POLL: School shoes: Where do you buy yours?

fannyadams

Clarks

drive to nearest city
go to Brantano get measured by clark's fitter (not the Brantano fitter)
look at shoes
try on shoes
lose rag with child over shoes
walk away
drive home
rinse and repeat *sigh*

BAGGY

Asda

Clarks shoes dont do our twins. They are normally very limited in styles and I cant buy the same style as they go to school in two lefts or one 11 and one 12 but a pair.
Boys shoes are so boring! Better than glitter and flowers overload thoughI suppose.

Miss_Moneysaver

Asda

Hi,


I used to always go to Clarks but found that their shoes fell apart very quickly. I now get both my son and daughter shoes from Asda and they have lasted really well.

Former_MSE_Andrea

TK Maxx

Thanks for voting everyone.

Have you started looking for new shoes for September yet?

Peter333

Clarks

Always used to buy at Clarks when ours were younger as we never did find any that lasted as long or were as comfortable for them. They often spent a lot of time on their feet, so it seemed only fair to get them decent shoes.

cheeswright

this process is a complete nightmare for me
with two daughters with size 9 feet there is almost no choice out there
Clarkes has two styles and they are vile..I have even written to them trying to explain that...well you go look at them and tell me your teenage daughter would wear them in front of her friends !

and no size 9 is not unusual these days - even primark now sells size 9 shoes..but not socks !
dont get me started on ladies socks ...and anybody suggesting they could wear mens socks should consider telling my unhappy daughters that...:mad:
rant over...for now

pleasedelete

CLINKARD- they are the Clinkard family.

GwylimT

We always buy out children's shoes from startrite.

pukkamum

I used to buy school shoes from next etc but they literally fell apart and were not comfortable within months.
Last september i bit the bullet and bought from clarks, despite reservations about the price and whether they were really better quality.
Well they lasted the whole school year (bought slightly larger) and if her feet hadn't grown they would be fine for this term too.
I bought my son kickers and they too lasted the whole school year.
Previously i was buying at least another pair midway through sometimes twice so i will definitely be going back there this year.

OrkneyStar

Clarks

Voted Clarks as that is where DS shoes were made, though came through an independent shop (we have no actual Clarks shop here on Orkney). Have had also New Balance (from a local sports shop) in the past and a pair of Tesco ones which were just to do a few weeks last year (they barely lasted that!). DS had to have black shoes for something he was involved in in the summer, wore for a week, and still fit so he has them to start back tomorrow.