SoleHeeled offers convenient and affordable Salvatore Ferragamo shoe repairs by Australia’s best craftsmen, with free shipping to your door. This case study outlines how we recently repaired a customer’s Salvatore Ferragamo shoes.
The shoes
These Salvatore Ferragamo F-Heel sandals were in near-new condition, but the leather around one of the heels blocks was chewed apart by a dog. When the customer reached out to us for a free diagnosis/quote we offered to re-cover the heel block with new leather.
Heel block re-covering
We began by removing the damaged heel block completely from the upper of the shoe. We then peeled away the damaged leather from around the heel block, and removed the heel tip. We cleaned the block itself of the old glue and accumulated dirt / debris. This allowed us to then cleanly wrap new leather around the heel block before reattaching the heel tip.
Leathers are often impossible to match perfectly, as in this case. So while the leather we used to re-wrap the damaged heel block in this case was not a perfect match, we were able to custom mix a colour based on the unique colour of these shoes and use that to recolour / refinish the new leather.
The result was a fresh-looking pair of shoes, with no readily visible signs of prior damage to the leather around the heel blocks.
Have a pair of Salvatore Ferragamo shoes needing repair or restoration?
Our experienced craftsmen have been trusted by not only generations of Australians but also local and international brands (including Gucci and NET-A-PORTER) with the repair and restoration of luxury designer shoes since 1955. If you have a beloved pair of Salvatore Ferragamo shoes in need of repair or restoration, ask us for a free diagnosis/quote by completing our online order form — where you can upload photos of the shoes and let us know exactly what you would like done to it, or let us advise you on what the shoes need based on the photos.
SoleHeeled serves all of Australia through its free 2-way shipping service:
Order online: Answer a few questions to get an instant quote and complete your order.
Send your shoes: Drop your shoes off at a local post office for free packaging and shipping to us.
We repair: A team of experienced craftsmen will carefully repair your shoes.
We return: We'll deliver your repaired shoes to you, wherever you are in Australia.
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