Not just shoes but comforting friends too! Western Chief Kids offers more than just shoes.

Kent, WA January 6, 2005—Children's footwear needs to be durable but fun and lovable too. With big eyes of characters or fanciful themes, children have grown to see Western Chief Kid's boots as trusty and comforting friends or costume boots other than just creatures or designs on their shoes.

Possibilities are endless with Western Chief Kids. Children can transform into a character themselves when wearing a character design from head to toe. One day a child can buzz around as a bee with bee rain boots and a hooded bee rain coat, or perhaps pretend to be a cow girl or cow boy with western styled rain boots and matching western themed rain coats.

The Western Chief Kid's line has long consisted of rain gear featuring animals and themes which have grown in popularity among children. The company behind this brand creates such lovable characters because children seem to have an innate attraction to them. The shoe characters have grown as actual characters to children in whom they find comfort in such as they would in an animated cartoon character or trusty teddy bear. These boots are viewed as their friends and are worn year round, indoor or out. Some parents have testified that their children love their rain boots so much that they can't get their children to take them off and that they sleep with them. One father said that his daughter would wear the shoes in the summer and would ask him to turn the sprinkler on just so she could play in her rain boots!

With the addition of slippers and outdoor mocs, clogs, and Maryjanes, kids won't have to take off their favorite character shoes. The indoor and outdoor footwear additions to the Western Chief Kids Gear line are fairly new. They were first sold in Nordstrom as a test run which has been very successful. The line is now being released for other interested retailers to carry.

Western Chief Kids Gear is a brand created by the Washington Shoe Company. Founded in 1891, Washington Shoe Company makes shoes for life, as it has been a leading provider of work boots, snow boots, children's rain gear, and sheepskin footwear products.
For more information, please visit http://www.westernchief.com/ or call 1-800-925-7463.
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