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Hello, Laura. I hope that you are asking because you really want to wear 6 inch heels
and to wear them often.
As I indicated in my book, custom high heel shoe makers are usually very hard to find. They are usually small businessmen who are not well versed in advertising and marketing. They get their business mostly by word of mouth. With this in mind, many of them go out of business for these same reasons. With a limited number of potential buyers, there are times in which they get too few orders to stay in business. Before the Internet gained some popularity a few years ago, custom high heel shoe makers were found in mainly two ways: 1) In the U.S.A., custom high heel shoe makers usually set up business near Hollywood in California and near the Broadway theater district in New York. They mainly served theatrical people including actresses, singers and other entertainers. So, they could be located via theatrical costume people. 2) Custom high heel shoe makers also served high heel shoe fetishists. Information about them was spread through that community of people via adult high heel fetish publications and by word of mouth. There are a few points that you should be aware of: a) It takes another level of advanced skill to make good and wearable shoes and boots with real 6 inch and higher heels without platforms. Very few custom high heel shoe makers have the skill to do the job right. b) Custom high heel shoe makers usually want the shoes to be fully paid for before they start making them and they offer absolutely no refunds. Occasionally, there are customers who are dissatisfied with their finished custom made shoes. So you should be willing to accept that as a possibility before paying. c) It can take up to 6 months to get custom shoes made. Also, there is third way to get "limited" custom high heel work. It is often possible to request minor changes from shoe retailers who manufacture their own shoes for an extra fee. Ankle straps are easy to add and should cost about $25.00 to 40.00 US extra. Bigger toe boxes (like a semi-pointed toe box or round toe box) are also easy to add and should cost about $10.00 to 25.00 US extra. The custom shoe maker in England that I listed in my book should be able to make the shoes in Figure 25 of my book. It is my understanding that they have done some custom high heel shoe work in the past. Also, I have seen many of their finished ultra high heel shoes in person to know that they have the skills to do the job. Note that there is a special protocol or way to approach them to help get custom high heel work done. (If you are interested in doing this, email me and I will try to help you through the process.) Besides the U.S.A. and England, there are also custom high heel shoe makers in other countries including France, Germany and Spain. You can find them yourself, using the ways I indicated above. In addition to the information mentioned in my book about the shoes in Figure 25, note that: a) Marcia chose one inch wide straps. You should be able to request ankle straps from 1/2 to 2 inches wide. b) The all hardwood heels need to be carved out of very hard wood. "White ash" wood has about the minimum hardness needed. White ash is used to make professional baseball bats. Harder woods like "hard maple", "hickory" and "pecan" are better. c) The built-in ball-of-foot cushions can be made of 1/2 inch thick rubber cut out of rubber floor mats and sent to the shoe maker. d) The round toe box is what Marcia needed to give her toes enough breathing room for extended use. (She was able to wear these shoes many times for 3 to 4 days periods without ever taking them off. 4 days was the longest amount of time in order to keep her toe nails trimmed and avoid cracked, ingrown and other toe nail problems.) The type of toe box that you request should depend on the shape of your own toes. Always try to avoid regular pointed toe boxes. From narrowest to widest, you can ask for long-pointed, semi-pointed, round, baby doll or square toe boxes. e) The cutout on the top part of these shoes was Marcia's way of giving the 6 inch heels a more fashionable look. She chose a "X" cutout, as if adding a X-factor to the shoes. You should be able to request any cutout and/or addition (like bows or embroidery), but expect to pay extra depending on the amount of time it takes to make. f) You should be able to request the shoes to be dyed in any color. I think that this pair of high heels would be spectacular in white or red. J.J. - December 2, 2001 |
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My wife has very narrow feet - she wants custom made shoes, just like
would be done first class for movie stars and actresses. Can you help
us locate a source.
Thanks massively,
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Mike,
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