If you’ve been injury-free in your current sports shoe, and you’re performing at a level you are happy with, you may already have the right shoes on your feet.
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Articles on Shoes
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There is nothing new about a shoe fetish. Fairy tales have long featured amazing, high-tech footwear: from seven-league boots to glass slippers to red shoes.
Connecting smugglers, disposable workers, garbage pickers and the poorest of consumers, the flip-flop trail is one of globalisation’s darker stories.
Iconic Stan Smiths can be styled with almost anything, but most white sneakers are costly to the environment. Lucky for us, there are many sustainable alternatives that are just as cool.
The footwear retailer, once a staple of the UK high street, is being forced by falling sales to consider its options.
Conventional leather is fraught with ethical and environmental issues. But leather grown from fermented kombucha tea offers consumers a glimpse of a DIY, sustainable future.
Since avoiding injuries is a priority for runners, many end up buying expensive footwear for their purported safety features. But do the promises made by global footwear companies stack up?
A walk through some of the more extreme examples of historical shoes.
Studies have shown that your shoe choice may say a lot about you. What better time to test this out than fashion week?
Top contributors
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Professor in Allied Health and Health Services Research, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor in Fashion and Material Culture, Nottingham Trent University
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Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Senior lecturer in Podiatry, University of South Australia
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Senior lecturer, Sport & Exercise Biomechanics, University of South Australia
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Lecturer in Podiatry, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor of Sports Technology, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Monash University
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Professor and Dean of the School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor in Anatomical Sciences, University of Cambridge
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Senior Research Fellow, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge
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Senior Lecturer (Podiatry), La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor, Teaching, Global Supply Chain Management, Wayne State University
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Director, Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Fashion + Textiles, University of Technology Sydney
