Long days in the same shoes

First off, thanks to everyone who helped me pick out some decent shoes.

We wear our shoes for like 12-16 hours per day. How do you keep your feet from sweating and ruining your high end shoes? Thicker socks?

 

Also store you shoes in shoe trees, cedar is good because it soaks up any moisture left in your shoes. A pair will run you $15 - $20. I've heard people say this can exttend the life of your shoes a couple of years.

 

Yup, no sock repeating and take them out once in a while when you get a chance to. Sometimes I take em out and place them on the floor for a while. much relaxing. But make sure you do it behind your desk. ;)

 

Shoe trees are awesome and keep your shoes looking good. I have no insight into whether it's useful to buy nice ones, but I just go with the cheapest cedar ones around and buy them for every pair of dress shoes I own.

If anyone is looking to buy shoe trees, I've done some research around and $12-13 a pair is about as cheap as you can get them if you want the Woodlore ones with the split toe (the only ones I use). I've found them at that price at Nordstrom Rack and Century 21, whereas other stores will sell the same shoe trees for $20-30.

Hi, Eric Stratton, rush chairman, damn glad to meet you.
 

Yeah, air them out at your desk when you get a chance and absolutely use cedar shoe trees. Ideally you should rotate through at least 2 pairs of shoes every other day, but when you are dropping $350 on some AEs, you probably aren't going to have double the amount laying around.

Cedar shoe trees will absorb the moisture, help the shoe retain its shape and make them last longer...especially when they only get a few hours off every night (assuming you generally wear the same shoes everyday). As kmzz said above, very good ROI.

Regards

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." - Ronald Reagan
 

Don't forget the outside as well. I like to use AE's premium conditioner on a weekly basis. Every time I wear AE shoes, I apply polish that night. Sometimes I apply another thin layer of polish on the weekends if I notice any faint scuffs.

My shoes came with these little drawstring bags. When I hit the gym after work, I put each shoe in the drawstring bag, and put the shoetrees in the shoes as well.

The only thing you should be replacing over time are the soles. Leather soles wear out fairly quickly. You can talk to a cobbler about what your best course of action is: might be to apply a rubber sole, or just get the leather sole replaced, etc.

 
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