| It used to be that if you were searching for a specific | | | | costs of individual retailers doing their own shoe dyeing |
| color of shoe you might have to travel to the ends of | | | | helped change things. For a long time it just wasn't cost |
| the earth to find them. One store would have the style | | | | effective for stores to do a lot of their own shoe |
| you were looking for, but they wouldn't have the color | | | | dyeing. It was easier and more profitable for them to |
| you needed. So then you went across town to | | | | farm out the work or special order the shoes. But |
| another store that had the color you wanted, but in | | | | once these advances came about, the availability of |
| totally the wrong style. Often if you needed a specific | | | | dyeable shoes bloomed. Whether it was the advances |
| color in a specific style you'd have to have them | | | | which fueled the demand, or the demand which made |
| specially ordered, which took extra time and, of course, | | | | dyeing shoes more profitable, suddenly bridal shops |
| costs extra money. | | | | and shoe stores in even the smallest of towns offered |
| Say goodbye to such hassles. This is the 21st Century | | | | custom dyeing. Now you can get dyeable shoes in a |
| where all your dreams can come true! OK, maybe | | | | variety of styles. It's not just pumps anywhere. You |
| that's a bit of a hyperbole, but modern times have | | | | can get dyeable Mary Janes, sandals, and even |
| brought modern conveniences, and one of those | | | | platform shoes. In addition to having many style options, |
| modern conveniences are dyeable shoes. Now you | | | | dyeable shoes are now available in different fabrics. |
| can walk into a store and find the right style of shoe | | | | Satin, ultra-satin, silk satin, peau de soie, and others are |
| and have them dyed any color you wish. True 21st | | | | now widely available. |
| Century convenience has brought us the Internet and | | | | There are basically two types of dyeable shoes: |
| the World Wide Web which allows you to find the | | | | factory and custom. Both are "custom" in the sense |
| perfect shoes with the perfect color from the comfort | | | | that you can get almost any color you want, but |
| of your home and have your perfectly dyed shoes | | | | factory dyed shoes are more color-fast then custom |
| delivered promptly to your doorstep. | | | | ones. Custom dyeable shoes are done in the store or |
| You may not have known this, but dyeable shoes | | | | at home. This kind of dye will bleed and stain if they |
| have been around since the 1960's. However, it wasn't | | | | get wet. The big advantage to custom dying is that |
| until the late 1980's that they became widely available. | | | | you can re-dye these shoes. That's right: they can be |
| Even though they'd been around for a good twenty | | | | red for your brother's wedding and white for your |
| years or so, when you went into a bridal shop to | | | | neighbor's baby shower. |
| purchase dyeable shoes for that important day, you | | | | Dyeable shoes are now widely available. Find out |
| were often only able to buy pumps. Apparently there | | | | more from your local bridal shop or shoe store. Look |
| just wasn't enough demand to warrant retailers | | | | online, too. This allows you to find the best prices and |
| maintaining an inventory of a variety of dyeable shoes. | | | | gives you the most choices. |
| Advances in dyeing techniques and a lowering of the | | | | |