Where do you buy your children's shoes?

[scotslass]

I have always used a small independent shoe shop that imports shoes from Europe. They are lovely but quite pricey(£40+), and now that I have got 2 to buy for I'm looking for a cheaper alternative.

Clarks aren't much cheaper amd they all look the same to me. I have looked at Brantano and there are some nice ones in the next catalogue.

What do you think? Have any of you tried shoes from either of these shops? how did you find them?

Is there anywhere else that is worth a look, or should I just suck it up and spend a small fortune on their shoes?

I find it is worth paying extra for continental shoes. They seeem to last a lot longer than Clarks. The 2 things I don't scrimp on are shoes and winter coats.

I've been waiting for a thread like this to share my clarks horror story.

Last week ds feet managed to shrink 1/2 size in 3 hours between shops .

When I questioned her she remeasured him and I watched what she was doing and she totally missed his big toe! I was So I'm refusing to go in there. Unfortuantley their winter boot collection is quite nice so I'm struggling