How To Reduce Shoe Size At Home: Narrow Or Make Smaller Shoes, Boots, Boots, Sneakers, Including Leather Or Suede + Video

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-17 22:26

How to reduce the size of new and worn shoes at home

For some, this is only a way to protect their feet from the negative effects of the environment, for some, it is a technique for self-expression, and for a number of consumers it is an indicator of the owner's status. And all this is about one thing - about shoes. Moreover, men and women of different ages at least once, but faced with the fact that the purchase of a beautiful pair has already been made, but it is impossible to wear: the size is large. So what can you do? Return to the store (and if you bought it from hand, what then?), Give it to a friend (and envy, introducing yourself in his place) or try to cope with the problem at home? Let's choose the latter and see if we can reduce the volume and size. Moreover, sometimes the shoes just wear out and become large, so the first two solutions certainly won't work.

Content

• 1 Right 14 days
• 2 Myth or reality

• 3 Versatile Ways To Reduce Shoe Size At Home

  • 3.1 Photo gallery: Special shoe tabs

  • 3.2 Leather shoes

    • 3.2.1 Hot water and washing powder
    • 3.2.2 Ice water and hair dryer
    • 3.2.3 Thread and needle
    • 3.2.4 Video: What to do if shoes fall off
  • 3.3 Suede shoes
  • 3.4 Trainers and trainers

  • 3.5 tops of boots

    3.5.1 Video: How to narrow the tops of boots without a sewing machine

• 4 Optical illusion, or how to make shoes look smaller

  4.1 Video: Secrets from Evelina Khromchenko how to visually make the leg more graceful

• 5 Helpful video tips

  • 5.1 Video: Reducing the Size of Ladies Shoes
  • 5.2 Video: Reducing the inner volume of shoes

Right 14 days

New, unsuitable shoes can be returned within 2 weeks of purchase

According to current legislation, you can return shoes that did not fit in size or for other reasons within 14 days from the date of purchase. But at the same time, the product must comply with a number of parameters:

• be without signs of wearing outdoors or indoors;
• have a presentation (that is, without creases, abrasions, etc.);
• be in the original configuration (that is, in a box, with heels, insoles, etc., which was in stock at the time of purchase).

For the correct registration of the return (or exchange, if there is such an opportunity), the buyer must provide a sales receipt (or a copy of it), a warranty card for shoes and a passport.

Myth or reality

Large-sized shoes are good only in childhood for playing with mothers and daughters, and in adulthood this problem causes a lot of inconvenience

First you need to find out what characteristics the steam does not fit in size. First, the shoes can be longer than your foot. Second: the shoes may not match the width of the foot. So, is it possible to make the downsize dream come true? Of course yes. Moreover, there are even 2 approaches for this.

Contact a workshop. Professionals will use full or partial constriction, that is, they will separate the heel and sole, and the top will be attached to the last of the desired size. This is if the shoes do not fit in length. If the pair is wide, then they will sew it in or pick up another way to solve the problem

Try to use folk wisdom. This is where there are no restrictions on the quality of shoes. Only by material, although there are methods suitable for all types. Let's start with them

Versatile ways to reduce shoe size at home

Photo gallery: Special shoe tabs

Cushioning insole - the best way to reduce the length and volume of athletic shoes

Toe pads are indispensable for high heels

Such an unusual insole can really reduce the size of the shoe.

Special insoles. An additional insole is inserted into each shoe, and if it is still inconvenient, then 2 is possible. This technique is possible only for closed shoes, but the insoles can be for “different seasons”: made of foam rubber, synthetics or wool. Using this method has another bonus: insoles protect the delicate skin of the feet from calluses and chafing

Silicone heel pad. Despite the fact that the main task of such "half insoles" is to protect against chafing and prevent slipping, they do an excellent job of reducing the size of the shoe

• Shock-absorbing toe pads. This method is just the solution for lovers of high heels, as it allows you to achieve not only a reduction in size, but also save you from fatigue when walking on stiletto heels for a long time.
• Cotton wool, cloth or paper. A primitive method, which was used by our grandparents, if the shoes did not fit in length: soft material is stuffed into the sock (and if you have paper at hand, you can use it). The main thing is not to rub your fingers.

