Leather covered heels... How do you handle damage?
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Anonymous
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I've got several pairs of high heeled shoes on which the leather covering the heel is slightly damaged due to scratches from roads and sidewalks. The damage is just along the back spine and is not so bad that it is not presentable.
Not sure if it's time to ditch these shoes, where them as they are or see if a cobbler can fix them. What do you do when there is damage to the leather coving heels? |
Anonymous
| OP here. By damage to the leather, I mean that the leather is scratched/eroded down to the underlying (usually white) base. |
Anonymous
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What could you do? Try a cobbler. I did that once and it worked out fine.
What do I normally do? Throw them in the back of the closet and sigh every time I see them. I hope you are more proactive than me, OP! |
Anonymous
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1. Sharpie pen
2. Cobbler who will do crappy job and charge too much 3. Buy new shoes. |
Anonymous
This. The cobbler's can't, or don't, do much, b/c they don't actually re-wrap the leather. Sharpie is pretty effective, and now they come in all sorts of colors. But for the most part, you just have to buy new shoes. Stinks. |
Anonymous
| Depends on whether the leather is still there. If there and just hanging loose or scrunched up, the cobbler can fix it. If it is totally gone, then no. |
Anonymous
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I brought an almost new pair with the leather scrunched up along the back of the heel to a cobbler. He said he couldn't do anything. So I took them home and pulled out the super glue. A dab of glue, smoothed down the leather over it, let it dry. Almost as good as new. Someone would have to get pretty close to my feet to see the damage. They are now my spare shoes in my desk drawer.
DC sidewalks are tough on heels. |
Anonymous
| I am planning to recover my heels from the leather of an old pair of leather boots. There is shoe glue I can buy at Walmart. To me it is worth a try! |
Anonymous
| Sharpie user here. I nearly cried when I finally had to get rid of my favorite black peep toe heels. They were just perfect in every way. |
Anonymous
| Definitely sharpie. |
Anonymous
| nthing Sharpie. |
Anonymous
| I just get a new heel put on. Usually if it's a basic, they can match it ( black leather) but sometimes they use a plastic finish one. |
Anonymous
| I have had a lot of luck taking my heels to Fortuna's in Bethesda. It's a bit pricey, and they warned me that the results wouldn't be perfect, but it looks really good to me. They fixed nude heels with this issue and black ones and I can't tell it was ever there. |
Anonymous
| This happened to me with a brand new pair of Chanel pumps that I only wore once. I was horrified because I thought that they would somehow be more durable for the price. Brought them back to Neimans to see if they could fix, and they gave a complete refund. If you google though, I think there is a spray leather fix on some blog. Or a cobbler could glue a bit of leather on. |
Anonymous
| Never have a sharpie but a big glob of mascara works perfect for black shoes if you're in a rush or in a hotel! |