Brand Sizing Notes
Brand Sizing notes – variations from the Clarks Size
Confused about children's shoes sizes?
We don't blame you!
There's no standardisation in children's shoe sizing.
With no universal measurement system, sizes vary between brands, and even between different styles from the same brand!
Our brand specific size guides and expert advice will help you find the shoe size most likely to fit. We use a Clarks measuring gauge in store, so these notes relate to the Clarks UK size.
If you need more help please get in touch! After 20 years of experience and fitting children's shoes every single day, we understand how different brands and styles fit. We know which come up small, which fit wide, and which offer that little bit of extra growing room.
Note – When converting between UK and EU sizes, you'll notice that some UK sizes do not convert directly to an EU size. With these sizes. it's usually better to go for the EU size up.
Widths
Most European brands do not offer width options. If your child measures very wide (H) or very narrow (E) consider choosing a brand that does have width options.
| Brand | Size type | Notes | Size Guides |
| Birkenstock | EU | Regular and Narrow footbeds available. | Birkenstock Size Guide |
| Bobux | EU | Average to wide fitting. Bobux tend to be long in length so go down half a UK size. | Bobux Size Guide |
| Clarks | UK | Full and half UK sizes available in 4 different width fittings. | Clarks Size Guide |
| Froddo | EU | Wide fitting, particularly Barefoot styles.Would not recommend sizing up in the Barefoot styles. | Froddo Size Guide |
| Geox | EU | Average to wide width fitting | Geox Size Guide |
| Hush Puppies | UK | UK sizing with 3 different width fitting insoles with their '3-way fit' styles. | Hush Puppies Size Guide |
| Lelli Kelly | EU | School shoes come in width fittings - F is average and G is quite wide and could fit a H. | Lelli Kelly Size Guide |
| Skechers | UK | UK sizing. Average to wide fitting. | Skechers Size Guide |
| Start-Rite | UK | Full and half UK sizes available in 4 different width fittings. Can come up bigger than Clarks, so go half a size down. | Start Rite Size Guide |
| Salt-Water | Own sizing | Have their own sizing chart which we have included below | |
| Salt-Water sandals – Special conversion tables |
| NOTE: 1. There are no half-sizes in the Salt-Water brand. 2. There are 2 tables – one general table and one for the “Sun-San” styles. The 'Sun-San' styles are: Surfer / Swimmer / Sweetheart / Shark / Seawee For these styles use this table… |
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| For the other Salt-Water styles use this table… |
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| The size option you pick on our product page will be the 'Salt-Water' size. |