An analysis of nearly 500,000 running times estimates the effect of shoes on race performance.

When were flip-flops—or really, thong sandals—first worn? That’s the million-dollar question. The idea of a flat sandal with a thong that goes between the big toe and the second toe and then stretches across the foot on either side—I can’t think of a more elegant way of putting it—certainly dates back as far as ancient Egyptian time.

Sustainability company Gumdrop uses gum picked from the streets of Amsterdam to make their shoes.

Since I live on a 120-acre property with mixed parts of flat, bushy, rocky and hilly terrain, hiking boots form an essential part of my sustainable wardrobe. I’d been wearing my Mamahuhu boots which has been a welcome change to gumboots, but they’re not really made for off-road terrain and I feel it’s time to move on.

Running shoes and graphene were made for each other. One is always in search of the latest gimmick and the other has produced some of the most stunning in recent memory. The University of Manchester, long a leading force in research surrounding the one-atom-thick material, has teamed up with British sportswear brand inov-8 to bring graphene to footwear.

They’ve developed and produced the first algae-based, renewable flip flops in the world. An estimated 3 billion petroleum-based ff find their way into waterways and the ocean each year, constituting a major plastic pollution source for marine environments. Depending on how you do the chemistry, you can make hard foams or soft foams from algae oil, you can make algae-based, renewable surfboards, flip flops, polyurethane athletic shoes, car seats or even tires for your car.

Reebok is really stepping up its footwear game with these awesome new space boots. The athletic-apparel company — which until now has only made shoes for people on Earth — just unveiled a sporty new design for space boots that astronauts will wear during upcoming missions on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner, a spacecraft that will begin ferrying astronauts to and from the International Space Station by the end of next year.

The shoes’ manufacturers harvest harmful algal blooms and turn the goo into footwear

By creating Adidas and Puma, the Dassler Brothers divided both their families and their home town, all while changing sports forever. By Brian Blickenstaff.

I thought we were talking about doping; Haile Gebrselassie thought we were talking about shoes. It was November 22, 2012, and we were sitting in Gebrselassie’s eighth-floor office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on a warm afternoon, locked in a long discussion about the limits of a runner’s body. Gebrselassie is not only a double-Olympic gold medalist with two marathon world records to his name; he is also a gregarious and provocative aficionado of the sport. So I asked him: What did he consider the best time a clean athlete could run for the marathon?

What is vulgar? The word’s many meanings and many forms are at the heart of “The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined,” an expansive exhibition at the Barbican Centre in London. The show takes shape around eleven categories of vulgarity conceived by writer and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, like “Puritan,” “Impossible Ambition,” and “Showing Off.” Each is explored through clothing, shoes, and texts spanning the eighteenth century through the present. By Hilary Reid.

BootBay offers a wide variety of western boots and work boots from brands like Ariat, Justin and Wolverine. Free shipping and exchanges.

A new company is bringing the engineering savvy of rocket science to the design of women's shoes. But can high heels that are actually comfortable to wear change centuries’ worth of symbolism? 

It’s finally here. After teaming up with Michael J. Fox to tease us with self-lacing Nike Mags on Back To The Future day in October, Nike has finally announced a mass production shoe that will feature real-life power laces. Meet the HyperAdapt 1.0. Announced today at the Nike Innovation Summit, the HyperAdapt 1.0 will be the first shoe to take advantage of Nike’s adaptive lacing (self-tying) technology, which the...

In some cultures, in which the Japanese one is the most prominent, wearing shoes inside the house is heavily frowned upon. Furthermore, I think wearing shoes inside is also a sign of not feeling completely at home and I prefer walking barefoot, but anyway. Now there is scientific evidence that this practice of removing shoes may even more preferable.

Your socially conscious purchasing decisions don't mitigate your place in a destructive global system.

Eliud Kipchoge won the Berlin Marathon over the weekend, a remarkable achievement even before considering the fact that he ran much of the race with insoles that were falling out of his Nike shoes. The 30-year-old elite Kenyan runner won the race at a 2:04:00 personal best, defying footwear problems, according to the Berlin Marathon’s official website. The insoles were falling out of his shoes by around the 10-mile mark...

I always wondered why so many cultures around the world (except for America) left shoes off at or outside the door. Now I know why! You shouldn't wear shoes in your home for several reasons.

Some would consider it as sacrilegious as when Coke dabbled with its classic formula back in the 80s, but after 98 years Converse has updated its iconic Chuck Taylor All-Stars. On the outside they look nearly identical, but on the inside the Chuck II is actually far more comfy for your feet.

Nearly 10 years ago, someone bashed in the window of the Judy Garland Museum and stole the world's most famous shoes.