Category: Footwear

3D Printed Shoes

Seattle’s Oliver Brossmann has launched a company called Prevolve, which is offering custom, 3D printed shoes. Each pair of shoes they make is unique. Your feet are scanned, you select the cushion and tread you want, and then Prevolve uses their 3D printer to make your personalized pair of shoes. To learn more about the shoes Read More

The Anthropology of Arch Supports

The Anthropology of Arch Supports By Chris Loper Long before I ever came to see Kandi Burke, podiatrists and orthopedists repeatedly told me I needed more arch support. Naively, I listened. Diligently, I obeyed. I have very high arches, you see, and I was suffering from pain in the ball of my foot. Arch supports, Read More

Choosing and Fitting a Shoe

Italian men’s shoe designer, Olga Berluti, says of feet: “There are NO ugly feet. Feet are spiritual. They enable man to stand up. They free his hands. Now he can look at the stars.” Shoes are theater. Shoes are armor, protecting us from the urban grime of city asphalt. Shoes reveal our vulnerability. The elevation Read More

The Trouble With Flip-Flops

Recent sunny days in Seattle have brought out sandals, flip-flops, crocs, and the like. Two clients arriving back-to-back with bunion pain were caught wearing flip-flops. As I greeted them, they both hid their flip-flops under the coffee table because they know I love to hate them!! If you have come to see me with foot Read More