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 ...

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.

Shoe repair is one of those areas that feels likes the domain of shoe specialists and cobblers only. And, to be fair, that is often still the case. If your shoes looks like they're worse for wear, ...

David and Virginia Pena stand close to each other, side-by-side behind the counter in their shoe repair shop. One gets the sense this is the way they have faced the challenges in their lives and their ...

Louie Domerese is a master cobbler who wants his customers to see a clean, modern shop when they walk in. Save the clutter, he says, for the back of the shop -- his workshop where he performs his ...

His movements are swift, expert. The bit of blood on the back of his hand is from an earlier scrape. For more than three decades, Picard has stitched and glued, hammered and reheeled tens of thousands ...

The Repair It Yourself (RIY) concept by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Eugenia Morpurgo is a canvas shoe designed to be as repairable as possible. It's a design that not only addresses the ...

Years ago, the cost of repairing a holey sole was considerably less than a brand-new pair of shoes, and shoe repair shops thrived. Special to the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin For me, there is ...