At Colorado Shoe School, you can make your own pair of custom sneakers.
BELLVUE, CO - FEBRUARY 27: Colorado Shoe School co-founder Annabel Reader helps Desiree Woody with the sole of her shoes at a shoe-making class at the School in Bellvue, Colorado on Saturday, February 27, 2021. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to the Denver Post)
Yes, it’s as awesome as it sounds — and they recycle materials as well.
By Sarah Kuta
“Well-worn leather jackets. An old bowling bag. A drop cloth splattered with multi-colored paint. A bike tire inner tube. The leather from a beat-up couch. Tennis balls that are past their prime.
All of these materials might normally end up in a landfill, but at the Colorado Shoe School just outside of Fort Collins, they’re being upcycled into colorful, whimsical, one-of-a-kind shoes you’ll literally never find anywhere else…..”