Trimfoot Children’s soft-soled shoes

What went wrong

The notice saysA small metal eyelet can detach from the inside of the sneaker, posing a choking hazard to infants.

Here the loose piece is a working part of the shoe, not an add-on decoration. Fasteners such as snaps, rivets, zipper tabs and tags are pressed or sewn in at the factory, and when that attachment is weak they can work free with ordinary flexing. Because the part looks like it belongs there, parents rarely think to test it; a firm pull with your fingers is the quickest check.

How to tell if your pair is affected

Product description in the noticeThe recall involves First Impressions high-top, soft-soled sneakers for infants that are crawling or standing. The recalled shoes have blue denim soles and uppers, brown canvas tongues, tan shoe laces and white polyurethane toes. Each upper has eight 3/16-inch eyelets for the laces. The shoes came in sizes 0, 1, 2 and 3. Style number 42090 is on a cloth tag inside of shoe.

Numbers named in the notice that you can match against the label, box or receipt:

• 42090

What the notice tells you to do

RemedyConsumers should immediately take the recalled shoes away from children and return the shoes to Macy’s or contact Trimfoot for a full refund.

Recall contact, as printed in the notice: Trimfoot at (800) 325-6116 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, or online at www.trimfootco.com, then click on Recall on left side of the page for more information.

The recall is 12 years old. A child who wore these at the time has long outgrown them, yet sneakers like these keep circulating through younger siblings, swaps and thrift racks. The notice gives a phone number and a website for the firm; details that old may have changed, and the CPSC notice stays online as the record.

How this recall compares

• With about 5,300 units, this is the 56th largest of the 95 footwear recalls in our archive that give a U.S. unit count. The median recall in the archive covers about 7,200 units, so this one is below typical size.
• 41 other footwear recalls in the archive cite the same kind of hazard (choking), 41 of them in children’s footwear. The earliest in this group dates from 1993.
• The notice gives a price of $17. For sneakers and athletic shoes in the archive the typical stated price is about $38, so this pair sat at the cheaper end of its group.
• No incidents were reported before this recall. That is true of 36 of the 95 detailed notices in the archive: firms often recall after their own testing or a supplier finding, not after injuries.

Year, part, store and origin

• 2014 brought 5 footwear recalls in our archive, covering about 48,900 units in all. This was the 4th of the year by date and the 5th largest by units.
• The notice names the eyelet or lace hook as the part that fails. 2 other footwear recalls in the archive name the same part in their hazard statement; the most recent is The North Face Women’s Shellista V Mid Waterproof Boots (2025).
• Sold at Macy’s. 1 other footwear recall in the archive also list Macy’s as a seller; the most recent is Breeze Ave, Breeze Shore and Breeze Step women’s shoes in navy colors (2022).
• Made in China. 61 of the 91 notices in the archive that name a country list China (67%).
• At the stated price, the 5,300 units come to roughly $90,000 of retail sales.

Comparisons use the 103 footwear recalls in our archive, read from the CPSC recall database on October 20, 2026. See data and methods.