Many people today have heard about or even cherished a pair of Earth vegan shoes, but not everyone knows how this wonderful shoe first came into existence, or why it is so linked to an appreciation of the earth on which we live. However, the connection is not coincidental, and the loyal fans of this wonderful and unique footwear would have it no other way.
Today, those who like to live a little outside the box: environmentalists, vegans, Yoga instructors, and trendy style setters join a vast array of health care workers and others who are on their feet all day to walk in these comfort shoes. In reality, their uniqueness goes all the way back to their interesting origins.
In the 1950s, a sort of world traveler, Anne Kelso, employed a Portuguese shoe maker to help her design a very unique shoe. She had studied the walking habits of the perfectly-postured Brazilian Indians and noticed that their heel print was always more deeply embedded in the earth than their toe print. The Kalso Minus Heel Shoe was created, tested, and marketed in Copenhagen.
In 1969, American distribution rights were sold to Raymond and Eleanor Jacobs, and on April 1, 1970, the first store opened for business in New York City. That also happened to be the date that the first official Earth Day was celebrated. The two events were forever linked and these comfort shoes, now known as Earth Shoes have a firmly established legitimacy here in the United States and around the world.
