Why repair shoes?

Footwear isn't just a part of your wardrobe, it is an investment.
Spend your money wisely and return will be more value for your euro, more comfort, better foot health and even a sense that you're helping the environment.

As with all investing, it is wise to have a counselor to make sure your money is well spent and continues to pay dividends. In the footwear arena your counselors are the professionals at First Class Shoe and Boot Repairs.

Quality Shoe Repair

Shoe repair and shoe care makes sense for several reasons. First, shoe repair adds value to your footwear investment.

Quality, well-maintained men's shoes can be resoled seven to ten times at a fraction of the cost of new shoes. With new soles and heels and reconditioned uppers,the shoes will look like new, yet retain that broken in comfortable feel. It is not uncommon for a man to get five years put of a good pair of shoes. Quality women's shoes can be resoled up to five times.

Shoe repair can also alleviate a variety of physical problems. Worn heels will change your gait. When you are not walking property, your feet, ankles, knees, hips and back can't all suffer.

Improper fit causes calluses, corns and bunions. We stretching services and fitting aids to alleviate those problems. Typically, we can stretch shoes half to a full-size in width. We can also add more space for toes or raise an instep. We can even stretch the calves on boots. If your shoes are too loose, you can pick up heel grips, tongue pads and insoles to create a better fit.

Another reason to have a shoe repair and shoe care routine is your appearance. Do you want to get ahead in the workplace? A nationwide survey showed that 89% of business recruiters rate good grooming as very important to becoming a senior executive. The most common mistake for man, and the second-most common for women is unkempt shoes.

On a personal level two out of three young female professionals state unkempt shoes suggest negative characteristics about men in social situations. Half of men feel the same about women with sloppy footwear. The most frequent negative character traits suggested where sloppiness, indifference to good grooming and to detail in general, and carelessness.

Shoes are a reflection of the owner's personality. That's what personnel professionals — who have been known to observe people closely and white collar workers to people they usually observe said.

Well kept shoes stand for for professionalism, attention to detail, ambition, efficiency, conscientiousness, organization, confidence and even friendliness.

Finally, shoe repair is amongst the oldest forms of recycling. Each year the shoe repair industry keeps some 62 million pairs of shoes out of landfills and on consumers feet. So next time you invest in footwear get some advice from Cobbler's Den.

Quality Shoe repairs.

Caring for a Nations Feet

First Class Shoe and Boot Repairs use only top quality material in all our repairs