My daughter has her own style and is not one to follow what is on-trend. She's Y6 into Y7 in September. She's my 4th (youngest) child. I have been there and done that as a parent.
To give you a flavour of my daughter - all the girls at school (inc both older brother's girlfriends and her sister) wore the standard uniform tartan skirt, rolled up. My daughter wants to wear trousers. All the girls have Longchamp bags, she wants a grey and white striped rucksack with cat badges in it. I think she's probably emo, but I'm not keen to give her a label.
So - Y7 school shoes. I asked what she wants. She wants Doc Martens boots.
School uniform doesn't allow for boots so she isn't pleased. I showed her Doc Martens Mary Jane's and loafers - she's not keen on either because they aren't what she imagines Doc Martens are.
Does anyone have any suggestions of companies or shoes that meet the black school shoes requirement, for a budding emo, who is also something of a rule-follower and bookish, but not interested in trends?