Sep 14, 2009

good for your feet and the world

toms

TOMS is debuting the Cordone, a lace-up oxford style shoe. I always thought you had to be a certain type to wear TOMS… I think this is the shoe that won me over. Check out the interview with founder, Blake Mycoskie, over at ValetMag.

side note: 300,000 pairs of TOMS shoes will be given away this year.

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  • description: The idea for TOMS came to Blake Mycoskie while on vacation in Argentina. A modern version of the country's indigenous shoe, the alpargata, it'd be a simple canvas slip-on and for each pair sold, a pair would be donated to someone in need. "It was as simple as that," says Mycoskie who's grown the business into an international phenomenon, won numerous design awards and still prefers to be referred to as chief shoe giver. And while there have been design improvements and variations, this fall, TOMS is debuting the Cordone, a lace-up oxford style shoe which can (and we say should) be worn laceless. We caught up with Mycoskie to talk about the new guy-friendly style of TOMS.

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