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DD's feet have gone up to an H fitting and I can't get her any school shoes !!!! HELP !!!

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scatterbrain · 30/03/2007 15:34

Eeeeek - DD has been a G for yonks and sudde nly she's at the extreme end of H !! Been to 3 Clarks shops today and none of them have anything they would sell me !!! She's a 12.5 H and has tried on 5 pairs of that size but they say they are all too narrow on her !!

What do I do ??

Send her to school in wellies ???

Does anyone know any brands that are wider fitting ?? We've had Start-Rite in the past but no shops sell them here so I will have to take a trip somewhere !

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scatterbrain · 30/03/2007 15:58

It can't just be me !!

Please tell me where to get wide shoes from !!!!

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NoodleStroodle · 30/03/2007 15:59

If you live anywhere near west london there is a brilliant shop in Ealing

Porpoise · 30/03/2007 16:01

Rocosta are good and wide (if pricey).
Don't know what their girls' shoes are like, though

LucyJu · 30/03/2007 16:01

Geox shoes are also wide fitting. Wheraabouts are you? There might be a department store which sells start rite.

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scatterbrain · 30/03/2007 16:08

Thanks - I need to take a trip somewhere big I think !!! Reading is my nearest big shooping centre - and I know John Lewis have a good shoe department - so looks like I will be off there next week !

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collision · 30/03/2007 16:10

I am the same.

DS" is 2.5 and is a 6H!! I cannot get trainers for him at the moment which is a real pain.

I was hoping he would grow out of it but his cute little chubby feet are so gorgeous!

beckybrastraps · 30/03/2007 16:13

My dd wears clodhoppers, and I've found that continental brands are better than Clarks or Startrite. At the moment she is wearing Umi.

fishie · 30/03/2007 16:16

try to find an independent shop, i think clarks is a racket and a rip off. another vote for geox too.

jellyhead · 30/03/2007 16:17

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collision · 30/03/2007 16:28

I googled Umi but they are in USA! did you get them sent over or are there suppliers here?

NoodleStroodle · 30/03/2007 16:30

Definitely find an independent. Department stores only stock the run-of-the-mill and you need a specialist with a good knowledge. My DD has very very narrow feet - pity we can't cobble something between us!

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scatterbrain · 30/03/2007 18:42

Thanks everyone !

Clarks won't order them for you anymore by the way - they've stopped it as they are launching an online ordering service !

Someone in RL has just told me about an independent shoe shop in Fleet - looks like I will be off there next week then ! Used to go to a great one in Reading (In-Step) but they closed the branch ! It had been on the Tweenies as well !

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bozza · 30/03/2007 18:57

DS has been on and off an H forever. Startrite tend to go wider IME. Also more expensive but their school shores are very hardwearing.

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