I apologize for the long wait … but eventually here is an update on a pair of my black reeboks! Truth to tell, I did not work on the pair of which I already posted the pictures in this thread (I’ve not yet found the courage to trash them …), but I attacked another well worn black pair I have. So far I’ve modified the left sneaker, while I’ve not touched the right one, which already received some attentions some months ago.
Here is the left shoe before the treatment.
My fun started untying and removing the shoelace.
Then I cut the seams around the eyelets row on the right side, in order make possible to remove the inner lining on the right part of the shoe. I partially cut off the underlying leather layer as well.
I subsequently “eliminated” the most of the eyelets on the right side by bending inside the leather and gluing it to keep it in place. Just the top and the bottom eyelets of the row were left usable.
At that point, my left freestyle still had too many possibilities of being worn laced up. So, why not ripping off a velcro strap? Since I wear them with the straps unfastened the most of the times, I thought that the straps could go.
Then it was the turn of the tongue and of the other strap, which were both ripped off …
Further I put the tongue in place again, fixing it just with the lace and I laced up passing the lace through the two surviving eyelets and around the ankle, leaving it as loose as possible. I enjoyed very much the feeling of the shoe so precariously laced and the sight of the straps no longer in place.
My excitement kept on growing and I soon felt the desire of having my toes more free to move around in the toebox. So I took a Swiss knife and enlarged a bit the small tear already present on the right side of the toebox. This turned me on at the point that I put my fingers in the enlarged hole and pulled strong the leather, ripping almost all the toebox …. Ahhh, what a feeling of pleasure!
I admit that at that point my poor left freestyle was pretty trashed … but despite this I’ve already had some chances to wear again this pair in public, getting very excited when spotting someone glancing at my trashed shoes. I just take the precaution of wearing them with black nylon socks, in order not to evidence that much the huge rip on the front of the left shoe, which would be immediately noticeable if I wore colored socks.
The last time I wore these reeboks I had one of the most exciting sneaker experiences ever. I was traveling by train, and a student girl who was sat in front of me continued to look at my shoes. After some passengers sitting behind us left the train, she asked me how long I wore those reeboks to make them so trashed, adding that she liked very much the feeling of worn out sneakers, but that it took too long to her to reduce them in that shape. She liked in particular the totally ripped toebox of the left shoe and asked if I ripped it on purpose or if it blew out by itself. I was so thrilled to show her all the modifications I made and we spent some pleasant time talking about sneakers and shoe fetish in general. She declared to be willing to reserve the same treatment of my freestyles to the white with pink stripe Nike wimbledon she had on her feet that day, which already looked well worn. Then she started untying the laces of her shoes, until she left just three couples of eyelets laced up over seven pairs of eyelets per shoe. She hided the rest of the laces within the shoes and said that later in the evening she would have cut huge holes in both the toe boxes! … I felt so horny that I became all wet and remained excited all the rest of the day! I’m still complaining not having had one of that small manicure scissors in my bag that day! So I could just suggest her to begin by cutting small holes where the leather of the toe boxes had already started separating from the rubber sole, and then to rip the rest by pulling the leather with her fingers, in order to give the rips the most natural look possible. Hopefully one day I will see her walking around in her unlaced, holed Nikes.
Back to my reeboks, now it’s time for the right sneaker to receive some major modifications. You can see it in the picture below: Some months ago I already cut all the seams on the upper, in order to be able to completely remove the inner lining. Apart from the rubber sole and the tongue (which I cut too and cleared out of the inner terry-cloth, leaving in place just the external tiny nylon layer with the Reebok tag), the shoe is now made only of soft, extremely well worn leather and is particularly light and roomy to wear. It gives a so special feeling of looseness, especially worn with nylon socks. There’s also a pretty large rip on the external side, which grew naturally.
I will wait for your indications on how to modify it before I proceed! Also some ideas for additional modifications to the left shoe would be welcome … I’m fantasizing of making out of this pair the loosest freestyles I’ve ever worn, modifying them until they remain decently wearable under a casual outfit, ideally with long and large jeans, partially hiding the major damages when I’m walking in public areas (I’m not yet ready to part from them and damage them to the extent I can only throw them away…). In this sense, the highest portions of both shoes could be subject to more radical modifications … any idea?
