Beat Up Your Shoes (On Purpose)

So, for anyone who thinks their leather boots are too shiny and pristine and you really like that distressed, beat-up, worn in look, I have some tips on how the experts purposefully rough up their shiny shoes. I watched a video from the people at Free People, showing how they perfectly distress their boots photographed in their catalog. Methods include running them over with cars, driving over them with bikes, and tying them to the back bumper of a car and dragging them along the ground for a while. So for all you out there who are willing to risk bodily injury to your footwear, this is the way the pros do it, believe it or not. Just make sure your footwear can hold up to the punishment.