Since Fall is upon us I decided to inventory my Fall clothing options. My favorite pair of boots are brown knee high boots with a short wedge heel. They go with everything and work for both Fall and Winter. Unfortunately, the zipper broke on my boots last year.
I took my boots, and several pairs of stilettos (I'm very hard on my heels) to my favorite shoe repair shop. If you live in the DFW area I highly recommend Texas Boot, Shoe & Saddle Repair on Williams Rd. off Camp Bowie. These amazing gentlemen are extremely nice and their pricing is fair. As I showed them my poor, sad, broken boots they told me that they could replace the zipper pull; however, it would be tricky and could result in having to replace the entire zipper...quite expensive. These fine Texans suggested that I replace the pull myself with a keyring. How amazingly honest is that? They were willing to lose my business so I could fix them in a cheaper way. This is precisely why I continue to take my shoes there.
Anyways, the idea was brilliant!
Materials:
Tin snips (or some other small metal cutter)
2 matching keyrings
Needlenose pliers
First, I had to remove the broken pieces of zipper pull from the zipper. Using the tin snips, I snipped the zipper pull so I could use my needlenose pliers to remove the pieces from the zipper.
Be careful not to cut the actual zipper piece, this could be a tragedy!
Once I removed both zipper pulls from my boots all I had to do was thread the keyring in to the hole on the zipper. Easy as pie!
The ring makes a nice, sturdy pull
The best part about this fix is that it makes the boots look very '70's...very in this season
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