Just seen an article from the Mail on Sunday dated 14th August 2011, if you have bought Jimmy Choos for your wedding , you may need to get them re-soled before you wear them, to cut a long story short, basically the Mail on Sunday gave a model three pairs of shoes to road test them, one of them was a pair of patent beige Jimmy Choos that cost £450, she noticed that the sole was very thin but didnt think they would need to be re-soled. Once she had put them on she walked 200 yards from the mail on sunday offices to high street Kensington Underground station In West London and caught a tube to Hampstead where she lived. Then walked to Tesco, spent 35 mins browsing the aisles then walked 400 yards home. Next four hours were spent at home doing odd jobs preparing dinner. Then she walked to her local 300 yards away to meet a friend then back home again, she said it wasnt a gruelling day for her feet but when she took off the shoes that night she was surprised and the soles were badly worn especially at the front. There was a crack as well as two little tears on the heel, she says if she had worn them for a week they would have been wrecked. It turns out that not all shop assistants will tell you they need to be re-soled before wearing them, looks like they are what they call catwalk shoes, bit of a rip off when you pay a decent amount of money for a pair of shoes the last thing you want to do have to do is get them re-soled before walking out in them, most of them have very elegant soles, but looks like elegant is not aways good.

Ye gads, that's terrible!!!

Never much fancied Jimmy's, even less so now!

wow, not even spending that much on my dress, havent thought about shoes yet lol. Mine will most probably be from a cheap high street store :-) cant see em under my dress anyways!

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Simmo - I have never fancied them much myself, glad I dont have any yikes!

Petra - I know what you mean about not spending much on my shoes, I had bought mine then found a little while ago they are too big for me So now selling them on bay of e, but H2b has bought me a gorgeous pair from the bay of e also that have an ankle strap so they fit much better phew!! a lot of money to pay for shoes, Jimmy Choo should make lasting soles, seems you are only paying for the name, Good name should mean good quality!

I wanted Jimmy Choos (really just for the name i suppose!) but have gone with Kurt Geigers. Fell in love with them and won the off the bay never worn for £40 when in the shops £120 so was chuffed. These won't need re-soling.

My H2B is a cobbler and says that Jimmy Choos are just made for sitting in, not walking!
The heels are not strong enough and he's had tons of people in the shop where their heels have snapped and they always go through the soles really quickly, he refuses to do them now!

Well unless you have tons of money to spend on replacement heels you've no hope, he says the heels are so tiny for example think of a girl about size 10 walking in them, it'd be the same pressure as an elephant standing on an egg!

I've never bothered with stilletto's anyway, I'm 5 ft 10 and H2B is about 1 inch taller!

lol, not so good as I rarely get to wear heels and it looks like my wedding shoes will be pumps! xx

I love heels just for once would love to be able to feel comfortable in flat shoes, mind you i am going to have a pair of kushi flaties for the evening!! lol xx

I am a shoe fanatic, i love all shoes from designer to good old pradamark but i like to see my shoes before i buy them.

I did try get a pair of louboutions for my wedding shoes but couldnt find any where in glasgow & would never buy that kind of shoe over the net

That was like me today, h2b took me to a little boutique as a surprise for my wedding shoes & at first i was a bit hmmmm these aint what i want, then the women told me she would customise any that i seen with swarovski crystals :-) I was soon intrested & the 1st pair i tried on where defo thee ones

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JCs have soft leather soles; these soles will look very dirty after one wear, but should not wear out. I have 3 pairs of JCs, as well as 4 pairs of Ginas (which, like most deisgner shoes, have the same soft leather sole); I have worn some of the pairs dozens of times, inc out in the rain; they are fine, and have not needed re-soling. Yes, the soles don't look pretty anymore, but they serve their purpose. You can get plastic soles put over them; I've never needed to.

My JCs and Ginas are by far the best quality and most comfortable shoes I own, and the soles have never been an issue. Their 'day wear' styles, such as flats and boots, have hard or rubber soles, as they are designed for every day wear. But for evening shoes, there's not really any need for a rubber sole, as typically you'll be wearing them indoors, or for short walks between places (that said, I've tramped around the streets of Cuba and Mexico in my shoes lol and they've survived)

I know claire the mention of swarovski & im sold lol. h2b got my lovely earrings & necklace from there :-)

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They are great shoes Kaytee but more for partys & social gatherings lol x

No offence taken hunni :-)

Im a total girly girl when it comes to nights out & nights with h2b, im a shoe & bag fanatic. Also love my fake tan, nails & eyelashes, oh & experimenting with make up :-) BUT when got kids or working im hair scrapped back wit hardly any make up on & jeans n pumps lol

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lol nicole - that's me every day!
True Clairebear! I'm sure I would if I was rich lol!

I have a piccy in my photo album Nicole if you would like to have a look. Sounds gorgeous in your bouquet, not sure how im going to have my bouquet yet but will have some kind of beading, to go with the colours anyway. Well your mum just likes fine things lol. Their pens are nice though. : )

Claire your tiara is gorgeous :-)

My swarovski is on the cone that my bouquet will sit in :-)

Yeah my mum does like the finer things lol. She was so xcited when she got her 1st swarovski pen, she just had to flash it about at work. Now i think shes got about 5, every birthday & christmas thats part of her present lol

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I've never come across a forum so deeply against anything expensive! Gees!

I have Choos, Louboutins and a few other luxe shoes with soft leather soles. They aren't designed for long walks but they seem to be standing up well to being worn. They're no worse for wearing out than cheap shoes and mostly a lot more comfortable (as well as being absolutely stunning).

SpecialSundae we all know how much you love your expensive things.
The forum isn't anti-expensive, it's about getting the best you can for your money, whether that be £10 or £1000 - we're all just looking out for each other and giving each other advice hun

I never had any intention for it to become a slag off about expensive stuff, if the mods feel it has turned that way then maybe they should close it.

I have Jimmy Choo's and a "normal" pair of cheap wedding shoes for my wedding. I will be wearing the JC's through out the day and wedding breakfast and changing into my "normal" pair in the evening and the only reason I'm changing is because I don't want to ruin the JCs and I just know someone will stand on them or I'd drip chocolate on them. They are comfier than the other shoes and much better quality. I've never had a problem with JCs and I read the article and I think she did do quite a bit of walking in them and everyone knows JC's aren't made to be spent walking in all day. To me, they are perfect wedding shoes

Special Sundae i have never once ranted about expensive stuff. I have got expensive taste in shoes, clothes & bags but i also like "normal" things aswell.

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Kaytee: I have a 10 year old pair of JCs, and another pair that's only 3 years old but that I've worn at least 50 times they're so comfy and versatile. Likewise I have several pairs of Ginas I've worn dozens of times. They do last, much much better than any high street shoes in my experience. Unles you have owned a pair, you can't really comment on if they last.