Has anyone ever randomly had a patent pigalle crack?
I ask because I dropped off my patent graffiti 120's to have vibram soles applied after having worn them just twice. While there, I asked if I could have the ball of the foot stretched a bit. The front counter clerk told me they could stretch them, but it would be slow.
I just picked up my Pigalles today - and (see pic) there is a rather large crack right on the ball of the foot. The front desk gentleman went and got the owner as he does the actual work, who said he didn't stretch them because there is no way to stretch patent and the pigalle has such a small toebox that it won't even fit on a stretcher. I then asked the owner to go and get the front desk clerk (who had rather conveniently hidden out in the back room) and asked why he said they could be stretched, the owner said he didn't stretch them because they don't ever stretch patent shoes like those..... etc. In short: Their conclusion was that regardless of what they said, the shoes were never stretched and that the crack must have already been there.
So to my question: Has anyone ever had a patent pigalle (or other shoe) randomly crack from wearing them? Granted, I wore them to an event with a bit of dancing.. but I'm just struggling to see how wearing them twice would have caused them to crack to the degree they did, and so suddenly.
ETA: I should probably add that this is a reputable cobbler for CL's.
I ask because I dropped off my patent graffiti 120's to have vibram soles applied after having worn them just twice. While there, I asked if I could have the ball of the foot stretched a bit. The front counter clerk told me they could stretch them, but it would be slow.
I just picked up my Pigalles today - and (see pic) there is a rather large crack right on the ball of the foot. The front desk gentleman went and got the owner as he does the actual work, who said he didn't stretch them because there is no way to stretch patent and the pigalle has such a small toebox that it won't even fit on a stretcher. I then asked the owner to go and get the front desk clerk (who had rather conveniently hidden out in the back room) and asked why he said they could be stretched, the owner said he didn't stretch them because they don't ever stretch patent shoes like those..... etc. In short: Their conclusion was that regardless of what they said, the shoes were never stretched and that the crack must have already been there.
So to my question: Has anyone ever had a patent pigalle (or other shoe) randomly crack from wearing them? Granted, I wore them to an event with a bit of dancing.. but I'm just struggling to see how wearing them twice would have caused them to crack to the degree they did, and so suddenly.
ETA: I should probably add that this is a reputable cobbler for CL's.
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