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🧶 Care and shoe repair

Taking care of your white sneakers, care tips for suede, grained, box, patent, vegan, recycled leather...

Taking care of your white sneakers

Marilou - Gabin - LuciaTo clean your white sneakers (in smooth or grained leather) and keep them clean for as long as possible, here are a few care tips.

Suede leather

Tula - Lucia - Romane. For regular maintenance, continue to brush the leather regularly with a crepe brush and apply waterproofing once or twice a month. To treat stains: grease, oil, liquids, etc. Rain. Suede leather is sensitive to water. We recomm

Grained leather

Shoe polish is an optional step, just to make the leather shine. Unlike cream polish or leather gel, shoe polish does not penetrate the leather, but remains on the surface. It should therefore be used as a complement, not on its own.

Leather box

Leather box is maintenance-free. Traces can be removed with a finger. What's more, the leather is water-repellent, so it doesn't need to be waterproofed.

Patent leather

Care of patent leather requires special precautions to preserve its shine. Unfortunately, cracks and scratches on patent leather cannot be camouflaged as well as on smooth leather.

Vegetable-tanned leather

Vegetable tanning is a leather processing method that uses natural tannins extracted from plant substances to transform raw hides into leather. Unlike other tanning methods that use synthetic chemicals, vegetable tanning is based on traditional techn

Vegan suede / ultrasuede

Vegan suede" or "ultrasuede" refers to a material that reproduces the effect and properties of suede without using animal matter. It is a high-quality synthetic material that closely resembles the texture and appearance of genuine suede. It is a popu

Cracked leather

Care of cracked leather is necessary to prevent damage and restore its appearance as much as possible. Carrying out these steps will keep cracked leather moisturized and shiny. Bear in mind that some everyday damage is irreversible, and the thin laye

Smooth leather

Shoe polish is an optional step, just to make the leather shine. Unlike cream polish or leather gel, shoe polish does not penetrate the leather, but remains on the surface. It should therefore be used as a complement, not on its own.

Recycled leather

Our recycled leather is made from 64% leather scraps from a glove factory, 18% nylon and 18% polyester. ♻️ Recycled leather is 3 times less impactful than bovine leather and 100g of material emits 2.08kg of CO2. Care instructions: