shoe care

Spring Fashion

5 Quick Fixes to Ensure Your Spring-to-Summer Sole Survival

Part of being prepared for the incoming season means weatherproofing your wardrobe.
How to Clean Your Summer Sandals 2012

Part of being prepared for the incoming season means weatherproofing your wardrobe. Whether it be switching out your heavy wares for ultralight layers or putting your floral frocks at the very front of your closet lineup, now's the time to emerge the victorious warm-weather dresser. To this point, we've got five quick fixes (read: minimal effort required) for your Spring-to-Summer shoe collection. Learn from our mistakes — don't get caught in a mid-July monsoon without waterproofed sandals, always have eco-friendly leather wipes on hand, and if you're a sneaker lover, it's probably a good idea to invest in The Laundress's sports spray. Just keep reading to see how we've mapped out your sole survival.

cobbler

Shoeblog Shoutout: Dare To Care

We wonder if the fast fashion culture has had a few unintented consequences for shoe lovers.
We wonder if the fast fashion culture has had a few unintented consequences for shoe lovers. Is it possible that the faster we go through disposable clothing the less likely we are to take good care of our footwear? If it isn't worth taking care of a jacket or a pair of pants then why would we think its worth taking care of a pair of pumps. Shoeblog thinks we need reassess how we care for our footwear. And we couldn't agree more. We may be a rare case but we own four pairs of good shoes (a boot, a pump, a platform and a sandal) and we find ourselves making the way to our cobbler on a regular basis to keep them looking like new. We actually prefer this method as not only do we enjoy our shoes as an investment we aren't continually hoping, hunting, and searching for the next best thing. We already own the best shoes for us. For more tips on the fine art of footwear care check out Shoeblog's tips.