Yeezy Slides sizing: there are no half sizes, so go up

Your usual size in a Yeezy Slide will probably feel short. The slide runs small, and it only comes in whole sizes. So you can’t just nudge up half a step like you would on a 350. Every guide that gives a direction says go up. They just don’t agree on how far.

One size up from your Yeezy size

Stadium Goods’ January 2024 guide is the most direct. From the owners it talked to, it’s best to wear “one size up from your usual adidas Yeezy size”. It says the slide isn’t true to size the way many Yeezy sneakers are, and it points out that half sizes aren’t available.

That last part does a lot of the work. If you’re a 10 in sneakers, the call is between a 10 that’s snug and an 11 that’s roomy. Stadium Goods takes the 11.

Note the starting point too. It’s one up from your Yeezy size, not your Nike size, and Yeezys already run small. A 350 V2 owner who’s in a 10.5 there is already above their usual size.

What Farfetch’s wearers said

Farfetch’s 2020 guide asked several wearers, and they didn’t line up neatly.

• One wears a full size up from their usual Yeezy size, and said a size and a half would be comfier still. They’re an EU 43 in other slides and an EU 44.5 in Yeezy Slides.
• One said at least half a size up, and a full size for wide feet.
• One went from a 7.5 in 350s to an 8 in the slides, and liked the extra room at the toes since the front’s open.
• One said the slides fit smaller than Yeezy sneakers, so they went a full size up.
• One takes their normal size, because a bigger slide makes your feet look huge.

Four of the five went up. The one who didn’t was choosing on looks, not comfort.

Why it fits like that

The slide is one piece of EVA foam, Stadium Goods notes, with no strap, seams or edges. There’s nothing to loosen and nothing that stretches like a knit upper. What you try on is what you get, so a pair that feels short on day one will stay that way.

It’s also cut wide and rounded, which is why one Farfetch wearer said a single size can fit different feet. Width is rarely the problem. Length usually is, especially at the open toe. The slide’s full story, from one piece of foam to the top of the Lyst Index, is in The Yeezy Slide was one piece of foam.

How to pick

• Narrow or average feet, between sizes: go to the next whole size up. A 10.5 takes an 11.
• Already a whole size, like a 10: an 11 for room at the toes. A 10 if you like a close fit and don’t mind your heel near the edge.
• Wide feet: a full size up from your usual Yeezy size, per Farfetch.
• Wearing them with thick socks: take the bigger of your two options.

The guides argue about half a size or a whole one. On a shoe that only comes in whole sizes, that argument usually ends one size up.