Tips on how to wear in shoes - as suggested by the Shoewawa readers!
Lucy Hulme writes...
A few months ago, I told you about Victoria Beckham's advice to all high heel fans out there, whereby wearing a new pair of heels around the housew ith a pair of thick socks should loosen them up to fit your foot better. Many of you agreed, and lots of you came up with loads of other fabulous ideas as well. Carry on reading to see what they were!
1. Take some newspaper sheets and shape them inside the shoe so they're tight. Then pour alcohol (from a chemist) around the paper until it's wet outside, and put it in the shoe again. Apparently this is fabulous for making leather stretch if you have a pair of leather shoes which are pinching, but it takes around three days to work. Alternatively, as Arelya suggested, pouring the alcohol in and then wearing thick socks works even more quickly.
2. You could try putting leather shoes in the microwave inside a plastic bag (just for a few seconds) - but as Jimena, who made the suggestion, pointed out, there could be nails that aren't visible so it's a risky one!
3. Use a nail-file in the shoe where it rubs until soft.
4. If the leather is very tough, stuff the shoe tightly with newspaper or socks then cover the shoe with fabric and hammer it, softening the leather. Arelya recommends this if your shoes are too tough to wear in even with socks.
Do you have anyone fabulous tips to share with the rest of our Shoewawa readers? Post a comment and I'll update the post! Happy heel wearing...!
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2 top tips,
1. if a shoe rubs, rub the inside with vaseline before wearing.
2. if one area is too tight, you can steam the shoes, and stretch the leather. Hold your shoe over a boiling kettle (open the lid of the kettle and it will keep boiling), do this for a few minutes, then slip your shoe on, if that doesn't loosen it enough steam it again and take a broom handle into the area where it rubs, to stretch the shoe. Use this on suede or leather but NOT on patent shoes which will crack!
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Posted by: katiekimono | September 24, 2007 9:02 PM
appearantly if you take pliers (pincers..) and fiddle around with the leather it streches quite fast and then is wearable. althou must add have only heard this advice and havent tried it yet!
Posted by: veee kay | September 25, 2007 12:16 PM
this may sound off topic but how do we avoid patent shoes from cracking? or from peeling off?
Posted by: kristinejanis | September 25, 2007 2:29 PM
In spite of having tiny feet, I know the tight shoes problem very well. I dance(ballroom, latin, salsa, tango) and I buy cheap children's dance shoes as practice shoes coz they wear out so fast. Because I can't stand tights, I glue in a nubuck insole which absorbs the perspiration and gives a good grip for bare feet. This makes the shoes that bit tighter. I then use spray-in Shoe Stretcher by Punch which not only eases the shoe out, but makes them smell nicer, too. All you dancy fiends out there, do dance shoes niff? Oh yes!
Posted by: Lesley | November 26, 2007 11:19 AM
'How do we prevent patent shoes from cracking?'
I was always taught to use vaseline on them. Also useful if you have ever done that totally stupid staggery fallyoverforwrds no-I-am-not-drunk-honest thing, when your patent shoes stick to each other as you walk. Dignity totally gone!These days I use a pure beeswax on my patent shoes and handbags, inside and out if they are lined with leather. Synthetic materials wouldn't come to much harm, I'd say. (and yes, I have done that staggery fall-y over thing, during a dance exam to be precise. Embarrassing.)
Posted by: Lesley | November 27, 2007 11:28 AM
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