The London Lounge

http://www.dandyshoecare.it/

I came across this Italy based site which seems to do fabulous things for tired shoes.

I am in need of such a service to basically alter the color of some …ahem, earlier mistakes in choice of color.

But would rather not send shoes to Italy.

Is anyone aware of such a service in UK or USA??

TIA.

There's this chap operating out of the Park Lane Hilton: http://www.shoeshineuk.com

I've not used him personally, but I've a recommendation from one of the front of house guys at my tailors.

I have had shoes worked on by Dany Shoe Care and would recommend them to alter the colour of a shoe I did not like.

^^^

Fantastic.

That's what I need done to a few light tan shoes I have but rarely wear simply because the color is wrong.

The shoes look so good. Im having a colour problem with a pair of light brown Lobbs - will take your advice . Many thanks

Another strictly personal opinion regarding spit polishing your shoes: it is not aesthetically pleasing to create a stark coloring effect on the toe of the shoe as compared to the rest of it, unless you want to create a bi-color shoe when there is none. I see this all the time on some of the more dreadful forums and blogs.

The toe and back quarters of the shoe should be spit polished to give a very slight, understated but enriched gradient of color. The slightly darker color should seem to grow out of the color of the rest of the shoe..it should softly transition to the richer tone. Herein lies all the subtlety of the master polisher's art that you should expect to see. I remember an acting teacher years ago telling me, "heavy handed work is less valuable than fine work, a log splitter is paid far less than a brain surgeon."

If you see a shoe polisher who renders the toe black on a tan shoe....grab your shoes and run like the dickens!

Cheers