Update Last Year’s Brogues With This Impressively Simple DIY And Save £££

You can use as many different variations of pearl sizes as you’d like, eBay has a great selection; just make sure you’re getting the same colour in each pearl as some are white, some cream. If possible, try to buy from the same seller.

Positioning your brogues flat on a surface, begin by gluing 12mm flat back pearls, evenly around the heel of your shoe. We used 6 pearls on each heel, with about an inch gap between. You only need a tiny bit of glue in the centre of the pearl as the glue is extra strong.

Once you have done this on each heel, next take the laces and tie them in a small bow behind the shoes tongue, this will allow us to put the safety pin and pearl on the front of the shoe, whilst still making them easy to tie.

Next, to get that great contrast of gold against the pearl, thread a large safety pin through the right hand side lace hole, once it threads through to the middle, slide your large whole pearl with the hole In the centre through the pin. Thread the pin through the left hand lace hole and close.

Now the pearl is sitting nicely inbetween the laces, it’s time to start sticking the rest of the pearls around the brogue.

We dotted ours randomly, mainly around the back and sides of the shoe, slightly coming onto the front. We used a mix of large and smaller flat back and whole pearls. You only need a tiny bit of glue for each, though you will need to hold the whole pearls in place for about 10 seconds.

You could easily create a pattern with the pearls, glueing them in lines, or alternating small and large pearls, you could also add more safety pins if you desired! Once you are happy with the coverage of your pearls, leave the shoes to dry for 30 minutes.