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| - I have a bit of a shoe obsession. I like precarious, gorgeous, high end, high heeled shoes. BUT with great shoes comes great responsibility. One must replace heels and tips regularly, repair worn elastic, condition the leather, cover scuffs and occasionally perform emergency surgery.
Just such surgery was needed when I snapped the heel on a 4.5 in. pair of YSL patent leather d'orsay stilettos. (Originally $720, I paid $80!!!) The Italian Cobbler told me that they just don't make replacement pins for shaped European heels that high anymore. However, he had a few ideas. He held on to my precious shoes until he had a chance to talk with someone who had an old one and was willing to trade. He performed a miracle! Now my beloved shoes look as good as new. What was lost is now found!!! Joy!!!!!
Since that time, he's replaced the stays in my Coach mules, the elastic in my Kate Spade kitten sling backs, fixed the heels on my Ralph Lauren boots and Vera Wang slingbacks, fixed the scuff on my Bruno Maglis and re-done countless heels and tips.
The only complaint I have is that his scuff and polishing work is not as good as the shoe shine guy in my building. That's fine-- he can do the surgery, leave the cosmetics to my shoe shine guy. So, give him a 4.5
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