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Dress shoes' split personality; shoe manufacturers are keeping step with the changing market...

By McAllister, Karen
Publication: Children's Business
Date: Monday, July 1 1991

Dress Shoes' Split Personality

Shoe manufacturers are keeping step with the changing market by offering girls dress shoes that can walk to church and school.

When girls get dressed in their Sunday Best, it just may be their Monday shoes that complete the outfit. The current weak economy, coupled with the lifestyle and fashion style of today's children, is creating a demand for footwear that walks the line when it comes to "dressy."

While traditional hard-bottom dress/party shoes remain a staple in the children's footwear market, several shoe manufactu

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