Good Lad Apparel Infant girls' garments and sandals

What went wrong

The notice saysSmall decorative items on the garments 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 noticeThis recall involves three separate garment sets. Two of the garment sets include a newborn and infant dress with sandals. The other includes an infant capri set with sandals. The dresses were sold in either, red and yellow or chambray. Both have decorative items like ladybugs and flowers attached. The capri sets were sold in lime, coral, yellow and purple, with flower attachments around the neckline and on the sandals. The Good Lad logo is printed on a label inside of the garment, along with the words, "Good Lad of Philadelphia." The garments were made for ages 3 to 24 months.

The notice gives no style numbers or barcodes, so you match on what it does give: the brand and style (Infant girls' garments and sandals), the sale period (January 2002 to April 2002) and where it was sold (see “Sold at” above). If a detail does not line up, the recall contact below can confirm.

What the notice tells you to do

RemedyConsumers should stop using these garments and sandals immediately. Consumers should return the garments to the store where purchased to receive a refund.

Recall contact, as printed in the notice: For more information, consumers should contact the company toll-free at (877) 599-5530 between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.

The recall is 23 years old, and the last pairs were sold about 24 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 for the firm; details that old may have changed, and the CPSC notice stays online as the record.

How this recall compares

• With about 52,000 units, this is the 24th 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 well 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 4 months (January 2002 to April 2002), against a median of 7 months across recalls that state one. The recall came 7 months after the last sale date.
• The notice gives a price of $15. For sandals, clogs and flip-flops in the archive the typical stated price is about $24, so this pair sat at the cheaper end of its group.
• The notice cites 3 reports before the recall. 36 of the 95 detailed notices in the archive cite no incidents at all.

Year, part, store and origin

• It is the only footwear recall from 2002 in our archive.
• The notice names the decoration as the part that fails. 4 other footwear recalls in the archive name the same part in their hazard statement; the most recent is Koala children’s sandals with butterfly wings (2014).
• 3 reports on about 52,000 units works out to roughly 5.8 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 52,000 units come to roughly $780,000 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.