Why do women where heels? Nature or nurture? Now we can trace the answer back to the crib…. with Heelarious, her first heels. A soft high-heeled crib shoe, these heels are not intended for walking. They are intended to provoke laughter (at the expense of your child and you). A humane way to gently [...]

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Though ethnically ambiguous in my own gene pool, I really love “Stuff White People Like.” Just for highlighting the “whiteness” of New Balance shoes made from good ol’ USA workers.

and then peppering it with quotes like:
“white people who jog are generally viewed as being better than white people who don’t. Although perhaps it’s more [...]

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As Billy Joel sang Saturday night, “There’s no business like shoe business.” Overall I can’t say that the World Shoe Association seemed like a great show in Vegas. I think MAGIC, a week earlier, would have been a better trip. Luckily the materials show adjacent to it was eye opening. If anything, most of what [...]

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Most people don’t know that it takes more than an hour of labor to make most shoes and that they usually use lots of toxic adhesive. That’s what makes a “green and responsible shoe” a true challenge. Below is an attempt by Patagonia to present some of the benefits of globalization, while showing a [...]

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Looking for a new pair of Converse Chuck Taylor low tops? Camilla Engman’s design, Lil’ RED Riding Hood, was chosen for one of the shoes in the Converse (RED) program. So cute… great cause! Camilla is an Illustrator/Artist in Sweden… check out her work or her blog!

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