Have a pair of leather (or synthetic leather) dress shoes that have been left in cold or near-freezing temperatures for months. Wonder if this will cause some expansion or water condensation or something when brought in and worn indoors?
You should probably just chuck 'em and get a new pair.
There’s only one good way to find out; bring them inside and let them gradually adjust to normal room temperature. They may be fine, although if they were wet, the freeze/thaw cycle might have caused damage.
If they’re OK, you won’t need to toss them.
Wrap them in a plastic bag before you bring them in to protect them from condensation. Then let them warm up and find out if they are ruined before you toss them.
Freezing likely wont hurt them, it’s how wet they got. Likely OK.
Given that it’s winter, we can assume the inside air is fairly dry. I think you can safely bring them and try them on when they feel room temperature. Just DON’T try to warm them too fast, like by putting them on a heating vent.
That’s what I would suggest. Even when I get stuff delivered that’s been on my porch all day, I’ll leave the package all sealed up just like it is for a few hours before I open it.
You could also put a fan on the shoes so if there is any condensation, it evaporates right away.
I still think condensation won’t be much of a problem, but a fan–NOT A SPACE HEATER–couldn’t hurt.
I had some dress shoes left in my car for a couple of weeks. They got as cold as -21F. They seem fine.
I was gonna say something snarky, but I got cold feet.
I’ll be here all week folks.