We have a special treat for all of our reptile-animal-print-shoe lovers out there (you know who you are). Tim managed to get his hands on some unique leather hides textured and dyed to resemble snakeskin! We're now excited to offer a special holiday treat: snakeskin print adult Metros shoes and baby Buttercup moccasins: UPDATE May 2015: Sorry, but our adult...

As you may imagine, sizing people for shoes from a distance is one of the biggest challenges for an online shoe retailer. Soft Star's handcrafted business is not a wholesale model, so all of our shoes are made and sold directly from our Oregon workshop—mostly through our website. This means that most of our customers are not able to try...

They're finally here... Adult sandals have been on our wish list for a long time. Our shoe designers have been hard at work developing an open toe version of our popular Merry Jane (more complicated than it sounds) and their efforts have now paid off. Our new Adult Solstice Sandal will be available next week on April 16, 2014! The...

As some of you may recall, the Soft Star elves held our first playday back in March. We liked it so much we decided to try it again! Last week, we closed our shop for half a day and encouraged everyone to work on a new shoe design. Once again, we were both surprised and pleased with what our staff...

We elves very much enjoy the connections we have with our customers. It makes our work more satisfying and rewarding, but it also helps us grow as a company. As a small Oregon-based business, we don’t have an advanced testing facility or a team of researchers analyzing data. Instead, we rely on our customers’ feedback for ideas on how to...