Heels ‘n’ Soles owner Daniel Frappier was the only Canadian to win accolades at Inter-Schuh-Service ISS 2023, Germany’s international shoe repair competition, earlier this month
It’s not often you hear about cobblers anymore, but Sudbury shoe repairman Daniel Frappier has earned a spotlight by climbing to the top of a very niche international group of professionals.
“These guys out in Europe are third or fourth generation cobblers, so it’s in them. They’ve lived through it, they’ve been brought up in it,” Frappier told Sudbury.com. Sudbury.com caught up with Frappier at his Sudbury shop, Heels ‘n’ Soles, at Montrose Mall on Lasalle Boulevard this week, where he had the pair of shoes he brought to Germany on hand.
In addition to the feeling of satisfaction that comes with ranking so highly among his international peers, Frappier said it was nice to socialize with other cobblers. He’d already learned all the basics of shoe repair while working at Heels ‘n’ Soles after school for a few years, so he bought the business when the opportunity arose.
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