Footloose: Canada’s Abandoned Bata Shoe Factory
The former Bata shoe factory in "Batawa" – a company town located in southern Ontario – forged fine footwear for footloose Canucks from 1939 to the year 2000. Kickoff The Bata Shoe ...
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Meta-Footwear: Sneaker Protectors, So You Can Have Shoes for Your Shoes
These new Shoes for Shoes combine sandals, galoshes, and, well, shoes, to create a hybrid fashion phenomenon making its way from the runways of Men's Fashion Week in Paris to a store near you. ...
Anti-Gravity Boots: London Shoe Artwork Defies Laws & Physics
There are many theories, but no one is quite sure where the practice of throwing shoes over raised urban infrastructure started. Some suggest bullies take shoes from other kids and toss them ...
Origami Footwear: Lightweight Lace-Free Shoes Wrap & Fit Any Feet
A Japanese designer and Italian shoemaker have taken a fresh approach to athletic footwear, adapting the minimalist art of cloth wrapping to form the basis of a flexible shoe that fits any ...
Fashionably Architectural: 5 Designers Debut 3D-Printed Shoes
Somewhere between architecture, art and fashion, this series of 3D-printed shoes by five famous designers for United Nude pushes the limits of new technologies to make fresh forms of fancy ...
Point & Click: Street Stencils Show Tourists Where to Shoot
Urban travelers love taking pictures, but ideal angles are not always obvious to visitors - many ultimately either stand in same hard-to-find spot or fail to take an interesting photograph ...
