Geox Cfederico1 Oxford Shoes for Kids - Breathable & Comfortable School Shoes for Boys & Girls - Perfect for School, Play & Everyday Wear

My son has been through soooo many synthetic leather shoes, I decided I would not buy another shoe until I found a real leather pair for him! These are wonderful...very classy looking, flexible, comfortable and durable. My son is 9 and his school requires a dress up day once a week and these shoes look amazing with his uniform. He says they are very comfortable and that's huge since he's the kind that the 'knobs' in his socks will drive him crazy! He is between a size 3.5 and 4 so we ordered a 4 to give him some room and they fit perfectly with a little room in the toe. I honestly couldn't be happier.I purchased 6.5 US. I should have referenced the European size as well. My son is 6.5 in Nike which is 39 European. These shoes must run differently because a 6.5 US is a 40 European and they were a thumb length too large. Lovely shoes and look high quality. I will reorder.Fit wellGreat dress shoe for picky 11 year old wanting for comfort! Quality materials and construction you expect from Geox. Very happy with this purchase!It’s too tight and it looks a lot different than the picturesit's so hard to find quality dress shoes for teenagers. Geox delivers great quality as usual.I thought it is us 5, not eu5. about 7mm larger than expected.but fits well (might be little small for you expecting eu5).good quality, very comfortable.Great Manufacturer Shoes in a great price! They look elegant and provide comfort to your feet.Really disappointed with this product. Bought first pair for school and had to return as inside upper area near toes came away from inside shoe. Amazon were great with refund. Tried another pair as really liked the shoe and though it might have just been a faulty pair of shoes. Unfortunately second pair have exactly the same problem. Put up with problem for as long as possible, as it is so hard to find decent school shoes. We haven't returned them as they had good wear for 3 months (but expect shoes to last a lot longer than that!!) and can't be bothered to return yet another pair. However, they became too painful to wear so were thrown away. Decided to try Matalan and found a pair straight away, they fit and are much more comfortable than the Geox. I now see we are not the first to have this problem with this shoe! Geox, sort the problem out!These shoes were okay for three months, although they aged poorly and didn’t hold their shape very well. But then they weren’t worn for another three months because of lockdown. When my son went to put the shoes on again for his first day back at school the synthetic toe caps had separated from the leather in places, and completely collapsed and hardened so he couldn’t even get his feet into the shoes any more. I was really disappointed with the poor design and shoddy materials used as I had always thought Geoxx were a good reliable brand. Obviously whatever inner material they use to maintain the toe shape just isn’t suitable. I managed to rip it out of one shoe, but the other is stuck fast around the base so my son had to go to school in his trainers. Rubbish.Very disappointed, brought the first pair last summer for my 13 year old and very pleased but at Easter his feet had grown and had to go up a size. They arrived 18th April and he wore them until they broke up in July just under 3 months but he had started to say they were a little uncomfortable around the toes. Today he tried his shoes as back to school next week to find the area above the toes had disintegrated with bits falling off and no longer wearable, dispite still fitting him. Sad as they are nice shoes but obviously there is a fault as previous reviewers had the same problem.I have bought a number of Geox for both my kids over the years. With this latest pair the leather actually wore through at the side (in the leather itself). When I looked at them 1 of the shoes was softer leather than the other. I bought another pair and just put this as a 1 off even though they only lasted 4 months (school shooes).Very narrow and low instep. My son had geox shoes last year, which lasted a while school year. The 'respira' works, after a year, they still smelled fresh, no foot odour.Bought these to replace last year's size 6 with size 7 and they were extremely narrow. The laces are quite high up too, so that made a borrow instep. They might have been long enough, but he simply could not get his foot into them. So if you have narrow feet, these are the ones for you. If not, size up a size and you might be lucky.