After wearing my Soft Stars exclusively to work/play in all of 2009, a few months ago I started to experiment with running in my "minimal" Soft Stars on the advice of our customers. After 4 months of trying out both moccasins and ramblers, I'm happy to have graduated to actual "running" a few miles at […]

Happy (almost) New Years! We hope you enjoy our new video (click here) which shares our history, values and a window into our workshop. Wishing you a peaceful and joyous New Year with Family and Friends! Thank you for a wonderful 2009! Soft Star Shoes is a family friendly company located in Corvallis, Oregon. Viewpoints […]

It's a small world! I dropped my daughter Corinna off at the Portland airport yesterday and was startled to see a life-size advertisement in the elevator that featured a little girl wearing our Soft Star sandals. Sorry the photo's not so good - suffice it to say the feeling of happy surprise was very good. […]

Here is our favorite customer story for the week, courtesy of Surya from San Diego, California: "My dad had a helicopter land on his foot during his miltary service and has had problems ever since finding footwear in his size (size 12!) that make his feet feel good. His feet still trouble him, so his […]

We received so many wonderful entries for this giveaway—thank you to everyone who participated! Of all the submissions we received for veterans and active military personnel, the lucky winner (randomly chosen) was Wilson, Lt. Commander Retired, US Navy. His entry was submitted by his daughter Theresa who wrote this lovely entry:   My Dad would […]

Soft Star fans have been requesting a more "boyish" option for their moccasins and shoes. Here are a few options we are considering - what is your vote? Plane - Rocket Ship - Car - Truck A big thanks to Caroline M. for the lovely car 🙂 Update: Thanks for the great comments! I certainly […]

Halloween is fast approaching and I've been hard a work on our Toy Story themed costumes. The Buzz space boots have been done for a while and now the Woody cowboy boots are done too. I just hope the rest of the costumes can keep up with the amazing boots! And while the Buzz boots […]