SoleHeeled offers convenient and affordable Valentino shoe repairs by Australia’s best craftsmen, with free shipping to your door. This case study outlines how we recently repaired a customer’s Valentino shoes.

Valentino Heel Block Re-covering

Brand

Valentino logo

Service

Heel block re-covering / re-wrapping

Customer location

Chatswood in Sydney, New South Wales

The shoes

These Valentino Rockstud Ankle Strap sandals were looking great, except for one of the heel blocks, which had been chewed up by a puppy. When the customer reached out to us for a free diagnosis/quote, we offered to re-cover the heel blocks with entirely new leather and replace the rubber heel caps.

Heel block re-covering / re-wrapping

We began by removing the heel block from the main body of the shoe, peeling off the old leather around the heel block and removing the already partially detached rubber heel cap. We then sourced a suitable replacement leather and recoloured / refinished the leather based on the colour and texture of the original leather. We cut that leather to shape and wrapped it around the heel block before re-securing the heel block to the shoe. We then finally reheeled the shoes, replacing the heel caps with a fresh pair of premium rubber heel caps on both shoes for consistency.

Have a pair of Valentino shoes needing repair or restoration?

Our experienced craftsmen have been trusted by not only generations of Australians but also local and international brands (including Versace and Canali) with the repair and restoration of luxury designer shoes since 1955. If you have a beloved pair of Valentino 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 them, 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:

  1. Order online: Answer a few questions to get an instant quote and complete your order.

  2. Send your shoes: Drop your shoes off at a local post office for free packaging and shipping to us.

  3. We repair: A team of experienced craftsmen will carefully repair your shoes.

  4. We return: We'll deliver your repaired shoes to you, wherever you are in Australia.

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