https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painting-shoes-1 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:15:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painting-shoes-1#post-2338763 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 02:30:43 +0000 elpgal 2338763@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used Tarrago dye on some Birkenstock ks to make the color go from dark tan to a bright burgundy. It worked really well. Te straps were leather. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painting-shoes-1#post-2338672 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:29:44 +0000 Anonymous 2338672@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>After pandemic, I find it hard to find cute flats. &nbsp;Colors have been cut back. &nbsp;I look for off white footwear to enjoy Angie's looks and may give Tarragon a try. &nbsp;Metallics make good &nbsp;neutrals year round. &nbsp;I need some new metallic booties. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painting-shoes-1#post-2338199 Sun, 10 Sep 2023 17:02:44 +0000 Carol 2338199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Jen</b>--maybe show the boots. If you're willing to go for a rough, punk-rock look, you probably could paint them white.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painting-shoes-1#post-2338175 Sun, 10 Sep 2023 13:20:47 +0000 Jen 2338175@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi all, thanks for the feedback! Brooklyn, your shoes look great!<br /> It makes perfect sense that dyeing to a darker shade is easiest. Unfortunately, I was dreaming of the opposite. I constantly see cool colored boots, including white, but as soon as you get to the extra wide ones they are all nothing but black. I guess they figure it’s too small a niche. But it means very limited options. I had just been getting into Angie-style white footwear and boom, it’s become an impossibility for me. Then I thought of this paint idea. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painting-shoes-1#post-2338165 Sun, 10 Sep 2023 11:59:08 +0000 Star (Lise) 2338165@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had a cobbler dye pink pumps black in the 80s and they turned out fab. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painting-shoes-1#post-2338163 Sun, 10 Sep 2023 11:36:15 +0000 Brooklyn 2338163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have made subtle colour changes with Tarrago. It’s not strictly a paint. It’s a polish that imparts a little colour. It can be useful for darkening the colour of a shoe or creating a metallic effect. You can’t lighten with it. </p> <p>These are sandals that were taupe. I turned them into an old gold colour with the polish. I much prefer them this way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painting-shoes-1#post-2338142 Sun, 10 Sep 2023 04:17:07 +0000 Anonymous 2338142@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Women used to wear pumps dyed to match outfits all the time, especially for proms and weddings. Go for it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painting-shoes-1#post-2338086 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 19:12:10 +0000 SarahD8 2338086@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Brooklyn has done this with Tarrago shoe paint to good effect (I could not tell you exactly when/where she posted about it though).&nbsp;</p> <p>I have been sufficiently inspired by her to *purchase* paint for my own shoe project...but not brave/motivated enough to actually carry it out, yet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painting-shoes-1#post-2338058 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 13:49:45 +0000 Carol 2338058@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The only shoes I painted were when I was a very bohemian teen--I painted Starry Night on some Converse.&nbsp; I agree with cat2--if you want it done well, see a cobbler.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painting-shoes-1#post-2338057 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 13:36:53 +0000 cat2 2338057@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have had both fabric and leather shoes dyed by a cobbler. Mine were my white lace and fabric wedding shoes and a pair of light tan pumps that got stained in the rain. Both made excellent black shoes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painting-shoes-1#post-2338044 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 12:09:08 +0000 Jen 2338044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Has anyone tried this? I had a lightbulb moment about it during one of my latest gloomfests about the near-impossibility of finding shoes to fit my crazily wide feet. </p>