again.

Expert tip: Take out the insole and measure. For UK size 6-7, you want ≥104mm width, 11mm vertical depth minimum. Anything under 100mm? You are looking at a “slightly generous regular fit” - also known as, a no from us.

If the base shape has not changed, neither has the outcome - no matter how stretchy the upper is. And yes, marketing teams, we are onto you.

Can Designer Wide Toe Box Trainers Still Look Fashionable?

Calla makes fashion trainers for wide feet, designed with shape-conscious elements and subtle materials.

This one hurts a little. Because somewhere, a voice in your head still mutters: “If it is wide, it will look frumpy.” Blame the catalogue shoes of the early 2000s, blame your mother’s friend Gillian with the pink orthopaedic trainers - but do not blame yourself.

Let us rewire that.

A wide fit does not have to be "chunky", or make you look like you are headed to the post office at 7am. Not when the right design cues can make them look like something straight out of Stella magazine's "Quietly Luxe" spread.

Styling cues that conceal space while radiating polish:

• Contour-focused heel counters: These sculpt and anchor the rear of your foot. Look for those with a Shore A durometer of 65-75 - firm but never brick-like. It is the secret to avoiding that dreaded slip-and-squish sensation.

• Internal padding that does not bulk: You want support, not puff. The best option is foam with a 40% bounce-back rate, not a puffy marshmallow collar. It cradles your foot, without making it look like a toddler’s trainer.

• Matte, non-reflective materials: Aim for finishes under 1.0 gloss units. Why? Shiny textures catch the light - and with it, every inch of extra surface area. Matte panels blur lines, slimming the visual bulk.

Watch out for the toe box con: Shoes that “look sleek” because they taper like a paintbrush… but then crush your toes into submission. This is not the time for illusions.

And here is one you have probably seen: “stacked platform” trainers promising arch magic. Except what you get is an unstable, heavy ride that makes you feel like you are stomping through Covent Garden in scuba gear.

The "Star" range from Calla is a great example of this, as it looks very stylish but perfectly accommodates your wider feet.

Check that heel-to-toe drop: For all-day city comfort, 4-8mm is ideal. Anything steeper throws off your gait, and you will feel it in your hips before you feel it in your shoes.

Wardrobe trick: Snap a photo of them against your navy culottes, your wool wrap coat, your soft French navy dress. Do they vanish into the outfit? Or do they scream “I was purchased in a panic after a foot flare-up”?

Elegance lives in shaping, not slogans. Foot freedom should not feel like a stylistic sacrifice - and you deserve better than “neutral enough”, even when buying comfy shoes.

How to Pick Trainers That Flex with Foot Swelling or Sensitivity

Flexible materials and adaptable structure help trainers accommodate changing foot shapes.

Let us be blunt - your feet are shape-shifters. You wake up sleek. By 3pm? Slight puff. Post-flight? Total expansion. You need a shoe that adapts quietly. One that does not scream, “My bunions came too.”

ll-fitting footwear can lead to serious issues like blisters, joint pain, or worsening foot deformities (source)

How to spot intelligent adaptivity:

• Elastic inserts: Discreet stretch panels at the ball or instep - ≥8% elastane blend - let the shoe flex without looking athletic.

• Layered insole systems: Extra 5-7mm adjustability via removable layers = emergency room for swollen days.

• Avoid rigid overlays: TPU thickness at the toe cap should be ≤1.2mm if you need space, not resistance.

The material hack: Poron XRD or cork foam insole with density ≥7 lb/ft³ adapts to your pressure points and breathes with you. Bonus: no odour, no flattening.

Test for grace under pressure: Lace the shoe loose in the morning. If it starts pinching by tea time, it is not built to move with you - it is built to survive you.

If you have to plan an outfit change based on foot swelling, the shoe has failed. You should not have to think about your feet when you are thinking about life.