Hitting the pavement in your cognac leather ankle booties on the reg can take a major toll on your favorite footwear. But a scuff here or loose stitch there shouldn’t go unaddressed because you don’t ...

As products have gotten less expensive and more disposable, many traditional repair industries have withered away. Against all odds, shoe repair has retained a tenuous foothold. More than 50 ...

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Winter is sloppy and hard on our clothes -- especially shoes. Salt beats up on leather, as soles break or come apart. So, do you replace your shoes or fix them? WCCO went to three ...

Walk into almost any shoe repair store and it’s like stepping back in time with the smells of polish, glue and leather, and shelves of worn shoes that call to mind a cobbler shop from another century.

To walk into Al's Shoe Service at the Mount Prospect Metra station is to step back in time. The walls remind customers and visitors of the rich history of a business that began when Al DeAngelo opened ...

Tom Talerico could not stay away from the old soles. The 69-year-old once again is busy fixing shoes and showing the art to those who are willing to learn. “My wife owes her sanity to Casey,” he said ...

NEWBURGH — A woman walks into Dr. Shoe, in the Newburgh Mall. She presents her ticket and receives her mended shoes in a plastic bag. She takes them out of the bag, looks at the soles and smiles.

What: Extreme Shoe Service, a new shoe-repair shop. Where: 1135 N. Lincoln Ave., Unit 1, Loveland. Hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m ...