It has been HOT in Oregon the last few weeks which has prompted us to create some prototypes for adult sandals. The purple one is actually an exact replica of our kids style as we have had MANY requests from customers to make them in adult sizes. The chocolate is another style we are playing with. We actually sold this...

Coleen Schwartz is a certified Pilate's instructor with a passion for healthy feet. In addition to her doctorate in Podiatric medicine, she does national lectures with the medical community about the use of Pilate's in rehabilitating feet. This week NPR produced an excellent short video with Coleen on stretches and strengthening exercises for your feet. Updated 11/17/14: Unfortunately, the NPR...

Softstar running mocs after 60 miles of running on asphalt Tue Jepsen is a 26-year-old runner from Denmark with a passion for minimal shoes. When Tue called last month for some Softstar Shoes to test out the Elves were happy to send him a pair. He ran over 60 miles in the shoes and loved them—a high compliment given the minimal...

Yes - really. Strange but true. "Hypermilers" are groups of people fiendishly devoted to improving their gas mileage - sometimes by 2X simply by changing their driving habits. NPR has a fun audio report you can listen to (click here) where passionate hypermileage devotees to all extremes of rolling through stop signs, avoiding hills, eschewing heat/air conditioning and installing miles-per-gallon...

I recently came across a fascinating article by Burkhard Bilger titled "Sole Survivor". Published by the New Yorker magazine, you can view the article in its entirety here. It is a witty, fascinating account of Professor Petr Hlavacek's quest to reconstruct the footwear used by Stone Age hunter "Otzi" - sprinkled with a humorous and insightful bits of footwear history...

Soft Star also showed up this month in the May issue of Scholastic's Parent and Child magazine. Their article on "Clothes with a Conscience" focused on eco-friendly kid attire and featured our both our leather and vegan moccasins. (for more press, click here) Article content talked about the importance of the entire value chain when looking at clothing - not...

Soft Stars make it into the Parent's magazine "Goody Bag" once again! The May issue shoes a red elastic classic shoe adorning a very cute "Easy Rider" model. We love red shoes in general - but this moon & star combo is one of our perennial favorites and we were glad to see it show up here. To see all...