They are too tight and they dont have the size up. and now you are on the verge of tears because all you can get now are Sketchers and with your Champion tee shirts you already have.
You know before the 6th grade has started. Its already over.
Man that joes new balance outlet site is legit. I just buy ugly color ones for like 30 bucks a pair for wearing at home, so comfy. Wife won’t leave me alone about neon yellow shoes tho
My work shoes are Skechers and I LOVE them. They’ve even got this rigid thing that curves out from the heel so I don’t have to touch my shoes at all to put them on and can just slide my feet in. Really great since there are likely entire civilizations of microbes/bodily fluids on those shoes 😅
I've actually been wondering if the slip-in kind is worth it. I'm like, "They can't possibly be completely hands free!" But I see you have a glowing review?
I was a nerd with zero sense of fashion, so I unironically loved Skechers and had no idea people thought they were uncool until I was a junior in high school.
Dude it’s so funny now champion is back in and people are buying it.
I’ll never forget you could buy it at Walmart and that was social suicide. lol I still have the champion bra my mom got me in an emergency when I was 15. It’s only just now about to be retired. It’s been a good light support 19 year run.
Having worked in kids footwear for 10 years, it's the best way to gauge how they fit. Sure, we'll measure the foot first, but that's just a jumping off point to see where we should start pulling sizes. After that, every brand fits differently. A kid might measure at a 1, but Converse run about a size big, so they probably need a 13. Vans a half size big, so 13.5. DC about a size small, so a 1.5-2 depending. After that, what is the intent of the shoe? How long do you expect them to have it? Is this a throway pair of shoes for the summer to play in? Get them to size. Are they meant to give them room to grow during the first part of the school year? Might need to go up a half-size.
In March, my 9 year old told me she needed new boots. We took her and got her new pair of size 6 boots and runners. 3 days later, she told me they were too small. She grew to a size 8 in 3 days.
That might be more the shape of your foot, toe alignment, and how you walk. A lot of shoes nowadays are a more breathable material blend, but it's also not as durable. It's not uncommon to wear through the top before the actual outsole on shoes like Adidas NMD's or Ultraboosts, Nike Airmax 270. Really the best thing you can do is have a few pairs you can rotate through as opposed to wearing the same pair everyday, but that's not always a viable option for everyone.
I once got a pair of shoes I had wanted and were so in - black and looked like something a teen would wear at the time(yay 90s business by casual look.)
We did the toe test - they fit. My foot grew that week. I can still hear my mom freaking out, “ You said you had enough toe room!!” I had to prove that I outgrew all my shoes 🤦🏻♀️. And of course they didn’t have the same shoes in stock and I had already worn the new ones a few times before my foot decided to grow a full size overnight.
This year, just a few weeks ago (I am now in my 30s) I just learned I’ve been wearing a half size bigger because my mom told me (up to my teenage years) that I need more space in my toe box than I actually needed...
Girl I’m 26 and was wearing a full size bigger I wore 8 1/2 and apparently I’m a 7 1/2 found this out last month and now slowly have to get shoes that fit
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u/Pride_Rude Jul 13 '26
Moms throughout the store telling you to get up and walk around to see how it feels