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Please help me find wide fitting shoes for ds

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listsandbudgets · 27/08/2018 13:23

Je needs tehite velcro trainers, football boots and black pums/ plimsolls/ daps ot whatever theyre called. He's an a 13 1/2 H fitting amd I cant find ANYWHERE that does them online or off... honestly close to tears. one shop just told us to squeeze hi into a G and hed be ok.. not the case.. squeeze was operative word and it took 10 minutes ti get them on

To add to my problems dd is an E fit and nothing fits her either....
please help me

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ihearttc · 27/08/2018 18:34

Marks and Spencers plimsolls are really wide. DS1 had mega wide feet (off the clarks scale!) and we always got his plimsolls in there.

He had Geox for school shoes which are also really wide.

He's 13 now and still has really really wide feet (he's an adult size 11!) but wears Puma football boots as they come up wide so maybe try them?

lalaandpo · 27/08/2018 20:09

Agree with M&S plimsolls and also Geox shoes. Just got my DS2 both..he has wide feet.
DS1 has verrry wide feet and has Ricosta shoes, they're lovely and very light weight and even he commented on how comfortable and 'light' his feet felt.

It is a right pain isn't it! Just realised you didn't need school shoes, but hope the above helps!

Trainer wise, we find Adidas are fairly wide fit and Sondico football boots were the only ones that fit comfortably.

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listsandbudgets · 27/08/2018 23:22

Thank you. I will follow those up.

Yes its a real pain. Why cant I have "normal" shaped children. I so envy the people who can skip intp Sainsbury and buy the whole uniform list in a few minutes knowing it will all fit nicely

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Yura · 28/08/2018 06:03

for narrow feet, primigi fits well (my oldest has c width feet)

Didiplanthis · 28/08/2018 21:27

Startrite have always been ok for my dd who is D/E fitting.

ichbineinstasumer · 28/08/2018 21:29

Clarks do some H fitting - very difficult now for15YO dS however - you end up having to go up a size at least.

Waterlemon · 28/08/2018 21:42

I go to an independent shoe shop that stocks a variety of European brands. They know their stock well, and which brand/style suits which foot shape the best. I have one dc with wide feet and the other with flat, skinny feet and always find what I am looking for.

The shop is near Kew Gardens if you are anywhere near sw London, right outside Kew Gardens station. Lots of free parking nearby if you visit after 12pm. www.theshoestation.co.uk

They may even be able to advise you over the phone.

user1483972886 · 29/08/2018 07:26

Chipmunks shoes are v wide. DD is a G and they are just about too wide for her. They don't do trainers but they do school shoes.

Michaelahpurple · 29/08/2018 20:55

Startrite definitely do H. I imagine Clarke's do too

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