Vibram Five Fingers Models - What are VFFs?

By Justin on Sep 1, 2009 | In classics, kso, sprints, moc, kso trek, flow, performa, vibram five fingers

What are Vibram Five Fingers?

Five Fingers, which are the ground-breaking first "shoe" by the Italian company Vibram, are at the forefront of emerging minimalist footwear and barefooting movement, a movement that has gained huge momentum thanks to Christopher McDougall's national best-seller Born to Run.

Not a sock nor quite a shoe, "VFFs," which I also refer to as "my birthday shoes" (see a full list of alternative names), are one of the strangest-yet-intuitive, compelling products to ever be created for feet. What exactly are they? FiveFingers are little more than a five-toed Vibram sole with a thin-fabric (or neoprene or leather depending on the model) upper.

Current models of VFFs include:

Note: purchases made at online retailers via the links below go toward supporting this site (Thank you!). That said, this is not a comprehensive list of online retailers!

the fivefingers Classic

- Classics are my all around favorite fivefingers
- birthdayshoes review of the Classic via justinowings.com
- posts relating to or featuring the Classic
- it's @ CitySports [men|women] or KayakShed [men|women]

the fivefingers KSO

- the definitive guide to vibram five fingers kso
- birthdayshoes review of the KSO
- posts relating to or featuring the KSO
- it's @ CitySports [men|women] or KayakShed [men|women]

the fivefingers Sprint

- birthdayshoes review coming soon!
- posts relating to or featuring the Sprint
- it's @ CitySports [men|women] or KayakShed [men|women]

the fivefingers Flow

- review coming soon!
- posts relating to or featuring the Flow
- it's @ CitySports [men|women] or KayakShed [men|women]

the fivefingers Men's KSO Trek

- review of the Five Fingers KSO Trek
- posts relating to the KSO Trek
- it's @ CitySports [men] or KayakShed [men]
this is the moc with the higher vamp than the Performa

the fivefingers Moc (men)

- unboxing the moc
- posts relating to the Moc
- it's @ CitySports [men] or KayakShed [men]
this is the performa with the classic-style vamp

the fivefingers Performa (women)

- user review from Deirdre on the Performa
- posts relating to the Performa
- it's @ CitySports [women] or KayakShed [women]

For the official Vibram FiveFingers website, go to Vibram Five Fingers dot com.

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other Vibram Five Fingers Fan Photo Stories (view all)

Raymond running a 30K race in his black KSO Vibram Five Fingers (2 of 2)Raymond running a 30K race in his black KSO Vibram Five Fingers (1 of 2)Dave went on a couple recent snow runs in the countryside of the United Kingdom in his black KSO Vibram Five Fingers.Hiking in Vibram Five Fingers Flows, Andrew snaps a shot over some rocky terrain.Enjoying a bit of snow between the toes in his Classics, Andrew snaps a shot of a rose.Andrew plays with his dog in the kitchen in his Classic Vibram Five Fingers (in black)Krisjand is snaps a photo while floating in the Dead Sea near Masada, Israel. The concentration of salt in the Dead Sea is so great that buoyancy is no problem!A photo of the agate, grey, camouflage soled Vibram Five Fingers KSO for women (1 of 2)A photo of the black,grey, camouflage soled Vibram Five Fingers KSO for men (2 of 2)A photo of the agate, grey, camouflage soled Vibram Five Fingers KSO for women (2 of 2)

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