While we were at the Sample Sale at Crown Bar over the weekend my partner pointed out that I looked shorter than normal. Then proceeded to ask me if I was wearing my LKs (LiftKits). I said, ‘No’ and that I didn’t think they would work in my Vans Old Skool Classics. One of the other LiftKit partners looked at me like I was an idiot for not wearing our own product to an event that we were selling them at so I thought, ‘what the heck, let me see if they will fit in to these shoes.’ Sure enough they fit and worked perfect.

One of the biggest problems with LiftKits can be that they take up space in your shoes and if the ankle is too low your foot/heel will tend to slip out the back of your shoe as you are walking. Generally I had just assumed that Chuck T’s, Vans Slip-Ons (still not sure about these two) and Vans Old Skool Classics wouldn’t work with LiftKits. Turned out I was wrong (happily) about that.

I slipped the LiftKits 1″ Lo-Top versions into the shoe and they fit. At first, not perfect but the longer I wore them the better they seemed to fit. The neoprene gel seemed to mold to the inside of my shoe and the bottom of my feet creating a more comfortable walking experience and more room in my shoe over time, all while making me taller.

Love it when things work like they are supposed to…