STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Kitty · Hermes

Is anyone else always ruining heels on stairs?!

cc · Marc Jacobs

ME! I hate it. I constantly scuff the heels going up and down the subway steps even though I try to be careful. It's just so hard when my normal mode is to run up and down as fast as possible. A good cobbler can usually smooth out the leather and glue it back down but I've done this to shoes with wooden and plastic heels (side note: I HATE shoes with plastic heels and don't understand why some pricier brands like Fornarina use them when they make a perfectly lovely shoe look cheap and are so much easier to ruin). It sucks.

Lilykind · Hermes

Me too! I ruin shoes at a MUCH faster rate than most Angelenos because I'm one of the only ones who does a ton of walking. I really don't know what to do about it, except that I regularly take my shoes into the cobbler to get them new soles and everything. The only shoes I haven't had any of these problems with are my Eugenia Kims...the plastic on there is really sturdy and they're barely scuffed after tons of wear.

You know what's worse? I almost ruined my Sigerson kitten heels by getting them stuck in the ESCALATOR at my local Nordstrom. I was so lucky to yank them out before the escalator ate them!