Does the Veja GT run true to size? Should you size up?
We checked, on 16,802 real feet. We worked out the inside measurements of the Veja GT: the length, the width, and the forefoot volume (ball girth). Then we virtually fitted 16,802 real feet from our earlier in-store 3D foot scanners, the way someone shopping online would: Veja's size chart for length.
Veja size guide score
32/100
Veja's size guidance online gave the right size for 32% of 16,802 feet.
Does the Veja GT run true to size?
For about 3 in 10 feet. If you follow Veja's size guidance online, the GT fits true to size for 32% of feet. Here, true to size means the size Veja's online guidance gives you is less than a full size away from the size that fits best, with enough toe room and enough forefoot volume.
Veja's size guide lists a foot length for every size in centimeters and inches, with women's and men's US sizes in the same table, and says the GT uses the standard chart with no size adjustment. With that chart, every foot in our fittings had enough room in front of the toes. The guidance falls short on forefoot volume: the GT comes in one width, so a different size is the only way to change the forefoot volume.
Should you size up or down in the Veja GT?
Here is where every foot landed in the GT when we followed Veja's size chart.
Following Veja's size guidance online
- Right size from the size chart32%
- Sized up for more forefoot volume37%
- Sized up for toe room only0%
- Sized down for less forefoot volume30%
Share of 16,802 feet. Each foot is counted once.
- Right size from the size chart: 32% of feet got a size that fit both their foot length and their forefoot volume. Veja's size chart worked well for this group in the GT.
- Sized up for more forefoot volume: For 37% of feet, the GT had too little forefoot volume at the size the chart gave. The GT has no wide version, so going up a size was the only way to get more forefoot volume, and the bigger size also adds length in front of the toes.
- Sized up for toe room only: No feet landed here: 0 of 16,802. Veja's size chart leaves every foot enough room in front of the toes in the GT.
- Sized down for less forefoot volume: For 30% of feet, the GT had too much forefoot volume at the size the chart gave. The GT has no narrow version, so a smaller size was the only way to get less forefoot volume, with less room in front of the toes.
How we measured
We measured the standard width of the GT and virtually fitted 16,802 real feet from our earlier in-store 3D foot scanners. Out of 17,311 foot scans, those 16,802 feet fall in the size range of the GT (EU 35 to 47). For every foot, we followed Veja's size guidance online: the length chart, in the standard width. A difference of a full size or more between Veja's size and the size that fits best counts as a miss. These numbers show how the GT fits a large group of feet, not how the shoe feels on your feet.