Weak old crown that revives old sneakers as original as new as "20-year-old" sneaker specialty Cobbler (shoe repair shop) "

It is "Cobbler (shoe repair shop)" to repair obsolete shoes, replace spoiled parts and replace color. A shoe repair shop is a professional who requires a high degree of special skill, but he is active as a shoe repair shop specializing in sneakers at a weak age of 20Joshua MerlinA movie that focused on Mr. is published on YouTube.

Keeping Classic Sneakers Fresh With Chicago's Teen Cobbler


"When I say to people that I am a" shoe repair shop ", I will be laughed a lot and it is Joshua Merlin who says" Can you trim your shoes? "


"Although there are things that I am annoying, I will continue to put out that I am a shoe repair shop and I will not try to hide it."


Joshua's shop is full of various equipment used for repairing shoes.


"It is my job to reborn the shoes that everyone has worn and become dreadful like a brand-new one."


"People who received shoes that I repaired are surprised that everyone is" getting this beautiful! "Joshua talks with the shoes before the repair on the right and the shoes after the repair on the left. The difference is obvious at a glance.


"I am the owner of" Fix Your Kicks (your shoes, I will fix it) "and I'm correcting my shoes," says Joshua who smiles.


This is the shop front of "Fix Your Kicks".


Mr. Joshua is a wealthy Cobbler while being 20 years old.


Mr. Joshua who was born and grew up in the northern part of Chicago.


Both my father and grandfather were a shoe repair shop, and it seems that Mr. Joshua went to his father 's shop since he was a child.


"My father taught me all the skills as a shoe repair shop"


"But what I am doing is somewhat different from my father."


"I want to live as a shoe repair shop specializing in sneakers"


Mr. Joshua headed for a used item discount shop.


I will color the secondhand shoes department and look for a wonderful sneaker.


"If you find a good sneaker, repair it and sell it at my shop."


Mr. Joshua started working as a shoe repair shop at the beginning, it was tingling in the used shopAir Jordan 12Purchased for $ 12. He repaired the weakened part, repainted the color, replaced it with a new shoelace, that he sell it for 180 dollars.


"And then I was hooked up by the sneaker 's culture," Mr. Joshua began activities as a sneaker specialist afterwards.


"Shoe repair is art, is not it?"


"I can revive on shoes that are totally different from the original, depending on customer's request"


"Teenage children often come to the store and say," I like this kind of coloring, but I do not sell it anywhere. "Then I will repair their shoes and, as you wish Coloring the world, I will make only one shoe in the world. "


Mr. Joshua seems to have very particular attention to the paint of shoes, and when painting work, I will carefully superimpose colors with a fine stripe.


"I am really pleased that customers will smile or be pleased that I repaired my shoes."


"I think that Chicago is my home," says Joshua.


It seems that he has launched three new shops in a year from the start of a shoe repair shop.


"Everyone says that I am crazy, but I really hustle against this challenge."


Joshua's "sneaker specialized repair shop" gradually became famous even in Chicago and became available in local newspapers.


"The customer who came to my shop asked me" Do you have an owner? "


"And when you find me," Oh, you are an example shoe repair shop? "I answer" Yes, I see. "


Mr. Joshua said that he will continue as a shoe repair shop specializing in sneakers in the streets of Chicago, home town.