Wide width women's shoes ahead of this years fashions?

A while back I wrote about some wide width women’s shoes along the lines of some shoes featured in this seasons pumped up classic loafers, in the Fashion Extras section of Allure magazine’s September 2005. In particular the Hush Puppies’ “Madison W” a 2 1/8" heeled loafer.

Sadly, I can not find them in stock at the online store where I found them when I wrote that article. Though they do have many other nice styles, ( Shoebuy.com ).

Did you think wide width women’s shoes had to be frumpy? These, and there were other wide width heeled loafers I was writing about earlier in the year. Could it be that women’s wide shoes are slightly ahead of the fashions?