Show Shoes the Same Type of Care That You Show Your Clothes
We treat our shoes much more roughly than we treat our clothes. This makes sense from a certain perspective because shoes are designed to handle impact and direct content with the ground. Shoes are also made from more durable materials than your clothes. But if you think about the cost of a good pair of shoes, the time it takes to buy them, and the attachment we often feel to them; then you realize that it doesn't make sense to treat our shoes so poorly. I'm not suggesting that you build your shoes a shrine or spend every second trying to avoid grass, mud or scuffs. What I'm suggesting is that you think about your Og Tony as an investment and as an important part of your wardrobe. If you look at them this way, then it makes sense to give them more care. A shoe-lover or a cobbler can talk about a half-dozen parts of the shoe (or more), but for our purposes you only need to think about 3 parts: the sole, the outer shell and the inner shoe. If you take a look at each of these...