Humans have been walking barefoot for most of our existence, long before the invention of modern shoes. But in the past couple of decades, we’ve started gravitating back to minimalist designs that ...

On TikTok, creators are describing barefoot shoes as “life-changing,” very demure, and “very mindful”— all of which are great selling points for footwear. But since the phrase “barefoot shoe” sounds a ...

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It’s a bit strange to think of barefoot shoes as a relatively new trend considering they’re something of a return to our ancestral origins, when humans used to walk barefoot. Now that every silhouette ...