Everyone in our shop had a lot of fun following the Olympics, especially when we heard about athletes competing barefoot or wearing minimalist shoes. It was a little sad to see the games end, but we’re giving one last hurrah to Olympic fever. Elf Tricia recently heard an interview with Missy Franklin that caught her attention. The American swimmer and...

For many years now, the largest shoe ever built by the Soft Star elves has been a custom-made adult size 16. Today, we completed an order for a size 15.5 Rambler. The finished product fell just a tad short of breaking the record, but it was still the largest shoe seen by most of the young elves in our workshop...