For people who still wear shoes, because it seems like some guys don't, they're just wearing sneakers every darn day, sometimes you know you got to break them in. They’re tight. They have to be broken in. And every once in a while, the tightness be in a certain spot on your foot, and you go, how am I going to overcome this (as you squint in pain)?
I have a solution. Shoe stretch. That's right. The magic liquid in the red bottle. I can't remember how old I was, but I was a teenager, definitely, when someone extolled the benefits of shoestretch. It might have been my cobbler. Like I said, it's, it's, it's magical. I don't know how they do it. I refuse to read the ingredients, but the one thing I can tell you is I don't have any weird after effects coming out of my feet.
So, how I do it is, wherever the shoe is tight, I put on my socks, and then I put the shoe stretch on the spots on the sock that are going to be tight, rubbing up against the shoe. And then I slip my shoes on, tie them if they’re lace ups, and I go out into the world. I also carry my bottle of shoe stretch with a shoe horn, just in case.
And I'm here to tell you, it may not happen the first time, but eventually that tightness, it goes away. I remember once I was at the CTDA (Custom Tailor and Designer Association) trade show and this guy, I think his name was Andrew Porter, a tailor, he mentioned that his shoes were tight. I mentioned shoe stretch. He looked at me dumbfounded. Now you don't have to.
PRO TIP: Go to the shoe store. Ask for the red bottle. You're gonna love it. You’re welcome.
Z. G. Burnett
Z.G. Burnett is a New England-based writer who specializes in history, fashion, and material culture. She is a contributing editor for Antiques and the Arts Weekly, and her work has appeared in Ivy Style and The Vintage Woman Magazine. Burnett is currently editing her first book, The Preppy Witch Primer. Find more at www.zgburnett.com
Image credit: Annie Minicuci Photography.
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