the district

Apparently it’s footwear week here at the District, and so today I bring you Simple. I once had a pair of bright red Simples that I bought on a beach in the middle-of-nowhere Australia for $10. They may have been my favorite shoes ever, but thats not what I am going to write about today. Instead, it’s ecoSneakers. And while trying to squeeze the word ‘eco’ into every environmentally friendly product offering is more than a little cliche, thats about the only thing I don’t like about this website. In list format here is what I do like:

1. Ingredients. They tell you how they make the stuff and whats in it.

2. Make your own shoe kit. Kind of reminds me of the anarchist kids I used to live with in Boston that ate out of dumpsters just to prove that they could, but the shoes are still pretty damn cool. One might even say, they still get mad DIY street-cred.

3. Slip-ons that aren’t Vans:

4. The use of the word “vulcanized”.

5. Stylish Vegan footwear options for my friend Ben so he can throw out his white hemp booties.

Thinks I don’t like:

1. No new Red Shoes.

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