I wear a women's size 10 1/2. I used to wear a size 11 but last fall when I needed to buy dress shoes to wear to my brother's funeral, everything I tried on in size 11 was too big, and shoes that were size 10 were too small. I bought some shoes online because it was the only shoe I could find in a 10 1/2 that I thought I might be able to wear. I did fine for about an hour. On the way to the cemetery, I switched to tennis shoes.
1) It's hard to find comfortable and stylish women's shoes bigger than size 10 and it's almost impossible to find half sizes past 9 1/2. Girls with big feet like nice shoes, too!
2) There are lots of "cute" shoes for women up to size 9. Anything bigger than that and the shoes start looking like something you'd donate to Goodwill.