Bodyline Shoe Sizing

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Hello there. I've been wondering about this for a while now. I have been looking around egl about Bodyline shoes, and I have some idea of how the sizing works. I'm just a still a little unsure about it. I've never ordered shoes from Bodyline or anywhere else, so I want to get it right the first time. I'm going to get either shoes 251 or 256 (Incase one is sold out in the preferred colour of my shoe size). I am somewhere between an 8 ~ 81/2 in US/Canadian shoe size. And my feet are around 24.5 cm. I have slightly wider feet, but I fit into almost any kind of shoe of my size. 

So if someone who has the same shoe size as I do or has good experience with Bodyline shoes and knows a lot about Bodyline shoe sizing could help, that would be great. I'm also wondering about their socks. :3
~ Thank you!