Keeping the shoes in a canvas bag (sole to sole) or wrapping them separately in similar fabric seems to help keep the gloss.

After wearing check for soiling and remove if necessary, let them stand for 24 hours after wearing to get the air, dust them off and then cover them.

To save my dainty fingers - I play guitar so those joints are already under pressure, I use a spoon as a polish cloth presser.

My dad used to wear brogues as his best and second best shoes, and they lasted for years. He used a matchstick to get polish out of the pattern of holes. He also put on thin rubber stick-on soles and heels as soon as he bought them and renewed them regularly. That meant they never needed mending.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: