Vintage Shoes
I just learned this one!
When buying vintage shoes, it's probably a good idea to treat the leather with a good restoring agent to make the leather supple again. I just purchased some beautiful 1930's Allen Edmonds Spectator Shoes and as soon as I opened the box I tried them...
Hat Sweat Band Disaster! Lexol
One of my very first hats was a very nice Stetson Whippet. The sweatband was a little dry and stiff. I applied a pretty liberal amount of Lexol on it and right before my eyes it turned into bacon!
The obvious fix was to send the hat out to a professional...
I've made a few mistakes buying vintage clothes that were pretty costly.
I thought if there were a place here in the lounge that they could be shared, we could pool them together and learn from them, thus saving money and heartbreak in the future.
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Cookie, can you post a few pictures of the work you've had done to your vintage shoes? It would be great so we can take the necessary precautions for the next pair of shoes!
This is my first pair of vintage shoes and if I would have known what to expect, I wouldn't have tried them on right...
Empires came today! The good news is they fit and they're beautiful, the bad news is the leather is a bit brittle and when I tried them on, they both ripped just a little at the heel. :(
The tongue on one shoe is just hanging on by a thread.
I've already contacted Allen Edmonds with...
$25 covers the trip to the UPS store the box and my time. If a lounger wins any of these hats I'll ship for $10.00. Just let me know you're a lounger after the auction ends.
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