§01 / The shoe revolution
Free the feet.
Conventional soles remove 80 to 90 percent of the foot's normal flex angle. We build the shoe around the anatomy instead: five toe pockets, a straight-axis last and three millimetres of sole.
Shop the flat · €953mm
Of flexible sole
5
Toe pockets
Plate 01 / unshod gait
“Our feet are actually really strong and resilient and can cope with the demands we place on them, but we don’t use them as nature intended.”
Rina Harris · Functional podiatrist, London · National Geographic, 2024
Further reading
Why walking barefoot can actually help your feetNational Geographic · Hannah Singleton · July 2024Read the article →
Fig. 01 / unshod (A) against a lifetime shod (B, C)Worn by
Verified purchases · EU sizes as orderedI wear them to teach yoga and then straight to the beach. The bow holds better than I expected. I have never had to retie mid-class.
EU 39
Took a week to stop missing the cushioning, then my feet stopped aching at the end of the day. I took the larger size and that was right.
EU 37
The mesh is finer than it looks in the photographs, which is good in Sevilla in July and less good on wet stone. Worth the price for the fit alone.
EU 41
Rated on fit, ground feel and how they hold after a summer.
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