Over the years I have purchased many pairs of Antaina shoes and am on the fence if I would recommend this company. I don't have a lot of options for lolita shoes as my feet are size 12 womens (28.0cm), so I have bought quite a few pairs of shoes from Antaina. I have purchased shoes both directly and through shopping services. Here are my thoughts on the company...
Things I like about the company:
1. They offer custom size shoes in large sizes
2. They offer many different designs, colors, and styles
They also offer their shoes with different heel heights as well as in flats, which as a tall girl I can appreciate. I usually go for the 4.5cm heel as it makes the shoe look nicer without making me 7 feet tall.
3. Their shoes are marginally better than Bodyline
Bodyline offers some styles in size 270mm or 27cm, but their shoes are more uncomfortable than Antaina. I have owned a few pairs of large sized Bodyline shoes and they all caused blisters and some even caused my feet to swell when worn for the day. Although Antaina shoes are not anything amazing in terms of comfort, they don't generally cause blisters and can be worn for many hours before they start to become uncomfortable.
Things to be aware of when ordering:
1. Their sizing is a bit strange
2. The shipping is expensive
3. The company makes a lot of mistakes
4. Some of their styles are not good
5. It is really hard to sell second hand shoes
Buying from Antaina
Creating a Taobao account and buying through Taobao is probably the safest way to buy from this company as buying through email and buying through a shopping service won't guarentee you get your money back if something is wrong with the shoes you recieve (due to not being protected by Paypals buyer protection). Using a shopping service is the second best option. In my experience it costs more to buy directly through email as shopping services often have shipping discounts.
To put things in perspective I have probably ordered about 10 pairs of shoes total from Antaina and have only kept 4 of them. Some of the ones I kept still had things wrong with them but I decided to just accept it so I didn't have to go through the hassle of reordering. The reason I keep ordering from this company is simply because I don't have many other options for lolita shoes in my size.
Conclusion
I wouldn't recommend people order from this company unless they also have large or wide feet that don't fit averaged sized shoes, and don't have any other options for places to buy lolita shoes.
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