darkening shoes

[toffeestillidie]

I bought this pair of sperry's off ebay during there 30% sale deal thing Shoes at TheShoeMart.com - Moreschi, shell cordovan, sperry topsiders, alden shoes, dexter bowling shoes

since it was sort of an impulse buy, i didn't really consider that i couldn't really wear shoes that light in color with dress clothes, and i'm not sure if the guy i bought it from will let me exchange.

does anyone know of a safe, reliable way to darken a pair of shoes like that (shoe polish or spray or something)?

since it was such a good deal, if he doesn't take the exchange i'm only out $35 dollars, but i'd still rather make some extra use out of these shoes.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

thought this was gonna be a thread about some fancy shoes that did something fancy, like pulling shoes or lucky shoes or even the 'arl puking shoes.

have you thought of going in a muddy field or even doing an oil change in them, my bets are they would be considerably darker then.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Black marker pen?

 

[toffeestillidie]

... real helpful guys

 

[Slight_Return]

just rub black polish into them repeatedly and let it soak in. what have you to lose?

 

[Nebbiolo]

Why can't you wear light coloured shoes with dress clothes? Think of it as the new "red socks" of high cultured fashion. Be a daring devil and flout the silly dress rules that you are afraid of. Come on man, you're not in England. You Americans are more gutsy than those pasty-faced Englanders.

 

[Whitebootman]

Hi Toffiestillidie, how did you get on with your shoes. Did you go with the darkening idea's or did you go out of step with the fashion police ?

I'd have just used dark polish and elbow grease, but I'm sort of an old fashion conformist on this sort of thing. I hope you saw the red sock suggestion as a red herring, blue socks for us

 

[Nebbiolo]

Hi Toffiestillidie, how did you get on with your shoes. Did you go with the darkening idea's or did you go out of step with the fashion police ?

I'd have just used dark polish and elbow grease, but I'm sort of an old fashion conformist on this sort of thing. I hope you saw the red sock suggestion as a red herring, blue socks for us

Sincere apologies.