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Has anyone's dd had the clarks shoes with the doll in the heel? Are they any good?

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DANCESwithLordPottingtonSmythe · 03/09/2008 21:36

Dd is absolutely desperate for some (in such a cute way, she keeps creating scenarios in which she would have to have them "if they didn't have any other shoes in my size but they had the daisy shoes I would have to have them and I would be so happy but you would be cross" LOL) but I seem to remember someone on here saying they were crap and the soles crumpled up. Am I just making that up or is that the case? Can you tell me how your dd's have got on with them? Thanks.

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Doodle2U · 03/09/2008 21:39

Doll is shite.

Trap door in one shoe sat up a little proud and I noticed DD walking with a limp after three days. Changed her shoes to PE plimsoles for a couple of days and she was OK again. Ditched Clarkes and had to cough up another £25 for a new pair of shoes.

Most hacked off about it

SoupDragon · 03/09/2008 21:40

DSs have had no trouble with te boy equivalent.

Doodle, you should have returned them to Clarks.

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DANCESwithLordPottingtonSmythe · 03/09/2008 21:41

OOOOOOOOOOOOoh. I don't care about the doll I know it's shite (!) but there's no way dd is having bad fitting shoes.

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nicolamumof3 · 03/09/2008 21:42

agree they should have been returned. my ds loved the boys equivalent too. but the car is indeed quite rubbish!

tiggerlovestobounce · 03/09/2008 21:43

My DD has a pair. They arent great, but no worse than Clarks shoes generally.
I try to avoid Clarks shoes now though, as IMO they are really poor quality.

SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 03/09/2008 21:43

they are brilliant for my dds feet and she has v awkward v narrow feet! we always have trouble getting her shoes to fit and they normally have to be adjusted i.e extra holes in the straps/insoles etc.

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DANCESwithLordPottingtonSmythe · 03/09/2008 21:43

LOL look at this do you think she works for clarks or is just very slow...how could she have not noticed before she got it home...definitely a netmummer from the style of writing

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TsarChasm · 03/09/2008 21:44

Dear lord no not the dolly shoes. (We haven't had them thanks to some fancy fast talking from me in the shop.) Clarks and the doll shoes make my head implode with rage .

Sorry ignore me, sore subject, not much help was I!

Doodle2U · 03/09/2008 21:44

I still have them here, to be returned! Another job on my three sides of A4 list!

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DANCESwithLordPottingtonSmythe · 03/09/2008 21:44

DD has wide feet so I wonder if they will even fit her

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DANCESwithLordPottingtonSmythe · 03/09/2008 21:46

TsarChasm - I couldn't agree more and I may even have started a thread in the past ranting about it but dd is just so keen on them and I always buy her clarks shoes anyway BUT really I'm looking for an excuse why I can't get them!!

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wessexgirl · 03/09/2008 21:46

Dd1 has the Daisy Rose ones; we took the dolls out straightaway though, to prevent any constant flipping-up-and-down of insole malarkey. They seem fine so far.

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DANCESwithLordPottingtonSmythe · 03/09/2008 21:47

Oh and I have told her repeatedly she's not having any but she's being so sweet about it and not badgering me about them awwwwwwh, I'm such a soft freakin' touch

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TsarChasm · 03/09/2008 21:48

This is just the problem. Dear old Clarks have given poor parents another stick to be beaten with. I hate them.

MaryBS · 03/09/2008 21:49

My DD loves them, all the girls do in her class.

SoupDragon · 03/09/2008 21:51

Dances, DS2 has H width feet. I he was delighted to find that the car shoes were one of the styles available in his size

GodzyGoesBananas · 03/09/2008 21:57

Two of my DDs are too old, and the other is too young, but just wondering if anyone can confirm whether the soles stand up to alot of wear and tear (ie; an hour a day walking at least, and not wearing through after a few weeks).

We tried light up trainers and they didn't stand up to the Godzy Household Test of Endurance so i'm loathe to spend good money on shite, quite frankly. (When DD3 is older i mean).(assuming some similar thing is around then).

notsoteenagemum · 03/09/2008 22:00

DD had them and came limping out of school, she'd smuggled Hannah Montana dog tags in the doll space and they'd got stuck! She didn't want to get into trouble with the teacher so kept quiet all day, for the rest of the time she had them I had to check everyday for contraband- be warned!!
Also DS has the car ones but the box is plain and they have no car in, he and I didn't realise at the time and can't be bothered complaining, have they been stopped now or something

jennieflower · 04/09/2008 11:27

My DD (5.7) is on her third pair of these shoes now. I bought the first pair in August last year for starting school. They lasted very well and didn't need replacing until Easter. The second pair lasted up until the summer holidays and she's just had a new pair to go back to school in.

I'm quite fussy about my daughters clothes and shoes and I polish her shoes every day so maybe this is why they've lasted so well. There have been no problems with the insoles splitting or breaking either so I'm really pleased with them.

DD seems to be policing them herself now, last year she insisted on having the dolls in for school and promised she only look them out at playtime, this year she's left them at home so they don't get lost or ruined!

jeee · 04/09/2008 11:29

No, no, no... the hole in the sole means they're really unrobust. Now I just go into the shoe shop and say, "no daisy chain, no geox, nothing over £40" and see what fits.

crumpet · 04/09/2008 11:32

we looked at them last weeekend but the fitter in the shop (Jones) warned us off them saying they had had lots of complaints, and that after repeated lifting, a crease developed in the sole which made them uncomfortable.

Good sales spiel as we then spent an extra tenner on ones which lit up!

florenceuk · 04/09/2008 11:34

I refuse to buy shoes with toys in, full stop. or lights for that matter. This means most of the time I avoid Clarks!

suwoo · 04/09/2008 11:49

Funny, you say that about your dd's narrow feet, seashells. My DD is an 11.5F and they were huge on her. With the 2 doll pairs, the sales asst could put her finger between the shoe and dd's foot at the front and said they were way too wide???

SummatAnNowt · 04/09/2008 12:08

Dh bought the car ones accidentally. The shoes were £10 in the sale and no box. Still haven't told ds about the car in them as it the whole set-up looks like it could cause discomfort, nevermind the getting the toy in and out.

mymblemummy · 06/09/2008 19:35

I had no idea we had bought the blooming things until we were halfway home!

We just went to buy some boring black shoes for school and this was the pair that fitted best.

Clever DD realised and kept quiet in case Mummy refused to buy them on principle.

But after three-quarters of an hour in a Clarks seething with back-to-school purchasers (my idea of purgatory), I think my principles had probably wilted along with my will-power.

I shall now watch the ruddy rip-offs for signs they are falling apart.