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Fatcanklers! Ladies, how do you stretch leather boots to fit your ginormous legs?

14 replies

Nevergarglebrandybutter · 11/03/2012 22:44

i'm trademarking 'fatcanklers' by the way.

i'm sitting here wearing leather boots with leather stretching spray on them.

is this even going to work or do i have to buy a boot stretcher for £££££

what's the solution? (apart from having smaller legs).

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WhereYouLeftIt · 11/03/2012 22:46

I've stopped wearing boots.

Nevergarglebrandybutter · 11/03/2012 22:46

nooooooooooooo, i'm not ready to give up! and you shouldn't be either.

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turnipvontrapp · 11/03/2012 22:49

I can give you hope!

I bought a pair of really tight boots from jones, was so hard to zip them up, had to sit in a certain position with my toes pointed.

No spray used here and they have stretched and are fine now.

Nevergarglebrandybutter · 11/03/2012 22:53

they are currently zipped all the way up and i'm managed to do some laundry with them on so far so good.
would be nice to be able to get some tights or jeans inside the fuckers though.

stretch muthaf**az, stretch!

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Nevergarglebrandybutter · 11/03/2012 23:00

my feet are starting to tingle with pins and needles.

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gettingshorterbytheminute · 11/03/2012 23:26

I have the added problem of having short legs as well as'fatcanklers' and so buying boots (at a reasonable price) is a PITA!
I'm also hoping someone comes on here with a fab cheap answer to stretching boots cos I'm not ready to give up wearing them yet!
When I pass anyone with their jeans tucked into their boots I just think how is that possible.......

Nevergarglebrandybutter · 11/03/2012 23:47

yes biker boots work for short fat girls like myself.

but i want to wear these nine west lovelies with jeans dammit.

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Nevergarglebrandybutter · 11/03/2012 23:48

i'm going to wear them every evening til they fit.

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pistonbroke · 12/03/2012 07:01

you're lucky you can do them up. I cant even get that far

NewGirlInTown · 12/03/2012 18:59

I order from Duo Boots online, which are made to measure to fit you calf and ankle size. Quality is great too.

SkivingAgain · 12/03/2012 19:02

I wore mine over a pair of skinny jeans and they have stretched a little.

There are companies that will make boots to measure, I bought a pair but they were still really, really tight. Was too busy to complain but a year later I had lost enough weight and trimmed up my calves through exercise for them to fit Smile but wouldn't recommend that method.

HiggleDePiggledy · 12/03/2012 19:05

Pee in them then stuff them with a log.

Nevergarglebrandybutter · 12/03/2012 20:35

i will piss in my boots if they don't stretch, might be the only use for them.

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BornToShopForcedToWork · 12/03/2012 23:19

Put Bags filled with water in your boots (preferably a few freezer bags that you can zip up) and out it in the freezer. Water expands when it freezes and therefore the boots will stretch. Do it for 12-24 h and see what happened. I do it all the time with my normal shoes.

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