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

Loake Shoe Re-heel

Brand

Loake logo

Service

Shoe re-heel and build up

Customer location

Bonbeach in Melbourne, Victoria

The shoes

The rubber heels on these Loake Aldwych shoes had been worn down, especially at the end of one of the heel caps, where the leather heel blocks were starting to be worn into. When the customer reached out to us for a free diagnosis/quote, we offered to repair the worn heel blocks and re-heel the shoes with entirely new, premium rubber heel caps.

Heel block build-up and heel cap replacement

We started off by removing the original rubber heel caps from each of the two heel blocks. Since one of the leather stacks above the heel cap on the right shoe had been worn into slightly, we built up the heel blocks to level them off before adding a pair of high-quality Vibram heel caps, which we sanded down around the sides to match the shape of the heel blocks. We finally coloured the heel blocks to a consistent black, addressing the minor scuffing and discolouration around them.

Have a pair of Loake 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 Loake 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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