• #KuToo: High heels optional
    Many businesses in Japan require working women to wear high heels.  (Airlines in the United States have similar rules.)  Yumi Ishikawa, a Japanese actress and freelance writer, feels that’s unfair.  Her Read more
  • Hole in one shoe
    When Prince Harry attended a friend's wedding on his wife’s birthday, he was photographed with a hole on the bottom of his left shoe. He was previously photographed wearing the Read more
  • Dad shoes
    For the last many years, stylish sneakers had a low-key, clean cut, almost plain profile. Now bigger, sturdier sneakers are making a strange resurgence in the fashion world. Pop culture Read more
  • Forced to wear high heels
    Forced to wear high heels by your employer? A female temporary worker in England was sent home after she refused to wear high heels on the job.  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Read more
  • Largest NBA shoes
    Average shoe size in the NBA is 15. This is what Lebron James wears (he is 6'8" tall). Largest shoe size currently in the NBA is size 20. Largest shoe size ever Read more
  • Sneakers vs. tennis shoes
    What do you call the rubber-soled shoes that people wear during athletic activities?                       A New York Times questionnaire revealed that most Americans call them TENNIS SHOES. People in the Northeast USA Read more
  • Rocker bottom shoes
    Instead of a flat sole, rocker bottom shoes are curved and have been shown to substantially relieve pain associated with a variety of foot problems. The most common design, which is Read more
  • Self-lacing shoes are here
    Back to the Future: Part II inspired the idea of self-lacing shoes. Twenty-seven years later Nike finally made it a reality. Two months ago Nike held an online raffle for the Read more
  • Elephant boots
    If you visit Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington DC, you may notice one of zoo’s resident elephants, Shanthi, strolling around in stylish Teva boots. While the footwear makes the 9,000-pound pachyderm Read more
  • Ugliest shoes for 2016
    People are NOT impressed with the half boot/half sandal created by footwear brands Teva and Ugg. Why would you keep your ankle warm in so much fleece, while your toes are Read more
  • Guitar shoes
    Sneakers with a built-in guitar pedal! Stepping on a wah-wah pedal alters the tone of a guitar signal to produce a distinctive sound often heard in rock and funk music. Made famous Read more
  • Basketball shoes
    Most NBA players have a relationship with a footwear brand. The simplest agreement is known as a merch deal – short for merchandise – where a brand will agree to send Read more
  • Chuck Taylor All Stars
    In 1917, Converse Rubber Shoe Company designed a high-top canvas shoe called the ALL STAR. A few years later, a basketball player and shoe salesman by the name of Charles Read more
  • Switching sneakers to alleviate pain
    Have you noticed the alarming rise of foot and ankle injuries in the NFL this year? The list includes turf toe, Achilles tendon rupture, ankle sprains, plantar fasciitis, and stress fractures. One Read more
  • Golf shoes
    This weekend the parking lot adjacent to my office is reserved for the PGA's Champions Tour. This event, held at North Shore Country Club in Glenview, will feature about 80 Read more
  • Tying your shoes
    As medical students, we spent many hours learning various techniques to tie suture knots (stitches). I pass these skills on to the medical residents that assist me. Thus, this video Read more

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