Updated 7/8/21: This giveaway had ended and Melisaa from Chillicothe, Ohio is the lucky winner! Congratulations Melissa, and thanks to everyone for entering our contest. Keep following us, because we'll have another one soon... Original Post: Summer is here and the 4th of July is fast approaching. This year, we have a special Independence Day treat […]

Did you know that changing the way you tie your laces can affect how your shoes feel on your feet? It's true! We've heard customers tell us that skipping a loop or changing up their lacing pattern will alter the way shoes put pressure on your instep. It can also affect how smoothly laces glide […]

A post shared by Softstar Shoes (@softstarshoes) on Mar 21, 2014 at 3:29pm PDT Elf Hava's newly rescued puppy, Gus, on his first visit to our workshop. He's a squirmy little guy.   At Soft Star, it has always been a priority for us to give back to the community that treats us so spectacularly. […]

A few months ago, a customer sent us a photo of her son's Soft Star rocket shoes along with a child's music video. The video, appropriately titled "Rocket Shoes," told the story of a character named Gustafer Yellowgold who receives a pair of rocket shoes from his brother and uses them to fly off Nugget […]

With springtime comes running, and with running comes... ULTRARUNNING! Softstar is very excited to be part of the 2014 Born to Run Ultramarthon this coming weekend. Caity McCardell, host of the Unapologetically Ultra podcast, has graciously provided us with the opportunity to sponsor her booth at the event, where she'll be recording all the action […]

Elf Keoni has done it again! Ever since he joined our shoemaking crew a couple years ago, Keoni has wowed us again and again with his spectacular artistic shoe designs. You may recall the moccasins he made for the royal baby last summer, or the Breaking Bad design he whipped up when that TV series […]

We had the honor this week to present our workshop's sutatinable practices at the quarterly meeting of the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition. Soft Star co-owner Tricia Salcido discusses sustainable practices for businesses. The Corvallis Sustainability Coalition is a network of organizations and individual volunteers in Corvallis, Oregon, who are working together to create a sustainable community. It […]