Create your own Shoes with Made in Me: Review
It isn’t much of a secret that I love shoes. However, I often find it hard to get flats that are just a little bit different, as well as being well fitted. So when Made in Me got in touch and asked if I would like to try out their custom made shoes, made to your own design, who was I to say no?
To try out the whole process of designing shoes with them Made in Me, sent me a gift voucher covering enough to buy the basic design and accessories, anything over this I had to pay for myself.
What is the Made in Me design process like?
The design process is pretty simple, you just need to head over to their website, choose the style of shoe you would like to design and then get playing with the design programme inbuilt into the website.
I personally went for a design I felt I could wear every day, a soft black leather rounded toe ballet shoe, with black sole, silver leopard fantasy back (this is a premium add on) and a smoked nickel toe plate.
There are of course other options you can choose, such as adding on straps alongside a number of different back and toe adornments and the website simply and easily walks you through each step.
How about the sizing?
To help you make sure you should be ordering the correct size shoes, there is a size guide on the Made in Me website, which includes instructions on how to measure your feet to help you get the perfect fit. Now I did follow the guide and I did measure my feet, but sadly my first pair of shoes didn’t fit me..
This left me a bit worried as often if you have something custom made, you cannot return. However, this isn’t a worry with Made in Me, they are happy to swap your shoes, should there be a sizing error, or even refund you should some other issues come to light.
How long does the process take?
Your personal design process can be as quick or as long as you want, if you don’t have much time to put a pair together they have some readymade designs you can play with, or you can spend hours changing your mind on what really is your perfect combination.
Once you have placed your order, your design is sent to be made by Spanish Artisans, at this point, for normal shipping; you are looking at around 4 – 5 week wait for them to arrive with you. If you need your shoes quicker there is the option to pay more for quicker shipping.
What is the quality like?
Personally I can’t see anything wrong with these shoes, they seems like they will hold up to being used long term, there are no loose threads and there is most definitely nothing that screams “cheap”.
That said I do feel the fact you are designing your own shoes is where a lot of the cost goes, as there isn’t anything extra special about quality of the shoes. They are to me, just a good pair of shoes, which if you bought pre-made would be of average price.
Overall thoughts on Made in Me.
Personally I love the idea of having designed your own shoes, it isn’t something I would do for day to day wear, however I would certainly think about having another pair made for a special occasion.
I found the whole process easy to follow and I like the fact you can treat people to giftcard’s as well as being able to design your own.
If you want to find out more about Made in Me, please do head over to their website.
What do you think of the sound of Made in Me shoes; would you like to design yourself a pair?
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Oooh as a shoe-addict, this is such an amazing idea! I love it! xo
What a great idea, I can never find shoes exactly how I want them so this would be perfect for me 🙂
This is such a brilliant idea! When my brother got married, my mom went to like 100 stores looking for the right pair of shoes to go with her dress (which also took 100 trips to pick out). This would have made life SO much easier!
I think they would be perfect for that sort of event, that’s the time when you don’t mind spending something extra for something special. x
Oh My GOSH!!! What an amazing thing to be able to do! I am a shoe fanatic so to be able to buy some that I had designed really appeals to me! Thanks fore the review… off to check on the company now x
No problem at all, if you decide to make your own I would LOVE to know what you come up with.
Oh wow I love this idea, how fun! I’d love to design my own. Yours are very cute!
Thank you – it was such fun getting to give it a try I have to say 🙂
I am in LOVE with these!! I would love to make a few pairs for myself.
They are really comfortable (now I have the right size) as well!
This is so cool!! I never knew there was a service like this.
It is amazing what is out there isn’t it! I had no idea either.
It’s lovely that you can design your ow pair of shoes for a special occasion, that really is a great idea. You did a great job with your design.
I think they would be amazing for a special occasion, something you can keep after the big day. x
This is neat idea, I have not heard of this before, but could see having this done for a pair of shoes I would wear all the time, that go with almost everything, to be sure I got good use from them.
Thanks for the info
It is definitely a really interesting idea and I love that is makes them unique to you as well.
Totally love what you’ve created! This is such a great idea and yes, I would love to design a pair for myself too.
Thank you so much, I am really pleased with how they came out I have to admit. x
OMG creating my own shoes would be like a dream come true! I’d love to do this. The ones you’ve made are beautiful- perfect for day and night xxx
Haha it seems like so many people like the idea, really would love to see what others would design lol x
I think if I needed a very specific pair of shoes to go with a special outfit or something I’d do this but not for a general day to day pair x
Yeah I’m with you on that, something special I would go back for but day to day no.
This is amazing! I haven’t heard of this site before! Thank you for sharing this! I can’t wait to try it! I can think of so many designs I would love! 😀
Ohh would love to see what you design if you do decide to try it 🙂 X
This is such a lovely idea. The idea of customising your own shoes really appeals to me.
It really is such a unique thing to do for yourself, especially for something special.
I never learned about this yet and yes! I will definitely like to design my own pair of shoes!
I definitely dig the concept! The shoes will be unique and it’s something that you’re going to cherish since you picked the designs! I loved how yours turned out.
This is awesome. I even like the company’s name – Made in Me. I mean, who wouldn’t want to have custom made shoes? I will seriously look into this for an upcoming wedding in the family this year.
Ohh exciting I hope you have an amazing time at the weddings and find or design the perfect shoes.
I can’t wait to try these out! It looks like so much fun. Thanks for introducing me to them!
I’ve never heard of “Made In Me” but it sounds amazing from your review! I love the idea of custom making your own shoes. I think this experience would make a great gift for my mom because she a shoe lover! Thanks for informing us about this awesome brand!
A very novel idea. I’d love to wear shoes of my own design. And so perfect for a personalized gift!
The shoes look so good. What an amazing idea to design you own shoes. Loved it!!
This would be amazing for my Daughter. She has a passion for designing her own clothes. I know she is going to love designing her own shoes.
They do vouchers so you could treat her to a vouchers for a special present 🙂
I would love to design my own shoes. I am definitely going to check this out. I need a nice pair of shoes for spring.
This sounds quite interesting. This would be perfect when shopping for shoes for a wedding too.
That’s the sort of time I thought it would be perfect for to be honest.
These are really nice and a design I would wear. I love that you can design your own shoes too.