Keeping your sneakers looking good with shoe trees

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It doesn’t matter if you are on a low budget, or can by a new pair of shoes every week; how you keep them looking good is what is important.

Have you ever been out to the club, or even mall, and seen someone with a Fresh fit on but their shoes looks terrible? Not terrible like old, but terrible because they haven’t been taken care of.

There should be no reason why the soles of any shoe are dirty. This is a simple procedure that you can do with shoe cleaner. Your shoe laces can be washed, so having dark blue dye stains from your new  jeans is unacceptable. But what do you do when you take your shoes off?

That’s an important question because it helps determine how your shoe will be molded, and how it will appear when on. Do you just throw them in the closet without untying them, or do you take care of them by using shoes trees?

Shoe trees? Yes, shoe trees, should be an essential item you have for your sneakers. Maybe not all of them, but at least the classics. Why, because you wear these all the time, and having some busted ass White-on-Whites is uncalled for.

Shoe Trees

While shoe trees are commonly associated with Dress Shoes, they can also be used with sneakers. Shoe trees preserve the shape of the shoe, and stop it from developing creases. Without shoe trees, your shoes will continue to curl up in the front, and give you a very sloppy look.

There are a couple types of shoe trees. The most common one is made of cedar, but plastic and metal ones are out there too. The cedar shoe trees also protect against odor and absorb moisture.

If you are buying a pair of $135.00 Jordans, you need to invest in shoe trees. They will run you about $10.00-15.00 dollars at Target.

If you don’t want to invest in shoe trees, you can always use the paper that comes inside the shoes, but understand that it will begin to flatten out over time. Then the paper will be useless.

You take time to put your outfit together, right? You’ve ironed your shirt and jeans, and you got a new fitted on. But what about the shoes? Just wiping them off will only get you so far, especially if the front of your shoes are curled up, looking you dead in the face.