Children in Adult Clothes Sizes

CarolineScarlett

Can anyone give me any advice, my son is 14 and I have been paying for adult clothes since the age of 12 and shoes since the age of 10.

For a start is there anyway I could get some kind of relief on VAT as he is a child!

Secondly, he now has size 13 feet, any suggestions on where to get decent trainers in his size (not overly expensive but something a teenager will wear). I tried the American Amazon site and they had a much larger selection but it is 68.50 dollars shipping.

Any advise would be gratefully apperciated, pulling my hair out here and completely broke!!

C x

Lola888

I don't know abut tax relief, I was a large child and wore adult clothes from an early age and I used to wear size 9 shoes- very difficult to find for a 10 year old girl, strange thing is I'm now only wearing 7s!!

Anyway my brother in law has similar problems he was 14 (now 17) and 6ft tall and in 13s, luckily he hasn't grown that much, but he recommends walktall.co.uk they do all sorts of footwear- trainers, school shoes, football boots etc. He also sometimes manages to find stuff in mainstream shops, its difficult to get particular styles, but the staff are usually quite helpful if you tell them he's a 13 what have you got rather than, have you got these in 13 and being told repeatedly no.

Also I know some shops like schuh give you an option to choose by size so I'd keep looking on the net, size 13 is large, but not completely impossible- fingers crossed his feet stop growing!!

Good luck

kjmtidea

My other half is a size 14 and sports direct are pretty good for having larger sized trainers.

pigpen

My cousin is a 15 and OH a 12 they both go to Schuh.. they have loads of bigger sizes.. and if they havent they will order them in and even post them to your home.. also seen on ebay

Lady_strange

My step son is 14 and in adult sizes... he's going to be at least as tall as his dad 6'6" (although we think more 6'8)

As for bigger shoe sizes, TKMaxx seem to be great for them. Got just under 2 years of school left for dss, dreading buying his uniform by the end, as it's black trousers and white polo shirts (and the school want him to be in stuff with the school logo.... not happening)

JC9297

To be honest most 14 year olds (boys and girls) wear adult clothes through choice anyway, if not necessity, that's presumably why places like Topman started selling smaller sizes. My 14 year old son could still fit in clothes from e.g. NEXT's kids range but does not want to wear the same as an 8 year old.

moomoomama27

JC9297 wrote: »

To be honest most 14 year olds (boys and girls) wear adult clothes through choice anyway, if not necessity, that's presumably why places like Topman started selling smaller sizes. My 14 year old son could still fit in clothes from e.g. NEXT's kids range but does not want to wear the same as an 8 year old.

I was going to say the same thing!
My dd has been in adult clothing since she was 11 or 12, and not because she had to (due to being big), but because she preferred the styles, she bought sizes XS or size 6, age appropriate of course

sharloid

kjmtidea wrote: »

My other half is a size 14 and sports direct are pretty good for having larger sized trainers.

I was going to suggest Sports Direct. They're not too expensive and have a couple of styles in larger sizes.

luxor4t

Re VAT relief - this thread has details of the HMRC rules https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3433695

daveyboy669

try this new website
sole-step.com
it has the largest selection of 12-17 trainers i have ever seen.
good prices and cheap postage.
good luck