New School Shoes- Alternatives To Clarks Please

[colette]

I have always gone to Clarks but have become a bit disalousioned(sp). Last time all the shoes cost £32 as they had a toy in[hmmm] . These were the only choice they had for dd in her size. After 2 weeks the shoes looked nearly done in and she said they wee uncomfortable.
I am looking for reccomendations for reasonably priced hardwearing school shoes and am thinking that I will fit them myself( am not that confident about this though) Sometimes I have looked at shoes and as dd has narrow feet was a bit unsure. Any advice/reccommendation please ? I want to go into town tomorrow nad get most of their school stuff , as we are in scotland they start back mid August and I usually leave it so late that the shops don't have their sizes

Please don't send your child to my class in flip flops or whatever else "the kdis fakrign want" especially not Clarkes with toy in the heel! I've had one child with a broken ankle because of flip flops and another with badly bruised toes and had to settle numerous arguments about who's shoe the toy came out of.

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My mum brought me some fugly shoes for secondary school once. I had a nice pair of partyu shoes though, so used to take them and change into them on the way to and from school.

I got caught though, and my mum threw them out

All three of mine had Clarks last year but won't be this year as they never have any bloody choice for Ds and thb I think most of them are horrible.

I once had my daughter measured in Clarkes and I could have got my fist down the back of the shoe they claimed was the correct size and the assistant suggested heel grips!

I am anti Clarkes, as i think it is purely a branding masterstroke. Went to M&S - 2 pairs v nice black verco fastening shoes. £8. For both! Cant argue with that!

We had to wear fugly brown shoes for SECONDARY, and this was before brown was cool.

Imagine granny shoes, no heel allowed (yes, catholic school)

No more clarks for my sons, I hate them. They are not even cool.

My dd has narrow feet, d width, clarks didn't have a pair that fitted her properly so they suggested she wore them with 2 pairs of socks

got a good pari in tesco for a tenner. dd is size 13. first time i've not bought leather, but dd sweras they are very comfy. I belive her too, as she is the princess and the pea of shoes. they have lovely cushioned insole, and light up too-much too dd's delight.