Are these shoe trees harming my shoes?

[StevenB]

Greetings all,

Long time reader, first time poster here. I'll try keep in short and sweet! (If your time is precious, the question is just below the picture )

I've recently discovered my inner passion for clothes and have done a complete wardrobe overhaul. I have some fantastic Loake/Church shoes on the way, all with their own shoe trees, so they aren't the issue.

However, I recently purchased some more casual brogues for a modest price and decided to get some shoe trees for them. Being in Perth, Western Australia...these were the best I could find ($40 dollars, and yet I still somehow doubt they are even cedar).

The left shoe is without a shoe tree for comparison.


My question is, despite being a size down (44/45 shoe tree, size 46 shoe) are these stretching my new brogues far too much?

They seem rather elongated when the shoe tree is in.

Again, they weren't expensive, so it isn't too great an issue..however peace of mind would be fantastic. As the more expensive shoes with the more expensive shoe trees aren't here yet, I don't really have anything to compare them to.

I appreciate any advice or comments, and I appreciate all the wisdom and knowledge you've all poured into this forum, it's helped a lot.

 

[Apollotrader]

It looks a tad stretched to me as well. I have had the same issue. I have found the trees Nordstrom sells for about 25us are fantastic. Wondering if you could get them on line??

 

[newyorknoir]

I would take them out!

 

[Petepan]

No, no, no, those trees deform your shoes.

Other than internet, you have two choices:

1. Get shoe trees from Florsheim. They are on sale for $25. These have no cedar on the heel, but wont deform your shoes.
2. Get shoes trees from a Mister Minit franchise for about $50. These have cedar on the heel, but are made in China.

Last option is just to rotate shoes trees. I doubt you will see any difference at all with x shoes and x-1 trees.

 

[StevenB]

Thanks guys, it's good to know I wasn't just being paranoid.

Don't worry, I took them out immediately after taking the picture. I'm glad I did now!

Thanks for the Florsheim tip, I'll do that tomorrow.

 

[Pradeep Kishnan]

Hello Everybody, yeah these shoe trees are not looking so bad, still you are confuse which will suit better than that then you may browse more shopping websites, hope you will get best one..

 

[fritzl]



No, no, no, those trees deform your shoes.

Other than internet, you have two choices:

1. Get shoe trees from Florsheim.  They are on sale for $25. These have no cedar on the heel, but wont deform your shoes.
2. Get shoes trees from a Mister Minit franchise for about $50.  These have cedar on the heel, but are made in China.

Last option is just to rotate shoes trees.  I doubt you will see any difference at all with x shoes and x-1 trees.

great advice

 

[StevenB]

I went and got some Florsheim shoe trees today. Here are the shoes with one of them in:



I still feel a little uncomfortable with the presence of stretching, however it is significantly less than before!

Is any amount of stretching acceptable, or should it just keep the back of the shoe firmly in it's natural shape? I've kept the back end of the shoe tree out for now, but again I am new to this so I may just be being overly cautious.

If this fails I will just go the route of rotating my better shoe trees that are coming with the nicer shoes I ordered.

 

[Schweino]

Get these: http://www.bexley.com/Bexley/shoe-Embauchoirs-ACCPRD-EN.htm?blocReferrer=12621

They ship abroad and are on sale now.

 

[Sanguis Mortuum]

I honestly don't see what the problem is with any of these trees.

 

[MyOtherLife]



I honestly don't see what the problem is with any of these trees.

+1
Either pair of shoe trees are better than none.

 

[Marbles]

http://www.endless.com/s/ref=topnav...words=shoe tree#keywords=shoe tree&pageCode=s

Problem solved - free shipping when you spend over $100, and mine took 3 days to get here from the 'States.

P.S. Drop by the Aus Members thread if you haven't already