In the Workshop

We have great news for all of you creative shoe designers out there. We just introduced a whole bunch of new smooth leather colors for our design-your-own shoes! The new batches of leather hides just arrived in our workshop and include colors for our Nova, Sublime, Vegetable Tanned and Shiny leather categories. Here’s the list: […]

We were honored yesterday to have a special visitor at the Soft Star workshop. Katy Bowman. M.S. has earned an international reputation for educating the general population on alignment and load science. She has written several books about restoring health through natural movement and the importance of healthy feet. She is also the director of […]

If you follow our blog, then you’ll know that once or twice a year we have an official playday at the Soft Star workshop. This is a day when we stop working and are encouraged to embark on the creative project of our choice. Soft Star owners Tricia and Larkin cover our customer service and […]

Question: What do pearl, graphite and kelp all have in common, aside from your kid’s science fair project? Answer: They’re the latest additions to our plonge color selection! Our plonge leather is the absolute softest leather we can find. It’s buttery-soft texture is what makes our baby Buttercup moccasins so cozy on little feet (and, […]

Here’s a sneak-peek at our long-awaited, ultra-versatile chukka, coming your way Fall of 2015! You asked for it: a simple, minimal shoe that can take you from city streets to country trails, stylish enough to dress-up without sacrificing Soft Star’s signature, stripped-down comfort. We listened, and our Elves are on the case! Visions of simplicity […]

We’ve made a lot of fond memories at our cozy Corvallis workshop. So many shoes were designed and built here, several school field trips have come through to see our elves at work and we’ll never forget the time Gwen accidentally set fire to a Phoenix boot (the irony was not lost on us). Unfortunately, […]

You would think that, given my age (let’s just say I grew up with Thundercats) and the fact that I work at a shoe workshop, I would have become proficient at tying my shoes. I sure thought so. The fact that my laces came untied while walking from time to time just seemed like a […]