Rescuing the soles of the rich and famous in Beverly Hills

Cobbler of Hollywood: The wrinkled hands of 88-year-old Arturo Azinian, owner of Arturo's Shoe Fix on Santa Monica Boulevard where celebrities and everyone else with shoe issues go for help. Photo: Reuters/Mario Anzouni

Cobbler of Hollywood: The wrinkled hands of 88-year-old Arturo Azinian, owner of Arturo's Shoe Fixx on Santa Monica Boulevard where celebrities and everyone else with shoe issues go for help.  Photo: Reuters/Mario Anzouni

Arturo Azinian plucks a pair of Chanel pumps from a box full of shoes, unfazed by the leather peeling off the interlocking Cs on the toes or the tarnished metallic heels. "These have a lot of miles on them, but they will be like new, for about US$70 (RM262)," says Azinian, an 88-year-old Beverly Hills cobbler famous for saving the fancy footwear of the elite in the ritzy 90210 zip code.