Forget taxis, Uber, métro or bus rides. When in Paris, walking is the preferred method of transportation. Which may end up pissing off your Manolos, Louboutins, or Tory Burch flats. Can we get directions to the nearest shoe hospital?
Walking the Parisisan streets allows you to see everything up close, to flit off in any direction for spontaneous exploration and to revel in the sights, sounds and smell of this great city. Cobblestone streets, though aesthetically pleasing, can be unforgiving to your chic scarpins, and when you wear your favorite pair of biker boots to death, they really do die eventually when the soles give out or the seams break apart. So how do Parisian ladies keep their heels, boots and ballerina flats in tip-top shape? They visit thy local cobbler, of course, for some proactive or post-emergency action.
So the next time you encounter a shoe crisis, with a broken heel stuck in the gaps on the Pont des Arts, a ripped sole from trekking the cobblestone streets, or you simply can’t bear the idea of giving up your beloved Louboutins whose luster has faded since you first purchased them, don’t throw them out or buy new ones. Keep the cobbler trade alive and well by paying a visit to Minuit Moins 7, where old traditions are kept and worn shoes are reborn. However, even if you can’t make the trip in person, the mighty snail mail will ensure all shoe tears and cracks will be a thing of your past.
Bon découvert !
What : Minuit Moins 7
Where : 10 Passage Véro-Dodat 75001 Paris; Second location — 163-165 Whitecross Street EC1Y8JT London
Open : Monday to Friday from 10 to 7 pm, Saturday from 11 to 1 pm and 2 to 7 pm
Telephone : +33(0)1 42 21 15 47
Website : http://www.minuitmoins7.com/
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