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High-Heeled Legos: The Snappiest Snap-Together Shoes You'll Ever Wear

By Monica GarskeApr 8th 2011 – 1:15PM
Courtesy of Finn Stone

Courtesy of Finn Stone

A pair of playful stilettos can make a woman feel young again -- especially if those high heels are covered in tiny toys from her childhood. Last month, British artist Finn Stone unveiled one seriously funky fashion accessory at the Affordable Art Fair in London: a pair of stilettos covered in hundreds of colorful little...

Today, Consider One Day Without Shoes

By Jane HealeyApr 5th 2011 – 8:24AM
YouTube

YouTube

In developing countries, being unable to afford shoes is an unfortunate fact of life for many children. Children often have to walk barefoot for miles to get to school, to get clean water or to find medical assistance. And being barefoot in all sorts of weather and terrain puts these children at risk for diseases and...

Kenneth Cole's Egypt Tweet Offends Just About Everyone on Twitter

By Mary Phillips-SandyFeb 3rd 2011 – 3:23PM

Let's say you're an American shoe designer with a spring collection to promote. And let's say the world is focused on a historic revolution in North Africa. What do you do? Well, in what may go down as one of the more tacky marketing ploys in recent history, here's what Kenneth Cole did via...

Cool Greys: Inspired or Insipid Air Jordans? [VIDEOS]

By Steven HofferDec 23rd 2010 – 3:39PM

Seven years after retiring from professional basketball, Michael Jordan can still sell sneakers. Footwear aficionados lined up at shoe stores across the country Wednesday night to pick up the heavily anticipated Air Jordan Retro 11 Cool Grey. The shoe, available for 24 hours only and last sold in 2001, is considered a...

Florida Teenager Puts Shoes on 1,300 Children

By Elizabeth BarrDec 6th 2010 – 1:53PM

(Oct. 11) -- Jacob Rice is not a shoemaker or a shoe designer or a shoe salesman. Jacob Rice is not a wealthy man of industry with money to spare, nor is he a dedicated nonprofit executive with years of fundraising experience. Jacob Rice is a high school freshman, and Jacob Rice has placed shoes on the feet of more than...

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A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot while doing various activities.

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