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Soft Star Portlander Review

Soft Star Portlander Review

The Portlander is a newer design from Soft Star, which is based on their popular Dash RunAmoc style. The Portlander features the same upper style, but the major and most obvious change is the way the upper is attached to the sole. The shoe uses a…

Gladsoles Original and Trail Huaraches Review

Gladsoles Original and Trail Huaraches Review

The Gladsoles Original and Trail running sandals are lightweight, very comfortable, and versatile huaraches that can pretty much handle anything you throw at them. Custom-made from tracings of your foot and made in the USA, they are what I consider to…

Woolby Slipper-Sock Cashmere "Boots" Review

Woolby Slipper-Sock Cashmere "Boots" Review

The founder of Woolby & Co, an eco-friendly footwear company you'll find over at Etsy, reached out a couple months back to talk to me about her reclaimed cashmere and suede slipper boots. She sent me a pair of the men's slipper sock boots (these…

Follow BirthdayShoes on Instagram @bdayshoes!

This has been a long-time coming, but I've started tinkering with Instagram for BirthdayShoes. The idea is (at present) to have photos around shoes I'm testing, reviewing, or just keeping in the rotation (e.g. shoes reviewed in the past that I'm still…

Earth Runners Alpha X and Circadian X Running Sandals Review

Earth Runners Alpha X and Circadian X Running Sandals Review

For the last month, I have been testing out two of the latest sandals from Earth Runners: The Alpha X with leather laces and the Circadian X with leather laces and conductive inserts. I believe they are some of the most handsome-looking huaraches on…

VivoBarefoot Early Black Friday Doorbuster Sale

VivoBarefoot Early Black Friday Doorbuster Sale

Outdoor gear site LeftLane Sports just launched a 24 hour only sale on Vivo Barefoot shoes that includes a large variety of Vivos shoes--if you can find your size! They're dubbing it an "early access" Black Friday sale and I have to say—it is…

VivoBarefoot Gobi 2 Hopewell Boot Review

VivoBarefoot Gobi 2 Hopewell Boot Review

Almost exactly two years ago I reviewed the Vivo Barefoot Gobi on this site. The Gobi is a desert boot that took the ever-popular Vivo Barefoot Ra clean-cut style and made it a boot. (Note: You can find some heavily discounted Vivo Gobis and Ras — the…

Soft Star RunAmoc with Bullhide Soles Review

Soft Star RunAmoc with Bullhide Soles Review

This shoe is a game changer. That was a bold statement—especially since we are talking about the minimalist market, which is known for innovations and “game-changers”—but this is no ordinary shoe. The Soft Star RunAmoc Dash with the bullhide sole is…

Vibram FiveFingers CVT Hemp Review

Vibram FiveFingers CVT Hemp Review

Earlier this year Vibram released the CVT Hemp—a FiveFingers model that was an alternative to the 2013-introduced CVT LS. The whole CVT thing stands for "convertible" due to the original CVT LS allowing you to flip the heel of the CVT LS flat and make…

Review VI-B Vibram FiveFingers

Review VI-B Vibram FiveFingers

A review of the (very rare) VI-B Vibram FiveFingers barely there "barefoot shoes."

VivoBarefoot Porto Review

VivoBarefoot Porto Review

When I first saw VivoBarefoot's new line of "Handcut&

Shamma Sandals Mountain Goats Review

Shamma Sandals Mountain Goats Review

How do Shamma Sandals new Mountain Goats perform? A new minimalist sandals huaraches from Shamma.