sandshoes

IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS RUBBER... I have been reflecting on how my interest in seeing pretty feet encased in sneakers began and what attracted me to them. Was it the aroma of the rubber and/or because I wore sandshoes as a boy? Now I've never had a crush on leather shoes, high heels or...

Long before I knew of Keds or Chucks, we as kids in Australia virtually lived in canvas sandshoes (plimsolls) most of the time. They were made in China and had green soles with very thin canvas, wide rubber kick strips and smooth rubber toe-caps either on the outside or inside. They were very...