Deeper shoes for teen girl that will fit orthotics

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DD2 has strange feet with auxilliary bones that are very flat. She has to wear custom made orthotics in her shoes and we get them made to measure as they are rigid and much slimmer than the ready made ones.

We have just had a new set of inserts made as she had out grown the last lot but cannot find a pair of black school shoes that are deep enough for them.

All the shoe shops including Clarks have ballerina type shoes which are just too shallow for the inserts. The only ones vaguely deep enough would look clunky on the Bride of frankenstein! We have been to every high street shop including Brantano

Help!

(Oh and one last thing- her school are VERY fussy about shoes- no bows, buckles or coloured stitching.)

how old is she?

would she wear doc martens or brogues?

She is 12. Not sure what you mean by doc martens (big lace up boots would not be allowed at her school- they have to be plain black shoes)

There is NO way she would wear brogues. I can't even get her to look at the sporty type bar shoes.

Bumping for more ideas

ah she is too young isn't she?

does she need lace up

My daughter was diagnosed this week as double jointed and hyper flexible. She has also just started at a very strict primary school which we were very lucky to get in to . I could get the required black shoes after wearing the previous brand new £45 shoes for just 3 days ! I could not get the required black trainers. She has tiny feet and plain black school trainers only start in a size 10 . My podiatrist has written a letter explaining the nature of her condition and the limited range of shoes she can wear. The "good" shoe shop in the town has written a letter explaining that the only trainers that will fit and conform to the podiatrists criteria are grey/purple.When her feet are a size 10 there will be more options . I dont like my DD wearing something different and i'm sure the school will find it hard to believe that it was impossible to get plain trainers but after a 3 day search of all the shoe shops that do proper fittings I am left with no alternative but to send in the purple ones. School wont like it I dont like it but my childs foot health is the most important factor.

PPS DD also has to wear orthotis in her shoes.

No, shoe does not have to be lace up for school just plain with no buckles, bows or coloured stitching.

The only one pair we saw today which was a little deeper had a large silver buckle and her friend, who has a similar pair, was told on Friday they weren't allowed.

At her school they have to carry a uniform card in their blazer pocket and it gets stamped for every uniform infringement. Three stamps and they get a detention.

I suppose I could write a letter and explain but it's a big school and will get very tiresome having to show it to all the teachers who pick her up on it and will cause resentment amongst the other girls.

Surely these ballet type school shoes everyone is selling at the moment can't be good for youngsters feet? Why can't they make slip on shoes a bit deeper?

Do you have a Shoon near you? I don't know if they have suitable styles but apparently for some of their shoes you can remove the insole and fit an othotic into the shoe (they only do adult shoes so am not sure if they'll be too big. Might be worth giving them a ring

DD1 has orthotics. we took them into brantano where she put them in a million different shoes and chose the best fitting ones - it helps that her feet are a 6 so all the adult ones fit. The ones she got are kangaroo ones with elastic over the tops.

Thanks for that ladies- will go into Brantano again and see what they have.

No local shoons here but thanks for the suggestion.

I wear orthotice and need to buy shoes that the insoles are loose in . thet way you take original sole out and you gain depth in the shoe for your orthotic insert . I didn't know this until the podiatrist pointed it out

Sorry my typing was awful there

Ah yes that's useful to know- thanks flossie64

Hope you get sorted soon

i feel your pain, i do.

dd hasn't got to wear orthotics, but she has a very flat feet ( not fixed) and she toes in on her right foot. All the Clarks shoes are crap, those ballet style ones do nothing for little feet/ I wish to god they could make a t bar style for the older range. Somethingn with a bit of depth.

I did see a pair by hushpuppies in our local independent shop. They looked far more substantial, they were/are called Winnie.

Our mearest Brantano just had a range of the same Clarks styles, and a few very stiff ballet type Hush puppies.

I ended up getting dd boots, as she's yet to have a pair of Clarks shoes, because they are crap.

Other posters have suggested Piedro boots (spelling sorry) or Ricosta shoes? Neither seem easy to find tho.

ooh ooh, i meant to say, that Hushpuppies shoes and boots, esp those winnie ones come with insoles oyu can take out/remove. They also sometimes come with others you can put in for different widths.

damn, i just realised your dd is much older, and those ones i mentioned only go to 2.5.

I know this is an old thread but just wanted to add that for us, Hush Puppies are the way to go. They currently do a great girls' lace-up (see www.jonesbootmaker.com/hush-puppies/school-shoes/hush-puppies-school-shoes-leisure-casual-2414406011 ) with removable insole that doesn't look different to what other teenage girls are wearing. I included the Jones' link as, after our favourite children's shoe shop closed down (where we found my daughter's first pair) and we had slogged round all the shoe shops in our local reasonably-sized town (children's and adults, hoping there might be something now she was big enough to fit into grown-up sizes) we discovered that Jones, who only do adult shoes in our local shop, will order shoes in for you to try in store and fit them and you only pay if they fit and you decide you want them.
Would love to know if anyone has any other ideas, as the standard of teenage shoes seems generally appalling and we currently know of no other suitable options (in terms of both design and "normal"/reasonably pleasant appearance).

Bit late to the party but to anyone having the same issues could I suggest Hush Puppies. Most of their childrens shoes have removeable insoles, meaning you can take them out and make extra room for the insert. I cant promise your kids will like them, but fit wise, there well worth a try. "Cindy" tends to fit very well for girls.

We got these Clark's shoes from Brantamos. They were pricey (£50) but they are a (school) year old and DD has not outgrown them. She wears orthitics (so do I now, just discovered i am hypermobile) but we both have wide feet.

Dd doesn't wear orthotics (though we thought she might have to) but has an incredibly high instep & hyper flexible feet.

She wears Start-Rite. Clarks arnt deep enough although in recent years they have been getting deeper in done styles.

Luckily for her ballet flats are banned as the school (a specialist dance one) takes foot care very seriously.

YeGodsAndLittleFishes Ahh yes, it is a pricey shoe but if I can tel correctly it is actually a ladies shoe ( one however that really is suitable and practicle for school. Pretty sure its a clarks style called hamble oak. Really good soles on them too!

Picturesinthefirelight I cannot stand ballet pumps for school shoes, they jsut dont fit and really do not wear well. Start rite have lots of new styles coming out now as its starting to turn to autumn winter collection already! From what iv'e seen so far from clarks it looks like more of the same but there could well be something that suites a bit better.

If she has a high instep, lace ups really are a good all, they can easily be adjusted to allow the instep more room if needed. The clarks style above (Hamble Oak) is expensive but really has a good high instep to it. With it coming to the winter season soon, closed in shoes really are an added bonus too!

Dds wide foot means that the Clarks brogue style shoes arnt wide enough. She us also only a size 1.5-2 poor child!

DD has narrow feet and wears orthotics. She wears brogues. Fortunately a lot of her friends do anyway so she doesn't feel out of place. Her school also has strict rules about school shoes.

Start rite/ angry angels impulsive comes in two fits. See if you can find it in W (wide)rather than M (why sr opted against conventional sizes I dont know). Thats tge widest brogue ive seen yet.Also Hush Puppie jiving fits rather wide too.