I am actually just going to ball up socks and put them in the toe box of the LD's I just bought ... they didn't come with toe box tissue (which makes me think they may have been a return)
The Lazy Gal's Way To Stretch The Toe Box!
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Well, it works but for a different reason- you have it all backwards
...The sock technique does not enlarge the shoe - it shrinks the foot.
This technique is called footbinding and was practiced by chinese women since many years ago...
References here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding
and here: http://www.angelfire.com/ca/beekeeper/foot.html
Bought some 41 VP and the toe box is so tight I cant keep them on for longer than an hour. Working the sock trick. Heres what i do, I stuff the large end of the tissue paper from other shoes in the toe box so that the larger end is closer to the peep toe, then i roll up a sock and place it behind it, then I take one of those little stick things and further force the stuffing into the toe box. I also tried the dryer trick. I paid $500 for them, and I want to make them work. lol. Too bad they dont stretch like Pigalles.
I think it should work but you have to leave the sock in the shoes for at least a week and check the streching from time to time.
I left my Lillians for a week stuffed with socks as much as I could push the sock in. Before this, my toes hurt after one our in my Lillians ! Now I can keep them all day !
BE CAREFUL with rubbing alcohol! Do a search - it worked for some ladies and it ruined some poor person's CLs...she posted pics 
Well, it works but for a different reason- you have it all backwards
The sock technique does not enlarge the shoe - it shrinks the foot.
This technique is called footbinding and was practiced by chinese women since many years ago...
References here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding
and here: http://www.angelfire.com/ca/beekeeper/foot.html
I just read the first article and I am appalled
Those poor little girls! I have heard of it and understand it as a cultural thing but (I have no more words, I'm speechless).
Well, it works but for a different reason- you have it all backwards
The sock technique does not enlarge the shoe - it shrinks the foot.
This technique is called footbinding and was practiced by chinese women since many years ago...
References here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding
and here: http://www.angelfire.com/ca/beekeeper/foot.html
whaaa?How can a sock shrink the foot? They are not that binding. Indeed the sock does stretch the shoe. Even if you don't put the sock on your foot and ball the socks up and put them in the shoe it stretches the shoe. Same as a shoe stretcher you are stretching the material. So when you put the sock on your foot and wear them with your shoes you are stretching the leather it doesn't make your foot smaller.
How can a sock shrink the foot? They are not that binding. Indeed the sock does stretch the shoe. Even if you don't put the sock on your foot and ball the socks up and put them in the shoe it stretches the shoe. Same as a shoe stretcher you are stretching the material. So when you put the sock on your foot and wear them with your shoes you are stretching the leather it doesn't make your foot smaller.
Yeah, I wasn't even going to comment on this.
Tonight I am going to wear socks and walk around in my mago
I am also going to be trying these techniques on a new pair that I bought on ebay that are a little small in the toe. I am debating whether to just ball up some socks and leave them in for a week or walk around the house with socks on to stretch the toe box. I think wearing them with socks on will work faster, but I don't want to put any added "wear" on a brand new pair of shoes!
well i have done the hairdryer thing a little but mostly stuffed the heck out of the toe box, I have to say that it helped a little.
How can a sock shrink the foot? They are not that binding. Indeed the sock does stretch the shoe. Even if you don't put the sock on your foot and ball the socks up and put them in the shoe it stretches the shoe. Same as a shoe stretcher you are stretching the material. So when you put the sock on your foot and wear them with your shoes you are stretching the leather it doesn't make your foot smaller.
Nani - while footbinding is an unfortunate reality, what I said was obviously a fib. If you follow my various postings on tpf, you will see that I have this (twisted?) sense of humor
Or was it not a fib ????
if we you are looking for a scientific explanation, I can provide one: what is more flexible a shoe or foot?
Our bodies are made up of 70% water. Shoes on the other hand are 100% solid. So tissue does stretch easier than leather.
Put a sock on your foot and put it in a tight shoe and you are creating pressure. The shoe may expand but only by 2%- your sock will compress and so will your foot. Do it for long enough times and you get a similar effect to foot-binding. If you really want to stretch a shoe you need a stretcher made of metal. With a sock, you only get your foot to compress.
If you want another proof, think of a belt -can you make it wider by wearing a sweater? You can't.
But you do sometimes squeeze that extra hole to cinch your waist, and not the other way around, right?
Confused?
I tried the hair dryer thing but was not convinced and was afraid of what it would do to patent leather so I tried only on regular leather but it was not enough (my toes were going numb after one our in the shoes !).
Nani - while footbinding is an unfortunate reality, what I said was obviously a fib. If you follow my various postings on tpf, you will see that I have this (twisted?) sense of humor
Or was it not a fib ????
if we you are looking for a scientific explanation, I can provide one: what is more flexible a shoe or foot?
Our bodies are made up of 70% water. Shoes on the other hand are 100% solid. So tissue does stretch easier than leather.
Put a sock on your foot and put it in a tight shoe and you are creating pressure. The shoe may expand but only by 2%- your sock will compress and so will your foot. Do it for long enough times and you get a similar effect to foot-binding. If you really want to stretch a shoe you need a stretcher made of metal. With a sock, you only get your foot to compress.
If you want another proof, think of a belt -can you make it wider by wearing a sweater? You can't.
But you do sometimes squeeze that extra hole to cinch your waist, and not the other way around, right?
Confused?
Nope, I'm not confused at all.........
Hi ladies, just want to say a BIG, HUGE 
!!
I got my very first pair of Louboutins - gray suede Trotinettes, and at first I thought they were too tight, I walked around in them wearing socks until my toes went numb. In the end I just stuffed them with socks, restuffed them every night for about three nights and it worked!! Thank you soo much for the advice! It's absolute gold!
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!!I got my very first pair of Louboutins - gray suede Trotinettes, and at first I thought they were too tight, I walked around in them wearing socks until my toes went numb. In the end I just stuffed them with socks, restuffed them every night for about three nights and it worked!! Thank you soo much for the advice! It's absolute gold!
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