In the Workshop

What do you do with your old shoes? It isn’t uncommon for a child to outgrow a pair of moccasins, or for an adult to retire a comfortable pair of RunAmocs in favor of a new color combination. But what if those old shoes still have a lot of life left in them? And what […]

Back-to-school season is a busy time at the Soft Star workshop. The elves work around the clock to make sure all the new school shoes are delivered on time, and our soft-soled moccasins are definitely in high demand. We’re proud that so many schools encourage children to wear our moccasins, and kids love them! Unfortunately, […]

A few months ago, we introduced a special cork fabric for certain design-your-own shoes. The stylish material, lined with gold-speckled cork, worked well for the side panels of our Dash RunAmocs and for flower appliques on our youth and adult Merry Janes. We originally offered the cork option as a limited edition, available only until […]

Last year, we were excited to tell you about a size 15.5 Adult Rambler that came through our production line. That shoe challenged the record for our biggest shoe, which was a size 16 moccasin many years ago. Today, both of those shoes were knocked off the chart. We just put the finishing touches on […]

Sizing Update It’s a busy day at the Soft Star workshop! The elves are working hard this morning to roll out some long-awaited changes. For several months now, we’ve researched our sizing scale to see how it compares to standard shoe sizes. The result: we found some opportunities for improvement in our larger adult shoes. […]

We have an ongoing dilemma at our workshop because we’re never quite sure how to describe our shoes. For almost three decades we’ve simply said we make minimal shoes for children, but the barefoot running craze of recent years has introduced a whole new world of nomenclature with terms like “barefoot shoes,” “minimalist shoes,” ‘transition […]

Fans of the LITE perforated leather we use for our RunAmocs will be pleased to hear that we have have replaced our LITE Brown color with our new LITE Chocolate! Moc3 in LITE Chocolate This new color is darker and richer than its predecessor. Best of all, it now matches our popular smooth or suede […]