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We’re giving you the chance to win not one but TWO fantastic prizes from Barefoot Junkie this Christmas and entering could not be easier. OUR NEWEST BAREFOOT SHOES Firstly, you could win one of the newest in our range of barefoot shoes. The KSO ECO. This model signals a big leap forward for Vibram and uses new technology to produce a shoe that’s made from more than 90% natural ingredients. The KSO ECO shares the same sole as one of our most popular shoes, the KSO EVO but the upper is made from hemp and uses a brand new technology...

Whether you manufacture barefoot running shoes like Vibram or sell them like us, or if you make any other product, being kinder to the environment is something every business of any size should have high on their agenda. Both Barefoot Junkie and Vibram are working hard to make sure our carbon footprints become smaller than the physical footprints we leave on our planet with our barefoot running shoes. We still have some work to do but we’re well on the way. We understand that our barefoot tribe takes all matters green very seriously and we do too. Connecting with the...

When you think of barefoot shoes, what comes to mind? When people encounter Vibram FiveFingers for the first time there are quite often a lot of questions. This questioning will usually begin with things like “What have you got on your feet?”, and “Are those your toes in there?”

Once the more obvious questions are out of the way people do genuinely become curious about the benefits of wearing them, or for that matter wearing any other type of barefoot shoes. However, there is one question that often gets left unanswered, “Can Vibram FiveFingers make your feet stronger?”

To answer that question, we will have to delve a little into some shoe history!

Our new Video highlighting the versatile Vibram Furoshiki. Another multi award winning take on the minimalist concept. These are easy on and offer supreme comfort and portability. Enjoy

This week we welcome Osteopath Jamie Lauder who talks us through how our feet work with some great insights into how our feet affect the rest of our bodies and the potential aches and pains, and therefore treatable elements, we might encounter. Our feet! As we all know the foot is a flexible structure made up of bones, joints, muscles, and soft tissues. They let us stand upright and perform activities like walking, running, and jumping. Each foot is a big bag of bones. Between each bone there's a joint, a joint capsule, a series of ligaments and muscles. As...