shoes

Understanding how fast children’s feet grow can help with planning to buy shoes that will last. But when do their feet stop growing?

As some of our readers may recall, we made a special pair of shoes for Missy Franklin after the Olympics ended last summer. The swimmer and four-time gold medalist said in an interview that she had trouble finding shoes to fit her size 13 feet. Upon hearing this, our seamstresses went to work right away […]

We’re very excited to announce that Soft Star will have an exhibition booth at the Portland Shamrock Run Fitness Fair this weekend! For anyone in the Portland, Oregon area, this is a great opportunity to try on our shoes and ask questions about how we make them. We’ll have a full selection of moccasins and […]

Try these easy natural solutions to eliminate foot odor once and for all!

Before we say goodbye to 2012, we’d like to give one last shout of thanks to everyone who sent us photos of their Soft Stars this year. We received hundreds of photos from around the world showing people using our shoes for running, hiking, tree climbing, tromping around the playground and snuggling up at home. […]

It’s been a busy year at the Soft Star workshop! The past 12 months have brought a lot of memories to our shoemakers, both happy and sad. As we find ourselves fast approaching 2013, we thought it would be a good time to look back at the highlights of 2012. Here are some of the […]

Many shoes on the market claim to be minimal, but not all are barefoot-friendly. Here are a five criteria to help choose barefoot shoes.