https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/brogues Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:53:35 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/brogues#post-1730680 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:53:01 +0000 Anonymous 1730680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love these shoes.<br /> Heel lifts are an interesting proposition.<br /> Good luck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/brogues#post-1730593 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:47:01 +0000 Angie 1730593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sometimes, when you change the position of your foot in the shoe, the rubbing stops. Good luck. GORGEOUS shoes.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/brogues#post-1730484 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 05:57:45 +0000 Jane 1730484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you Di, that's really helpful and I started to do that last night.</p> <p>Angie, I hadn't thought of heel lifts and I will definitely try.</p> <p>Diana, thank you, I hadn't thought of this either and will get some.</p> <p>El Cee, I'd be interested by what you mean by moleskin. Do you mean on the backs of your heels? </p> <p>Thank you I really appreciate your ideas. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/brogues#post-1730231 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 17:31:10 +0000 El Cee 1730231@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Those are lovely brogues. Hope you can get them broken in. I have the issue that Diana just mentioned -- many shoes have too high a back for my foot, causing cutting in problems. Like Angie just suggested, I use heel lifts. And, until the shoe backs soften, I use moleskin so I do not have as much rubbing.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/brogues#post-1730112 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:18:06 +0000 Angie 1730112@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Perhaps you need heel lifts?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/brogues#post-1730102 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:09:11 +0000 Diana 1730102@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The doc martens wonder balsam might work. It definitely softens up docs which are the epitome of hard leather. </p> <p>Are the shoes possibly too high in back for you? I have learned to be really careful with the back height of oxfords because I have such low volume feet that even with an orthotic insert the backs come up too high and cut into the backs of my ankles. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/brogues#post-1730018 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 09:56:17 +0000 Anonymous 1730018@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Do you know what my mum used to do when I was a kid? She would get the bone&nbsp;handle of an ordinary cutlery knife and just kind of press it around the heel area of the shoe and work it round to soften the leather. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/brogues#post-1729977 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 06:04:38 +0000 Jane 1729977@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm so looking forward to properly wearing my cognac brogues but I've yet to break them in. I've got the width sorted with shoe stretchers, and broadly they are comfy for about an hour or so of pottering (rather than quick walking!). </p> <p>The problem is the backs seem so stiff against my heel. I wondered if anyone had any top tips to ease the stiffness of the heel leather? </p> <p>Multiple of plasters are helpful, but don't seem to help with the root cause. </p> <p>Thank you for looking. </p>