Repairs
Hermès Izmir sandals, brown — H-strap uppers replaced
Hermès · Leather replacement
These are not dye jobs. Where leather was replaced, the new part can look lighter than before — that is new leather, not leather dyed lighter.
The record
01Condition on arrival
The edges of the H strap had worn and crumbled, and the ends were frayed
02Main steps
- Removing the old H strap
- cutting new leather to the original shape
- setting it into the sole
- finishing
03About the work
Hermès Izmir sandals in brown leather. Both ends of the H-shaped strap over the instep, where they tuck into the sole, had worn and crumbled, the edges frayed and the inner leather exposed.
The straps were taken out of the soles, and the old straps were used as a pattern to cut new leather to the same shape. The inner face that touches the foot and the edges were finished, then the straps were set back between the soles in their original position.
The soles and the footbed leather were left as they were; only the H straps were changed. The first after photo shows the old straps lying under the restored sandals.
