to ask you all to contact Brantano regarding these shoes?

[IsSamNormansDad]

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Was buying wellies for DS in Brantano today, and those hideous shoes caught my eye. I asked the duty manager if they were dressing up shoes as I had assumed, she replied 'No. They are for general wear.' She also mentioned that this style was extremely popular.
My DD is only 6m, so this kind of thing doesn't really affect me yet, but surely shoes like this worn regularly would damage a childs feet?
I also think that they are highly inappropriate for small children (available from kids size 9) as high heels are seen as 'sexy' shoes by many people.
I do NOT think that high heels for children neccessarily encourage inappropriate behaviour, but surely Mumsnets' campaign 'Let Girls Be Girls' is against this?
I am quite prepared to be flamed and told that it's none of my business, but if you feel the same, let Brantano know.

Did you actually read what I said OP?
Foot Binding and sparkly Hannah Montana shoes with a kitten heel are worlds apart!

That's ok festi - it's just that when I have my insane moments I do at least like to be aware of them!

The sizes are far too small for my 9 year old, she would have grown out of them 2 or 3 years ago - thankfully :)

LOL smIyou sound positively disappointed that the insults round here are so tame. I don't care about being called a bit of a fright, I quite like it actually, (might name-change to it) just thought I'd point out that it's not an argument.

But yeah you're right, it is a bit tame. Am off to bed, goodnight.

45mm is barely over 1.5", so hardly sky scraper heels!

oh lighten up bit of a fright was funny, v genteel

lmao at 'grooming shoe'

in similar vein I think MN cat's arse 'Let girls be humourless husks in burlap just like thier miserable mothers' is patronising middle class tripe.

Hi
My DD (5) has a pair of these!
She loves them!
She wears them for dressing up - whether it is a princess/nurse/vet costume.
She has worn them so much the sparkles have come off at heels.

She is not allowed to wear them on the stairs or out.

If you think these are bad go to a Disney shop nd have a look at the 'Sharpay' range of boots.

grooming shoe has to go into socialsciencetastic top of the pops quips and clichés. probably sounds good to all the down with that kind of thing folks

I bought those very shoes for DN for her 6th birthday because she saw them in the window and absolutely loved them! She now thinks I'm amazing so YABU.

FWIW I would have bought her a pair of Clarkes if she'd shown as much excitement over them. They're just fun though aren't they? Does it have to be any more than that?

wtf
if you don't like something don't buy it......end of

I also put them in a glittery pink box with a massive curly bow on top so I probably ruined her prospects a bit more with that....shit.

Must add the way she dances around in them - they can't be uncomfortable.

Actually having been 'groomed' I am faintly irritated at the use of grooming in the context of a shitty pair of shoes.
The notion that normalising what happened to me is the same as normalising high heels for women would bother me were I minded to get worked up about nonsense

You make a good point Pagwatch.

Aside from that you simply can't legislate what women should/should not wear on their feet. The essence of freedom is that we are entirely free to wear Louboutins or J cloths - it's entirely up to us. As it should be.

To be honest they're probably better for girl's feet than the ballet pumps such as these that you see everywhere, since the original shoes have a strap to keep them on. The ballet pumps have to be kept on with your toes (real ballet shoes have elastic or ribbons so it's a silly design model) and can lead to bunions & other toe problems in later life - but people look at me oddly when I've (occassionally) mention it.

DD1 (now 5) has a pair of shoes very similar in design to OP's, though they're red leather flamenco shoes - were originally purchased on holiday for dressing up but she wore them til the soles wore out (obsessed & slow growing feet). They didn't restrict her movement at all - used for cycling, climing trees, hanging off all sorts of park equipment. Small heels on shoes don't restrict movement & I certainly don't think they are 'grooming shoes'.

They do similar ones in Monsoon too.

As soon as I saw the title I knew it would be these shoes, my dd 8 has them!!!

To be honest I bought her them as she used to love the plastic dressing up shoes but in my opinion these did not have enough support in them.

DD wears them in the house and occasionally up and down the front path.. DD is very boyish and says she only likes them because of the click clock noise they make- she also loves her football boots for the same reason as the studs go click clack

I think they are crap personally and don't let dd wear anything with a heel, much to her annoyance .

I understand what 'grooming shoes' was meant to suggest. I just hate people pissing about with such serious terms.
It is a shoe which normalizes heels. Call it indoctrination if you like. Find another word. But grooming should be left to represent the manipulation employed to make people act totally outside normal boundaries of behaviour. Like pedophiles. Or terrorists.
Bandying it about because it makes your argument seem more intellectual demaens it.

Oh well that's what I think any way..

Oooooh, before I go..

A gateway shoe

That's better isn't it?

I don't really care. I don't normalize heels. I don't let dd wear heels. She won't wear heels for years - if at all.

I just objected to 'grooming'
Shit word to use.