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Friday Slide Show: An Old Shoe
19 November 2021
Shortly after we purchased these remarkable shoes, falling head over heels for them, the company (naturally) went out of business. They weigh no more than a sheet of paper and have a non-slip sole with an invisible spring in it.
There's only one downside. They're only good around the house, grinding down to nothing on concrete, like a pencil eraser. But we've covered a lot of miles in the bunker wearing them the last few years.
What first attracted us to them had nothing to do with their weight and sole, though.
We really liked the idea that they were cut from canvas. We are longtime fans of espadrilles but we are not big fans of how that inexpensive footwear looks. Here was an espidrilles-like cloth shoe with a modern sole and, well, modern style.
And to cap it all off, they were exceptionally affordable. If our memory can be trusted, they were all of $35 at Nordstrom's.
Silly us, we tried to return them.
We broke them in by taking a walk of a couple of miles and were horrified to see those soft soles wearing away already. Really?
They weren't defective, they just weren't Vibram. The clerk suggested they were really slippers and would serve us well for years if we stuck to hardwood floors and rugs. Six years later, we have to admit he was right.
For something tougher, he suggested Merrills. We pointed down to our feet. We were wearing Merrills.
Merrills, however, are not as photogenic as Cushes. So you are getting Cushes today. We only wish we could get another pair of them today, too.
