Stretching leather shoes?

redruby

Stuff them with damp newspaper and leave overnight, worked for me, but is there no other shoes you can wear tomorrow ? it would be horrible to ruin an occasion with tight shoes.

queenpig

Damp the inside of the shoe and put a potato in side each.
HTH.

Edited to say but I take the spuds out before trying them on lol

Kitikat

Thanks for the replies so far, I'll give anything a go.

redruby - I bought these shoes specially for this occasion, they are a really unusual colour and a definite part of the outfit I am wearing, I am very reluctant to wear another pair.

Kitikat

Thanks queenpig. I would press the thanks button but it seems to have disappeared.

Pink.

Hi kitiKat,

This older thread might give you some more ideas:

Stretching leather shoes?

I'll merge your thread with that one later as it helps to keep all the suggestions together.

Pink

thriftlady_2

shoppergal wrote: »

i remember reading somewhere that if you put a plastic bag in the shoes(make sure there's no holes in the bag), fill with water and put it into the freezer that when the water freezes, the ice stretches the leather.

have never tried it so no idea if it works.

I've tried that, and it does work

meanmarie

Kitikat,

I have heard, but never tried, that if you put vinegar in shoes and wear until they are dry it will stretch them to fit you....not sure how the colour would fare, as you say its unusual

Good luck

Marie

skintchick

Odd request I know but my expensive wedding shoes arrived today and they are quite tight across the width of my foot, where my toes are.

Obviously I want to keep them pretty pristine but I do need to stretch them - the sample pair in the shop were v comfy so I know they will but how to do it?

They are suede so I can;t get water near them but they are all-leather inside and out, soles included, so I think should be easily stretchable?

Any ideas? Other than wear them which I am doing in the office right now.

olliesmummy06

I usually wear a couple of pairs of thick socks with new shoes for a few hours to stretch them....seems to do the trick. Good luck and have a fab wedding!!

skintchick

That's a good idea - I'll try that later. The shop said theya re supposed to be tight at first becayse the leather WILL stretch and otehrwise they'd end up too big, so i will just persevere with wearing them (although currently my toes feel like they are going to fall off!)