We are proud to introduce our new Merry Jane style in Youth sizes 1-5. This comfortable shoe works great for school, play or dress-up. Lightweight and super flexible, it features a Velcro closure for getting on your way quickly.  Our stock colors for youth include fuchsia, platinum or classic black. Of course, you can always […]

Gwen has been with Soft Star Shoes just a short 18 months – and taken the Elf workshop by storm designing both the RunAmoc Dash and Mary Jane styles.  She is a bright and joyful presence in shop, with insatiable curiosity and an uncanny ability to take ideas from concept to prototype in an afternoon.  Gwen started […]

Here is another glimpse at our new Mary Jane shoe! This week in the workshop we finished making our sample Mary Jane. Before we send our patterns off to our die maker, we need to make the shoe’s pattern in every size is perfect. Speaking of sizes, we are happy to announce we will offer […]

Entrance to our workshop in Corvallis, Oregon. Another September has come and gone, which means Soft Star is one year older. This year is Soft Star Shoes’ 26th anniversary.  Soft Star was started in Texas by Tim Oliver and his wife Jeanie as young parents who wanted a soft, quality shoe for their baby girl. […]

Where are people with quick-twitch muscles supposed to find spiritual athletic fulfillment? So you’ve read Born to Run, deliberated on the merits of evolutionary biologists over podiatrists, stared in fascination/horror the first time you saw a dude wearing Vibrams. The idea of minimalist running infected you, and when you close your eyes you imagine yourself […]

Val with Wife Naomi and son Sebastian Everyone at Soft Star Shoes is sad to see Elf Val go. Val started working at Soft Star Shoes when the RunAmoc took off and jumped right in to barging the soles for us. Our founder Tim’s oldest daughter Naomi, who also used to work at Soft Star, […]

At Soft Star Shoes, we are constantly testing our shoes to give our customers the best product that we can. We use and test our products and strive for authenticity. Several of our elves have been wearing prototypes of our adult Mary Jane throughout the summer in preparation for the December release. One of them, […]