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OK. Got yhe dress. Really nice, but I need the hem lifted. I'll get someone to do that it. It is black with red panels (pics later). Nice and I can use it for other things. It needs accessories.

S**t I remember going to weddings when I was pretending to be a guy it was nothing!!! Put on the suit and remember the invite.

Got the shoes, heels about 2 inch, cute and leather. I need to break them in with a short time frame. I'm using the wear socks and the shoes around the house to help mould them to my foot. Any comments? It will be a long wedding and reception, I need to be comfy.

The dress needs a necklace, and a bag.

Looking round where to shop. Oh the sundress I ordered from brands direct arrives. Short and cute, bright pink with a cheetah design, easily hides into the background (Oh yea like a neon light babe). Ok may as well try that to shop in.

So I suddenly realise that Cindy is driving into the main street of Glenelg in Adelaide (yes you can Google), in the peak tourist season, driving a convertible sports car and wearing a short dress and high heels. Oh there is a park on the street.

Out we get without flashing the knickers. But with obvious male looks, I think they like the car. Hee Hee. A young  teens eyes do strange things, so I say Hi sweetie and walk on.

Into a jewellery and stuff shop that knew me as Cindy before I went FT.
A small shop.

The owner comes over, it is a very staff- hands- on to- customer shop.

So the owner is finding a necklace and bag and we have about five necklace and bags out and she suddenly stops.

I know your voice but I cannot place you and it's worrying me. 'I'm Cindy and I bought a gold necklace from you when I was presenting as a guy, and came to the shop when you had a customer event, but I was not FT then.'

Oh my God, you are  blah blah blah.

So I ended up with a necklace and another friend.

Oh the necklace?  After trying many she brought one out and said, I bought this in France and I don't display it as it is so individualistic it will find a person, what do you think? I bought it. Gorgeous and totally individualistic.

But how to break the shoes in?

Any ideas are welcome.

Hugs

Cindy

Hello Cindy,

There is a special shoe stretcher spray in some of the specialized shoe stores. I got one can for my new heels, and it works just fine for leather shoes.

Quote from: Albina on March 02, 2013, 03:43:28 AM
Hello Cindy,

There is a special shoe stretcher spray in some of the specialized shoe stores. I got one can for my new heels, and it works just fine for leather shoes.

Thanks Hon,

So you spray and wear to break them in?
C

I am not sure of the best way to break in new heels. I have some water proofing spray that seems to help. A product sold as "Mink Oil" works well on leather. I beleive that is a brand name and not from true mink. Like "Sex Wax" is actually surf board wax. If the shoes are leather soaking them in hot water then wearing them until they dry helps. I do that with deck shoes. Trivia: It was not until the 1850s there wear shoes for the left and right feet. Both shoes were the same shape. So it was a question of which breaks in first, your feet or the shoes. P.S. It is a good idea to carry an extra pair of shoes just in case your feet get too uncumfy.

Have to agree with Genevieve, with respects to Albina.

I found the shoe stretcher simply made my feet slip inside the shoe.

I wore mine in by wearing continuously until my feet felt extreemly hot. That seemed to have softened the leather.

I have to also sat that, something applied to the outside, to make the leather moist will probably help. But the stretchers tend to be sprayed inside.

Not advocating any particular brand or store, but do a search for something like "women's high heel shoe stretcher". If your feet are as large as mine, you may need to get them from a specialty store.

What they tend to look like:
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For very large hooves, look for "men's boot stretcher". They tend to have the same angled toe as the lady's high heel stretchers, just a longer handle.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa248.e.akamai.net%2Forigin-cdn.volusion.com%2Fxmvg4.4mzv2%2Fv%2Fvspfiles%2Fphotos%2FBR-MBS-2T.jpg%3F1352897136&hash=0ccc33bff6dac26923623c921c3510d89553adff)

I have this shoe stretcher. I have a pair of brown flats where one shoe is tighter than the other.