Got a couple pictures in the mailbag from Sarah. What’s great about her “birthday shoe shots” is that they speak to just all the different types of things you can do in your “veebram”* five fingers, including putt-putt or dancing at a wedding reception. Here’s what Sarah had to say:
The second picture is of my brother and I at a putt putt course. Once he saw my shoes he wanted to try some on, luckily we have a store right in our town that carries them. So now we can both be cool together. ^_^ He delivers pizza and isn’t able to wear them on the job since they are supposed to where tennis shoes, and he told me how sad he is when he has to wear “normal” shoes since he can’t feel the ground with his toes.
Thanks for sharing, Sarah! Maybe Vibram will eventually come out with some bling-ed out silver or gold VFFs with a few rhinestones for extra sparkle. Or maybe some patent leather wing tip fivefingers for the guys. Does kangaroo leather come in shiny black?
* That’s the phonetic spelling. Most of us think “V-eye-bram” like “vibrate” but this is an Italian company, so if you want to sound sophisticated, say it, “veeeeebram;” I flip-flop and often say it both ways. It’s confusing!
3 replies on “Sarah Dances and Putt-Putts in her Classic Vibram Five Fingers”
Nice one! Dancing is one thing I haven’t tried yet…maybe because I don’t dance…oh well.
I find that pronouncing it correctly just confuses people. I used to sell footwear for a large outdoor retailer based here in Seattle (you know the one) and found even co-workers who had been through the same clinics still said it with an American accent!
I find it confusing, too. So I usually revert to the Americanized version. No need to confuse people. It’s a made up word anyway (combination of Vitale and Bramani, the Italian founder’s name was Vitale Bramani).
Ok, “Veeebram”… got it. I’ve been wondering about this since I got the shoes. The guy at the store didn’t know either. Now I know!