I love Brantano! I only discovered it when I was shoe shopping for Bob when she was younger. I had been to several shops and couldn’t find a pair that I liked in her size. A lady in another shop asked me if I had tried Brantano. I hope her manager wasn’t listening! She pointed me in the direction of the nearest store and I have never looked back!
The one in Sutton In Ashfield was about half an hour away from our house in Nottinghamshire. Once I discovered it I bought all of Bob’s shoes from there. We now live in Skipton and I am not sure where our nearest one is. 🙁
When I was contacted asking if I would like to review a pair of shoes from Brantano I was really pleased! With summer coming I have been meaning to get Bob a pair of summer pumps that she can wear with shorts and dresses and to be able to get a pair from Brantano again, even though we had moved, was lovely!
I started to browse their site and I discovered another thing that I loved, Sketchers! I have had many pairs of sketchers in my life and I used to live in them when I was at college. My friend and I used to go to Manchester and drool over the many pairs of sketchers that lived there. 😉
I found a gorgeous pair for Bob which I knew she would love!
They were made from a gorgeous floral fabric with pick gingham ribbons where the laces should be. They do not lace up though, these are just for decoration. They fasten using Velcro which makes getting a 3 year old to put her shoes on much easier! They were called twinkle toes and they had diamontes all over the toes!
I have never let her have any flashing shoes before but she always asks if she can have a pair when she sees another child wearing them. I find the ones that flash at the heel a bit intense.
When I realised that the pair of shoes that I loved flashed I doubted whether I should choose them. I then noticed that they didn’t flash from the heel. They had a couple of small lights in amongst the diamonds. I thought that I could cope with this and I knew that this would make Bob love them even more!
Bob absolutely adores her new shoes! She keeps asking if she can wear them to nursery but I don’t want them to get covered in play dough before we go on holiday next week. I have told her to save them for her holiday but then she can wear them for nursery when we get back. She can’t wait to show them off!
Disclaimer: We were sent the shoes free of charge for the purpose of this review but all opinions and photographs are our own.
I love sketchers , I always get my daughter who is 4 years sketchers for Christmas and her birthdays , she loves the lights , I have just got her some pumps similar to Bobs but they are pink with huge flowers , they were one of her best gifts and the ones she got for Christmas are still going strong and still look good, I think they are great value and certainly last until out grown which is always great .