Clarks

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

Not a huge rant as it was corrected asap but just be careful when having toddlers shows measured.

Went into clarks to get my daughters first shoes, a sales assistant measured her feet - size 2f So she went away to serve another customer whilst we browsed shoes. When we found the pair we wanted ANOTHER sales assistant went and got the 2f shoes (told her they had just been measured) anyway, she brought the shoes out and tried to put them on my daughter - who was SCREAMING. Now immediatley she stopped. We had a look at the shoes and she said she'd measure her feet again just to be sure - Turns out shes not a 2F - shes a 3G - no wonder she was screaming

tiff

The difference between an F and a G isnt that great to cause screaming. I got my daughter fitted yesterday at the factory shop, measured 13F but they were all too loose on her so ended up with 12.5 G. The initial measurement is just a guide and if they do fit the shoes badly you can go back and complain and they will exchange.

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

tiff wrote: »

The difference between an F and a G isnt that great to cause screaming. I got my daughter fitted yesterday at the factory shop, measured 13F but they were all too loose on her so ended up with 12.5 G. The initial measurement is just a guide and if they do fit the shoes badly you can go back and complain and they will exchange.

nah i know about the f and the g bit but surely theres a decent amount of difference between a 2 and a 3? done with now anyway - the second lady was actually really nice (as i said, not a huge rant, but a mini rant)

sillyvixen

do they still have those machines that measure childrens feet? i used to be scared of those and would screw my toes up, the shoes i tried on were too small as a result and i had to be measured by hand.

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

they had the machine but she was measured by hand

maypole

mommyme wrote: »

nah i know about the f and the g bit but surely theres a decent amount of difference between a 2 and a 3? done with now anyway - the second lady was actually really nice (as i said, not a huge rant, but a mini rant)

Even so, it's worth pointing out so people will be vigilant, whether there was much difference or not between the sizes, it could mean the difference in how long the shoes would have fitted her for. Childrens shoes are too expensive to make mistakes with.

myrnahaz

A good shoe fitter would know immediately whether a shoe is the correct size, regardless of what the measuring device stated, and they would never attempt to cram a child's foot into an obviously too-small shoe.
As a general rule of thumb, if you put a shoe on the child's foot, and push their foot as far forward as possible (so their toes are against the front) then there should be about 6mm of space between her heel and the heel of the shoe. Then, with her foot back in the normal position, buckle or lace-up the shoe and check that there are no gaps around the foot and that the shoe doen't pull off too easily. Then ask the child to walk and watch for movement where the shoe might slip off if it's too big, or gape if it's too wide. If all seems to be well, remove the shoe and the child's sock, and make sure there are no red marks on her foot - because an ill fitting shoe will immediately make a mark on her foot. This method (along with an accutate measure) will help prevent those bad buys where the child loves the shoe and insists it fits perfectly - only for her to complain of pain after they've walked outside in them.

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

myrnahaz wrote: »

the child loves the shoe and insists it fits perfectly - only for her to complain of pain after they've walked outside in them.

I was a sod for that lol officially i still am, i have high heeks that i CAN NOT wear out because im tall and they have killer heels on them and make me look like a giant lol They're my house shoes hehe

juno

sillyvixen wrote: »

do they still have those machines that measure childrens feet? i used to be scared of those and would screw my toes up, the shoes i tried on were too small as a result and i had to be measured by hand.

I used to spread my feet out as big as I could! Big feet were seen as "better" for some reason, but this was when we were all changing from kids sizes to adults sizes, and kids 13 was better than adults 1.

Becles

I wouldn't worry about the difference in measuring and the actual shoes. They just use the measure as a guide to where to start fitting. Also, as with adults, sometimes a slightly smaller or bigger size is needed depending on the style of the shoe and/or the shape of the foot.

A qualified fitter will know this and know to move to a different size if the original shoes don't fit correctly.

My daughter just got shoes and ended up in a bigger size to what she was measured as. When they put the original shoes on her, they were too tight so she had to move into a wider fitting. I know she has shoes that fit as my Mam used to be a Clarks fitter and she double checked them for me!