How to stretch shoes?

mood

Is it possible to stretch shoes? I've a pair that are to tight.

eviltimeban

Male or female? It depends on the leather. If they are a hard leather, they should ease out eventually, but would require some walking. There's sprays etc you can get but in my experience they don't work so well. That's why I always buy soft leather shoes! Anyway, if they are too tight due to size, there's not much you can do.

ASJ112

I've seen some shop near Dundrum shopping centre that stretches shoes(seemed to be women's shoes), cant remember the name but its close to the Luas stop.

There's a shoe shop in Dalkey in Dublin that stretch shoes. I'm sure most good shoe menders would do it.

Faith

I currently have a pair of shoes in the freezer. The 'leather' strap across my toes cut the shyte out of me on their first wear, so I half-filled two freezer bags with water, squashed a bag under the strap of each shoe, and stuck them in the freezer. The water will expand with freezing and will hopefully stretch out the shoe a bit .

The Lovely Muffin

I've heard that washing a potato, and wrapping it in cling film works as it will expand the shoe.

The reason for wrapping the potato in cling film is to stop any water leaking from it and staining or wetting the shoe.

I've never tried it so don't know how good it is.