The secret of the models. Beauties on the catwalks not only gracefully present outfits, but also know the secrets of how to make shoes fit “like a glove”, even if it is a couple of sizes large. To do this, they glue double-sided tape to the sole from the inside - the leg is glued and does not slip. One important caveat: a pair should only be worn on a bare leg

Leather shoes

The back cover not only protects against chafing, but also slightly reduces the length

Genuine leather is a very pliable material, which clearly proves the theory of compression under the influence of a sharp temperature drop.

Hot water and washing powder

The soap solution should be the same concentration as for washing

Instructions:

1. In a bowl of hot water (about 50 degrees), dissolve the detergent (as for a regular wash).
2. We lower the shoes for 3-5 minutes.
3. Dry in direct sunlight or near a battery.

After drying, sprinkle with leather shoe breaker and put on immediately. It is important to observe the time of soaking in water and not to overdry the shoes, otherwise the result may not be at all what you expected.

Result: the skin becomes very soft and shrinks on the leg.

Ice water and hairdryer

Shoe dryers can be used instead of a hair dryer

Instructions:

1. We put a pair on our feet.
2. We put it in a bowl of ice water and let stand for 2-3 minutes.
3. We take off our shoes and dry them with a hairdryer or near a battery.

Thread and needle

Reducing the size in this way is very convenient, since you can adjust the tension of the elastic

To reduce the length of a pair of leather or leatherette, you can use an elastic band sewn on the inside of the heel.

Instructions:

1. Fasten the elastic on one side of the heel with pins.
2. Stretch and attach the other end to the other side.
3. Sew on, trying to grab the insole.

Video: What to do if shoes fall off

Suede shoes

If you decide to reduce the size of suede shoes at home, the result will be difficult to predict.

As with leather, suede will shrink as a result of the temperature drop. This time, you need to hold the shoes over the steam and then put them in the freezer.

It is best to leave the reduction in the size of suede (as well as patent) shoes at the mercy of professionals, that is, take them to the workshop

Sneakers and sneakers

You can only reduce the size of your sneakers using insoles, heel pads or toes

Leather sports shoes can be shrunk with an extra insole by tightening the laces. With fabric sneakers, the situation is a little more complicated: another insole may simply not leave room for a leg. There is an option to wash the steam in hot water - the fabric will shrink a little. But literally after an hour or two of wearing it will expand again. So there is only one thing left: lace up tight.

Boot tops

Narrow the boot with just one fold

Despite the fact that the heroine of the famous film, Eldar Ryazanova, convinced that accordion tops are fashionable, and we know that fashion repeats from time to time, there are ladies who like the boot to fit tightly around the leg. The surest way to do this is to go to the workshop. Among the risky, but real, options, there are 2:

• Sew several elastic bands on the inside in a circle, securing one edge and pulling the other.
• Use a sewing machine and stitch the fold in the back.

Video: How to narrow the tops of boots without a sewing machine

Optical illusion, or how to make your shoes look smaller

In order to optically reduce the size of the shoe, you should choose a pair with an open toe

Silicone inlays (on the heel or toe) are the ideal solution to several problems at once: your shoes will not fly off when walking, you will reduce the heel, the volume of the shoes, and in general you will achieve that your pair will definitely decrease by one size. But there are a few more tricks that create the effect of a graceful leg:

• high heels (and not only stilettos, but also massive thick heels visually reduce the size);
• rounded noses (taboo long and sharp);
• dark or saturated colors (light and pastels increase the legs);
• relatively thick straps in moderation when it comes to sandals;
• buckles, bows, tongues and embellishments create the look of a small shoe.

Video: Secrets from Evelina Khromchenko how to visually make the leg more graceful

Useful video tips

Video: Reducing the size of ladies' shoes

Video: Reducing the inner volume of shoes

You can reduce shoe size at home, but only if you act deliberately and consistently. The easiest and most reliable way is to contact a shoe store for special silicone inlays. These can be heel or toe pads. You will get many more benefits from these devices, for example, the foot will not slip, the shoes will stop chafing. If you are not a supporter of additional insoles or inlays, then when choosing a way to narrow shoes, you need to start from the material from which the pair is made.