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To name and shame a shop.....

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KnittedBreast · 14/02/2011 11:55

I was in town yesterday and wondering into a certain shop.

They were selling red shiney sequined high heels in a baby size 7- thats aged 2-3year.
the shoes had high heels and very adult looking, also really cheaply made crap quality, not substantial at all or supportive in the way an adult womans high heels might be.

I had a word with the sales manager and explained it was disgusting, sexualisation of babyhood, the harm it could do to developing feet etc... she said she agreed but if people buy it they will continue to sell it. her next defence was "at least we dont sell thongs for the under 5s like some shops"-what kind of justification is that??

knobs

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ilovemyhens · 14/02/2011 12:40

One little boy in my six year old's class told him that he'll never get a girlfriend if his hair isn't spiky Hmm

I told my ds he could probably live with that Grin

GypsyMoth · 14/02/2011 12:40

They aren't even high and very similar to proper ballroom dancing shoes!!!!

Dear lord.......

ThePosieParker · 14/02/2011 12:40

My 4 year old is a size 10.5!!

allsquareknickersnofurcoat · 14/02/2011 12:40

They dont look any different to tap shoes, and a lot of three year old girls go to tap dancing lessons?

YABU

ifancyashandy · 14/02/2011 12:40

Not suitable for a 3 year old but wouldn't have a problem with them from say 5 / 6 years for dressing up / party shoes.

Nothing remotely adult or sexy about them at all.

LaurieFairyCake · 14/02/2011 12:41

they are just for dressing up

Back in the early 70's I had a pair of plastic dress up shoes like Sindy's. They were higher and clearly for dressing up.

chillax ffs

LittleBugsMum · 14/02/2011 12:41

I think they're sweet. They look like dancing shoes.

Lotkinsgonecurly · 14/02/2011 12:43

They're not great but really not the worst things in the world.

And if my 3 year old wore them they would only last a week as she'd manage to trash them. Think they're meant to be dress up / party shoes.

More important things to worry about.

bamboobutton · 14/02/2011 12:44

i was expecting mini hooker shoes.

these are no different from the 99p plastic heels mum used to buy me.

i used to wooden bricks in the heels of my socks to make high heels tooGrin

ItsMeMo · 14/02/2011 12:44

They are not as bad I expected them to be.

lockets · 14/02/2011 12:44

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allsquareknickersnofurcoat · 14/02/2011 12:45

Literally lol'd at wooden blocks! Grin

Lots of little girls (and boys) just love to wear heels!

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KnittedBreast · 14/02/2011 12:46

well i have to say i think they are awful for an older child-its up tp you what you put on your childrens feet, they are still growing into teen years!

but for a 2 or 3 year old, sorry but thats just cheap and nasty and damaging.

shoes should be fitted properly, and made of soft supportive material.

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Panzee · 14/02/2011 12:46

PosieParker Monsoon have their clothes made in India and the Far East, but it's not sweat shops! They are part of villages (that's also why the sizing is so different)

www.monsoon.co.uk/our-company/our-ethical-commitment/pcat/ourethicalcommitment/

GypsyMoth · 14/02/2011 12:46

Op were you expecting to cause some mumsnet outcry and have us all on the evening news 'outraged' or something??

ThePosieParker · 14/02/2011 12:47

Well, that's me told....I had assumed they were awful, perhaps it's just their prices that are out of orderGrin.

crazygracieuk · 14/02/2011 12:48

I don't think that they outrageous. I wouldn't buy them for a 2 year old (the description says it's for over 3s) but as a girl I would have been ecstatic with these Wizard of Oz style shoes for dressing up.

My daughter would also love them and I think I'll be buying a pair for dressing up.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

Panzee · 14/02/2011 12:48

:o

ShatnersBassoon · 14/02/2011 12:48

Well whatever you do, KnittedBreast, don't go into Jonathan James. Not a trained fitter in sight. You'd be apoplectic.

LtEveDallas · 14/02/2011 12:50

DD would love these (5 yrs). She tried to persuade me to buy her some 'Bratz' or 'Hannah Montana' similar shoes at the weekend. However, the ones she wanted had a thinner heel and were higher so I said no.

If it had been these I would have bought them (and they are cheaper!)

GypsyMoth · 14/02/2011 12:51

Dress up shoes arenot worn continually throughout childhood ffs!!
How will they damage feet?????

mippy · 14/02/2011 12:54

"Monsoon have their clothes made in India and the Far East, but it's not sweat shops! They are part of villages (that's also why the sizing is so different)"

What do you mean, 'the sizing is so different'?

LaurieFairyCake · 14/02/2011 12:55

I think the OP should do a search on Clarks/Startrite fitting and how it's all a giant con. Grin

I'm happily conned too for day-to-day wear but I'm not nuts and happy for dd to wear poorly fitting shoes occasionally.

allsquareknickersnofurcoat · 14/02/2011 12:57

On the subject of foot development, my BILXP has her 18month old son in UGGS

BIL is not impressed, but she wont listen to him

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KnittedBreast · 14/02/2011 12:59

no i did not!

i will email my complaint to their head office.

they are also not that great to their designers either, my bestfriend from schools designs from them and they wont let her put her names to the designs either. bloody jewellery industry

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