Importance and Price of childrens shoes???

amandada

Ophie wrote: »

I wish I could go in to any shoe shop and buy shoes for my toddler.

Clarkes don't stock her width size... she is a C (even that gapes) and anything from a 4 to a 6.

I have to travel to shoe stores that stock skinny shoes which are few and far between and when I do find a shoe that fits I have to get it. Regardless of price. I've given up going by what the shoe fitters say and have to try them on her myself until I am happy with the fit. Because of her narrow feet we tend not to buy shoes with growing room as that just doesn't work for skinny feet.

God help my pocket as she continues to grow

I feel your pain-my dd was a C fit at one point.Start-Rite do some styles in C fitting though.
You may hit lucky and her feet may broaden a bit as she grows-my dd is now in a D fitting.

something_girl

I think I've been wrong over the years, I have always bought Clarks shoes for my kids, but I can't believe I never even noticed that they have never had those built up instep bits, I fear this has only exacerbated the problem of my daughters flat feet. She has an appointment with a specialist at the end of the month, she's 15, but I fear it's too late for any kind of decent treatment, she now has pain in her feet and knees. Trainers seem to be best thing, but she can't wear those to school!

Adimac_2

We usually buy Clarks but we are lucky enough to live about 10mins from Cheshire Oaks outlet village and the Clarks store there has, on average, 50% off.

Mind you, Clarks in Mothercare (In Chester at least) has a 50% or more sale on at the moment as well.....

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tiamai_d

DS1, anywhere for shcool shoes, although he loves sketchers trainers which we get from bratannos at £30-£35 a pop! :eek: BUT! They do last longer, a cheapy pair of trainers he can wreck in a day easy. And he is not outgrowing shoes as quickly now.

DS2, fitted at clarks as he has toledos and difficulty walking. He has a choice between clarks or peidro boots. Clarks are lighter and we can choose the style (and we get them instantly).

We tried startrite once when clarks had no boots but they got the fit wrong and he had trouble balancing. They told us to come back the next day and they would exchange them as they were sure he would get used to them. Went back, they said try andother day or two. By day three it was obvius he was having difficulties and they then refused to refund or exchange them!

Clarks however, have exchanged a pair of shoes 2 weeks after purchase when they were not working for him.

pukkamum

Where do you live? I get my children measured at Clarkes then we go to Tommy Balls in Blackburn which have a huge range of clarks, start-rite etc school shoes at massively discounted prices ( i got the exact same shoe he had tried on in clarks for £11 as opposed to the £28 clarks wanted!!!!

Carmina_Piranha_3

I think it depends on your child's feet really. My sister can buy anything for her three kids because their feet are pretty average. She has bought all kinds - supermarket, mothercare, Ecco, Docs etc.

Both of my children have wide feet with high instep and Clarks seem to fit best (well, elefanten were the best fit for my eldest but Clarks bought them out), and even then we are limited to one or two styles. The independent shoe shop sell gorgeous european shoes but the fitter has told me my toddler's feet are too wide and that clarks will fit better until he gets a bit older.

I have bought a couple of pairs of cheaper shoes for my son when i've seen shoes that are wider and taller than average. i wouldn't buy from asda again, they were terrible quality but he's had 2 pairs of leather school shoes from Stead and Simpson (can't remember the make but they were around a tenner) which were probably as good as Clarks so i don't think expense is necessarily the biggest issue.

If i could buy elsewhere for my toddler i would. he ruins his Clarks shoes by jumping in puddles and falling into fountains :rolleyes: he needs new shoes every 3 months anyway because he grows so fast (he's a ten and a half and is still only 2 years old).

Quackers

galvanizersbaby wrote: »

I However I have had two different measurements in 2 different Clarkes stores in the same day which was a bit odd.
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I've just purchased a pair of those Yotoy shoes from Clarkes for my daughter (they have dollies in the heel) - she had pestered me for them so I gave in - needless to say within a week they look like she has been wearing them for a year and the instep bit inside the shoe (the insole that hides the dollies compartment) has broken - I won't be buying another pair of these!:D

Its natural to get different measurements by different sales assistants. It can depend on many different things - the angle of the foot, wiggly feet as well as other things. Thats why the measure is only a guide - its the actual fit of the shoes thats important. And every shoe fits very differently - which is why you sometimes get fitted in a size different to what was measured.

There was a small batch of YoToy shoes that had faulty insocks - if you have only had them for a couple of weeks then you should take them back for an exchange - you should have no problem getting an exhange on them

Also, for those of you with skinny footed children then you'll be pleased to hear that Clarks are going back to selling 'D' fitting shoes later this year. They should be in the stores by the end of July ready for the mad Back to School rush

Titch89

Quackers wrote: »

Also, for those of you with skinny footed children then you'll be pleased to hear that Clarks are going back to selling 'D' fitting shoes later this year. They should be in the stores by the end of July ready for the mad Back to School rush

Is there the same thing for an adult? I have really skinny feet and really struggle to get shoes that fit. If I go down a size, they don't fit, yet get the size I actually am (4) I have problems with them being too wide.