Is it possible to ‘Stretch’ shoes?

Western Pomise

Hi all,
I am a size ten in shoes.... bought a pair of ‘Steve Madden’ leather boot style shoes yesterday.Didnt want to be carrying box around so just got the shoes alone in a bag.Shopping assistant said that I could not return the shoes without the box....I said that’s ok.
Bought the ten in the bootie shoes but am wearing them around carpeted house all morning to break them in.
They feel a bit tight on me ......moreso than in the shop....... could be my imagination but I think I heard before that shoe repair shops can ‘stretch’ shoes slightly....is this correct?

Thanks for any replies.

Western Pomise

Just Bumping this.....

Appreciate any ideas on it?

boombang

Yes, many have stretching jigs in them. It might depend on the particular form of your shoes.



There's a place on the southside of the Ha Penny bridge that definitely has such a jig.

NickNickleby

I had shoes that were too tight. I went to a shop in Grafton St and bought another pair - I'd tried dozens of shoes in numerous shops by then and they all were slightly tight in the width. Any that fit me in the width were slipping off my heel when I walked. Anyway, this shop had a pair that fit like a glove, as they say, and when paying for them I mentioned my difficulty, and the fact that I now had a hardly worn pair of shoes at home. The guy said, "bring them in and I'll put them on the (some device name - might well have been stretcher)". So I dropped them in and he left them overnight. They stretched a little, but it was enough. And for free!! (ha! the shoes he sold me were way over my usual 'shoe budget'...).

So there you have it - it can be done.

HTH (btw, male sized 9.5)

7 Seconds...

Youtube has a few videos on how to do it yourself, that might help.

notsoyoungwan

My grandmother’s method: get a small plastic bag (the kind of food storage bags you can get) fill it with water, tie a knot in it and put it inside the shoe- you want the bag to be filling the shoe. Stick shoe + bag into freezer overnight, and as the water feeezes it will expand and stretch the shoe. It will give you a bit more room anyway.