My child wears children's shoes in size 13/1. These socks fit perfectly. She is sensitive to stings/stings/itchy tissue and doesn't bother her at all. I love that she can put them on and not have to worry about folding them to get the ruffles looking just right. They say "hand wash" but we machine washed them and the only problem was the bows fell off in the washing machine - ruffles and socks come out fine. This could be corrected by hand sewing the loops on more tightly. Or just leave them without them - socks are just as cute without them.