How can my daughter's feet be measured so differently in one shoe shop?

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Took dd to get feet measured in a shoe shop in nappyvalley today. DD's feet were measured 7 1/2. I had had her feet measured at the same shoe shop only 6 weeks previously and the size was 8 1/2. I told the woman I thought she had it wrong, which didnt go down well. Bought dd the shoes she wanted in the size we'd previously been told.When I came to pay for shoes the woman made me sign a disclaimer that she hadnt fitted them but I had "chosen" the size even though this was the very size one of her own colleagues had told me dd was only 6 weeks ago. Feeling very confused how one shoe shop can be so variable.

Was it Clarks ?

MADE YOU sign a disclaimer? You are kidding right? I would have walked out without the shoes!

I have 4 DC, 3 now teens, and I always found the shoe shop measurement was a GUIDE, a starting point for which shoes to try on first - the actual fit of the shoe can depend a lot on the style of the shoe and the brand - and measuring feet is not an exact science anyway!

You signed something to buy shoes? Seriously that's when you tell them to piss off and go elsewhere

If it's the one on Bellville Road, mine are 17 and 13 now and by the time the eldest was 3 I avoided that shop like the plague. Had I been you I think I would have said, I was a little bit concerned, my dd's feet had been measured a few times recently and could the fitting please be checked by the manager. The other side is that my dd once grew out of a pair of shoes fitted at a similar shop within 5 weeks and they were replaced foc on the basis that they could not have been fitted properly in the first place.

The best shops near nappy valley, esp for very narrow, very wide are: Johnsons in New Malden and Sheen and Russell & Bromley in Kingston. There used to be a marvellous shop in the Fulham Palace Road - can't think what it was called off the top of my head - but it has sadly closed down.

So glad dd can now squeeze her wide feet into something from New Look or Office (if she's lucky) and I'm no longer part of the equation - except when she wants £80.00 for the school shoe version of DMs

I only bought the shes as dd was so excited about them. I will avoid that shoeshop like the plague too from now on!

It depends on the fitter too.

I once got some for DS from John Lewis and the first ended up being too tight, even though they were said to be ok by a fitter.

I came back with the shoes, which DS said hurt him, and got a perfect pair from another fitter.

Thing is, feet are 3D, and shoe sizes aren't. My DD has odd shaped feet, and the size she wears varies with style. She has boots, trainers and shoes, all from the same shop, all fitted and checked, and comfortable, and all different sizes.

There is no standardised measure for shoes BTW if you were measured with a startrite measure the first time but then a clarks measure the second then the sizes will be different by about a size for example my DD is a 24 in the independant shoe shop, a 7.5 at clarks and a 6.5 to 7 at the startrite shop. i have bought from all 3 and the shoes all fit fine.