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A brief 1-minute, weekly email on footwear Design Ideas & Random Thoughts for shoedogs and the general footwear community.
Past DIRT articles 👇
The Forgotten Story of Chuck Taylor, Post-Functional Value and the Shoe That Got Famous By Becoming Useless.
Chuck Taylor built the world's most famous shoe for forty-four years without a penny in royalties. Nike bought it bankrupt, changed almost nothing, and now makes two billion dollars a year from it. The story of how the Converse All Star got famous by becoming useless.
The story of Apollos moon boots and the darkest material on Earth
The story of Apollos moon boots, and the darkest material on earth.
The story of Reebok's 1997 Instapump Fury
The Story of Reeboks 1997 Instapump fury. 30 years ahead of its time.
The story of the Moon Boots, Baader–Meinhof, and the Myth of Space Style
The story of the Moon Boots