Flat feet are soooo maligned! People who have them often have an accompanying complex that something is "wrong" with them... in fact, for many years the Army wouldn't even take recruits "handicapped" with flat feet. "Flatfoots" of the world - take heart. Not only will the Army take you now :-), they actually have found […]

Soft Star is featured in the August 2008 issue of Parenting Magazine! Our Laguna Sandal in Pink with Star laces graces the feet of "Little Picasso" in an article called "Waiting Games". It's always fun to have your creations pop up in public faces. Thanks to Ted & Debbie Photography for this! Soft Star Shoes […]

Baby Langston and I are back in the shop. We aren't quite full time yet, but we are here every day. He seems to be taking to the work environment pretty well... especially when he can sleep in the sling while I work! It's been a couple years since I had an infant at work […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]