Hey hope someone reads this! Gifted a pair of UGGs, knee length, w buttons, and can't get my dang feet in them far enough to get my heel in. Have any gals out there modified boots like these w a zipper, perhaps? These are "Bailly" style and un button down to instep. Any input welcome...I have high instep and big heel...the size is not an issue. Help???
Check with a shoe repairman.
Thanks gjnl. I may do that, but probably will just return. Had a para friend who had his cowboy boots modified w a zipper up the back but I have ballerina feet on paraplegic legs ...lol. Its really hard to find shoes that I can get over my instep. Don't know if a zipper would solve the problem. But I'll keep lookin.
I had the same issue with UGG boots. They're surprisingly hard to get on and off. Maybe a different style? But I haven't found one that works.
A friend gave me a pair a few years back and I took them to a cobbler - I have wide flat feet with high insteps - and the cobbler basically cut them down the front almost all the way to the toes, made some excellent binding and a very lightweight chamois flap and put buttons and kind of loops on them so I could just pull the button over the loop. They are excellently warm and cozy. You need a really good cobbler who is used to your shoes and feet, I would think. I have tried to get another pair modified like that up where I live now and they kind of flinch and back away.
Give Bethany version Ugg a try.
I have several pair, try the shorter ones, much easier and be sure the thumb hole is on the back that's key to getting them on.
Thanks all for your advice! All good suggestions.
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