Trade Names After dipping a toe in shoe-repairs in the 1930s, five generations of Cleggs have stayed in the trade, writes Rose… Trade NamesAfter dipping a toe in shoe-repairs in the 1930s, five ...

Mark Benson gripped the tops of a pair of leopard print heels, black shoe polish stains under his fingernails. He raised a gnarled heel below the frames of his oversized glasses, tilting it back and ...

We talked to two shoe artisans who have not only survived but at times have more business than they can handle: Greg Martens of Olde Town Cobbler in Wauwatosa and Bruce Cziske of Shoe Healers in ...

The cobbler is 54, young in a business that has grown old. His only child, a son, has already told him he won’t be taking over the family business when his father retires. It’s an honorable profession ...

WAYLAND – Originally opened in the 1920s, Baughs Shoe Repair in downtown Wayland is still being operated by Alan and Lois Baugh after taking the business over from his father in the 1970s. Alan’s dad ...

SALISBURY — When it came down to it, all Pat Weddington wanted was a hand-stitcher and a polisher to help with repairs he sometimes had to make to shoes he and his wife were selling on eBay.

Serene Cicora craved a new black bag last fall, but couldn’t come to terms with the $1,000-plus price tags on the styles she liked. So Cicora, an L.A. publicist, took her brown Mulberry Bayswater bag ...

On a quiet morning, you can find Doris Dixon sitting in a corner behind the window front of Reeves & Son Shoe Repairing on King Street, surrounded by her collection of plants and with a Book of Psalms ...

In the Sewickley Shoe Repair on Beaver St., Mario Ulizzi toils among rows of worn shoes and boots. The cobbler meticulously works various leathers, sometimes for hours, doing the work by hand. Ulizzi ...

Chaim Yigal Dzhurayev insists on top-quality repair materials (German leather, Vibram heels)—some shoes come back better than when new. Parents in this family- friendly neighborhood say the proprietor ...

Helms Shoe Repair is a full-service repair shop for shoes, luggage, purses, belts and other leather products. Co-owner, Adrian Head, is a Certified Leather Craftsman, who works with two apprentices, ...

Megan Boisvert, the fifth generation to run the shop, noted that the store’s business used to be 70% retail and 30% repairs.