Help! How to make leather 'stretch'?!

[MushroomSoup]

Just bought a gorgeous pair of Fly London boots in a UK6. I have another pair several pairs! of Fly Londons and they fit well. However this pair of boots is really tight across the toe, as if someone is standing on my feet!!! How can I speed up the 'give' of the leather?

[marleybrodie]

Wear with two pairs of socks or one pair of walking socks around the house for a few days.

I successfully used this method to stretch a pair of fly shoes.

[BeatTheClock]

Buy some shoe stretchers. Ebay/Amazon sell them they're not expensive. Dd's school shoes were pinching and stretchers worked like magic.

[CaptainNancy]

I saw a pin for this- stuff toes with paper, blast shoes with hairdryer, wait until cooled, they're larger (I think...)

[fanoftheinvisibleman]

I bought some spray from the cobblers that stretched leather. It did work.

[Jackstini]

A good cobblers will have a shoe stretching service - is well worth it, can gain 1/4 to 1/2 a size

[sansucre]

Boil the kettle, as the steam starts to rise, hold the boot so the spout is inside the toe/the section you want to stretch, then with your hand or a broom handle, manipulate the leather. Do this in conjunction with wearing them round the house with several pairs of thick socks.

(The kettle trick is one I picked up working in a shoe shop years ago. It works. Any shoe shop that claims to have a 'shoe-stretcher' out back uses this method.

[wornoutbutstillwonderful]

Shoe stretcher spray works, spray it then wear straight away as they tend to work with the heat from your foot, this way it only "gives" where you need it.