Young Soles was born out of the frustration our Founder and Creative Director, Louise Shill, felt when trying to find footwear she liked for her first daughter. She couldn’t find anything that matched her taste.
Louise is an experienced footwear designer across many different brands and categories who saw a gap in the market for cool, retro-inspired British-classics but with a contemporary twist for children.
Since our formation in 2014, Young Soles has continued to reinvent much-loved children’s British heritage footwear styles by bringing contemporary styling to create our signature retro-cool look.
All the shoes are still designed by Louise with her signature attention to deal and eye for borrowing adult styles and construction to make the most original kids’ footwear.
All Young Soles shoes, boots and sandals are crafted from the finest locally sourced high-grade soft leathers and materials. They are all made by family-run factories, who are experts in the production of children’s footwear, across Europe. Young Soles is the only UK children's footwear brand that makes its footwear in Europe.
Young Soles originally became hugely popular by updating classic British children’s styles with a white lightweight sole, winning multiple awards for our originality and design.
Over the years Young Soles has evolved to meet the needs of our customers by adding a wide range of shoe, boot, sneaker, and sandal styles for all occasions and a selection of sole types to meet all preferences and continue to win multiple awards for our much-loved footwear.
Most of the six styles the brand launched with 10 years ago are still a part of the 30-plus styles included in each seasonal collection. They have become Young Soles classics, and our Rosie T-Bar shoes and Sidney brogue boots are still two of our most loved and best-selling styles.
Over the years, to complement our classic styles we have seasonal styles with more boots and wool-lined footwear in the Winter and sneakers and sandals in the Summer.
Young Soles also have a fantastic back to school collection that is sure to elevate any dull school uniform!
Young Soles has a practical selection of sole types that are designed to suit all stages of foot growth. There is our original lightweight sole that brought us to everyone’s attention, then we have a natural rubber sole, a small heeled TR rubber sole, and our custom-designed, zero-drop barefoot sole that was launched in 2022.
On these soles we have traditional brogues, Mary Janes, T-Bars, retro sneakers, classic and contemporary sandals, Chelsea, ankle, pixie, and hiking boots. Our early walkers start at a size EU 20/UK 4/US 5 but the majority of our footwear is available from size EU 24/UK 7/US 8.5 up to EU 35/UK 2.5/US 4, with some styles going as large as EU 40/UK 7.5/ US 7.5.
All Young Soles footwear is designed with practicality in mind. Our lace-up boots have a side zip and most of our rubber and barefoot-soled styles have riptape fastening behind an antique finish buckle all allowing easy access without compromising style. Our rubber and barefoot-soled styles also have removable footbeds.
We also have Vegan options of our best-selling styles. Making sure that lifestyle choices don’t stop parents having the coolest footwear options for their kids!
Young Soles footwear has been sold in over 150 retailers in 26 countries world-wide.
Our aim is the same as it has always been – and that is to make the coolest and most beautiful kids’ footwear around. Footwear that parents are proud to put on their kids and footwear that kids love and feel great wearing.
We love them. We hope you do too.