About

- Clayne moved to Seattle in March 2013, started working his mobile shine going to offices like Merrill Lynch, Docusign, Mercedes-Benz of Seattle. Old Style Shoe Shine was also doing successful events for companies like Mercedes-Benz, Dice Incubator, The Bellevue Harbor Club, Get Hitched Give Hope, and Seattle Parties Open House. -

- November 18, 2013 -

- Old Style moved into Rainier Square near Gold's Gym and took over George's Shoes shine stand. George went on to retire and gave Clayne his blessing. Added Square for credit cards, Apple and Android pay. -

- 2014 -

- Clayne added a local shoe repair, doing on heels and soles, salt and water damage and some small repairs, stop by for a quote. -

- 2015 -

- Clayne has an eye for detail and color, expanding his education in leather color restoration. July - Using only Saphir Products. Saphir which was awarded the Medaille d'Or (gold medal) in Paris in 1925 for the quality of its leather care products, offers a complete and unmatched range. Saphir Medaille d'Or is widely considered by shoe aficionados to be the best shoe care products in the world. -

- April 2016 -

- Clayne opened a shop in US Bank Centre, selling retail, shoes shines and repairs. -

- January 2017 -

- He started using only Saphir Products for all shines. -

- June 2018 -

- Two shoe shine chairs, drop offs welcomed for shoe shine. Started doing more shoe repairs due to a long time shoe repair business (Emerald Shoe Repair) went out of business. -

- 2019 -

- Changed business name to add Old Style Shoe Shine & Repair Co. Started doing more repairs, color changes and adding a third party shoe repair shop, my Uncle Scott runs. - Totum Lake Shoe Repair in Kirkland, WA -

- 2020 -

- COVID-19 - Closed store for five months, March, April, May, June, and July and Re-opened to limited hours in August 2020. -

- April 2021 -

- Clayne moved locations, same address and phone number just different location. Located on the SW corner of Pike Street and 6th Avenue in the new lobby of US Bank Center across the street from the Sheraton Grand hotel in downtown Seattle. -

- November 2021 -

- Limited hours, still in training. Also opened to a Monday - Thursday 11 AM - 7 PM and Friday 11 AM - 6 PM closed Saturday and Sunday. -

- Trey moved to up north. -

- So I hired two young new men, Diego and Acadia, please stop by and meet them. Full staff of young people who really want to learn a trade. -

- They're in my Apprenticeship Program. -

- Stop by and meet the team. -

- Avery, he'll be graduating high school this December, and is in search of a collage or University to get his art degree in. -

- Kia, she's my longest employee, since May of 2018, and only works a couple days a week. She got her Estitichian license in 2021 and is doing that as well. -

- Diego works here as an apprenticeship, and also at a hat store in Pike Place Market on Western called Eclipse hat shop, he's very eager to learn the trades and to maybe open his own shop one day. -

- Acadia has been a Bootblack for a time, and has been in landscaping business before this. He has really excelled in the business and learning very fast, and really good with the customers. -

- Hired a new person to do my stitching and sewing, he's also interested in in learning the trade as well, please welcome Blue. -

- I've been very blessed with the team I have, some customers say "They're better then me!" That's a good thing! -

- August 2022 -

- A lot can change when growing a business. -

- Old Style grew out of the 300 square feet we had at US Bank, and I was looking for a larger location that I could grow into. -

- I reached out to several different places in downtown Seattle, but was really blessed with One and Two Union Square, Washington Holdings.

- The management here went above and beyond of what I expected. -

- Found a great location at 701 Union Street, on the SE corner of Union Street and 7th Avenue, across the street from the ACT Theatre. A larger location, 1355 square feet. -

- Front of the house is the shoe shine room with three chairs to choose from, back of the house is where I putting machines to do shoe repair.

- I have my own office to do day to day tasks, we have a bathroom, and that's a dream com true. At Rainier Square, my closest restroom was on the second or third floor. The same with US Bank Center, second or third floor, which is hared when I'm busy. Iv'e added a employee break area, so my employees don't have to go out to eat, and probable saves money too. -

- And I have a lot of storage too!! -

- The last couple of years have been challenging that's for sure. -

- I am truly blessed with my customers that have really supported me, US Bank Center went above and beyond with helping, building a larger location and helping us move to Pike and 6th Ave. I really think this is the last time Old Style will be moving. -

- Washington Holdings put in a new wood floor, patched and painted the walls, put in new lighting through out the whole location. -