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Minimalist shoes are the hottest—most hotly contested—development in running these days. For every convert who swears that running “barefoot” (in zero-drop shoes with flexible soles and little or no ...

Last year we checked out the Skora Form, a high-end, minimalist pair of running shoes, complete with goat-skin tops. They did some things right, but were ultimately ...

The Vivobarefoot Explorer Mid is back for the 2025 winter season, reaffirming its place as one of the brand’s warmest and ...

Vivobarefoot has wrapped up its decade-long journey through the world’s wildest biomes with the Desert ESC Boot, a rugged yet refined barefoot shoe designed to perform in the most punishing landscapes ...

Runners have a tendency to stick to what they know, and what has proven to work for them individually. However it’s hard to ignore the minimal tendencies brands have embraced over the past few years ...

As oxymorons go, “barefoot shoes” takes some beating. Otherwise referred to as “minimalist footwear”, these are shoes designed to mimic the experience of not wearing shoes. Evangelists include Joe ...

So am I, if it makes you feel any better, but I'm working on it. According to the minimalist philosophy that's slowly starting to spread through the $2.36 billion running-shoe world, we can blame the ...