Rack Room Shoes Girls' Sandals

What went wrong

The notice saysThe ornamental flowers on the sandals can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

The federal small parts rule sets how small a detached piece has to be to count as a choking risk for children under three. Most shoe recalls in this group came after a firm learned that a decoration was coming off; many notices mention only a few reports. Decorations that look sturdy can still loosen with wear, so the notice’s style details are the thing to match.

How to tell if your pair is affected

Product description in the noticeThe recalled girls' sandals are leather with attached leather flowers and were sold under the Kids Feet name. The sandals are white or white with pink soles. The sandals were sold in girls' sizes 5 through 12.

The notice gives no style numbers or barcodes, so you match on what it does give: the brand and style (Girls' Sandals), the sizes (girls' sizes 5 through 12), the sale period (February 2008 to June 2008), the store (Rack Room Shoes) and the “made in” label (China). If a detail does not line up, the recall contact below can confirm.

What the notice tells you to do

RemedyConsumers should take the recalled sandals away from children immediately and return them to the store where purchased for a refund or store credit.

Recall contact, as printed in the notice: For additional information, contact Rack Room Shoes at (866) 344-1213 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. Consumers can also visit the firm’s Web site at www.rackroomshoes.com

The recall is 18 years old, and the last pairs were sold about 18 years ago. Children outgrow shoes fast, so pairs like these now turn up mainly as hand-me-downs or in resale, where the recall still applies. 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 11,000 units, this is the 41st 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 above 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 puts the sales window at about 5 months (February 2008 to June 2008), against a median of 7 months across recalls that state one. The recall came 4 months after the last sale date.
• The notice gives a price of $25. For sandals, clogs and flip-flops in the archive the typical stated price is about $24, so this pair sat near the middle of its group.
• The notice cites 1 report before the recall. 36 of the 95 detailed notices in the archive cite no incidents at all.

Year, part, store and origin

• 2008 brought 2 footwear recalls in our archive, covering about 12,500 units in all. This was the 2nd of the year by date and the 1st largest by units.
• The notice names the flower as the part that fails. 4 other footwear recalls in the archive name the same part in their hazard statement; the most recent is Joanna Girl’s Sandal (2013).
• Sold at Rack Room Shoes. 1 other footwear recall in the archive also list Rack Room Shoes as a seller; the most recent is Buster Brown & Co.'s Clog Children’s Shoes (2009).
• Made in China. 61 of the 91 notices in the archive that name a country list China (67%).
• 1 report on about 11,000 units works out to roughly 9.1 reports per 100,000 units. The median across the 55 recalls that give both figures is 16, so this recall drew fewer reports per pair than most.
• At the stated price, the 11,000 units come to roughly $280,000 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.