This has been a banner month for OESH. Joining other elite publications in noting our ever-widening influence with a superior footwear choice, the April, 2012 SHAPE Magazine cover promotes SHAPE TESTED The Best New Sneakers, a story which awards 14 winners from 45 tested in the SHAPE Shoe Awards 2012 OESH was picked #1 (Best […]
Continue ReadingCapturing those firsts
Capturing “firsts” is frequently an art form. For example, this week I failed to capture a picture of our youngest daughter Zoe, on stage at her school play. But I have succeeded in capturing some awesome firsts. This is of our oldest daughter Jayme, in my first gait laboratory back at Harvard, taking some of […]
Continue ReadingOut with the old nursing shoes
In preparing a lecture that I will give at the end of the month, I came across an old picture that I’ve used in lectures past, to talk about women’s “professional dress” shoes. As I recall, this picture came from the Harvard Medical School Alumni magazine, recognizing the first group of nurses to become part […]
Continue ReadingRunner’s World Magazine shows love to OESH–Doesn’t everyone’s basement have a chop saw?
The April 2012 issue of Runner’s World brings OESH to their massive audience with both a photo of Casey AND a two paragraph note. The picture was taken back in the days before the factory…this is the chop saw in our basement that Casey used to cut those prototype cantilevers. On page 84, under the heading […]
Continue ReadingBetter than a pile of old magazines
Here’s a picture of one of the walls of the entry into the OESH factory. Surrounding the map are some of my peer-reviewed original research articles. The ones that wouldn’t fit on the wall are in that blue binder behind the chair. They’re regularly pulled down to read while waiting to pick up a new […]
Continue ReadingShe Knows now knows that OESH knows best
Gerri Ward of the comprehensive women’s news website, www.sheknows.com just posted a wonderful article on the She Knows Beauty & Style page entitled Sins of a sensuous sole. Subtitled with the rhetorical How dangerous are your heels? Gerri’s interview with Casey a few months ago is beautifully summarized in the news story below. We are […]
Continue ReadingMake way for sandals
We’re getting really close on that sandal design. In time for the warm weather, I promise. To all you OESHers in Australia – I’m sorry we couldn’t get this done six months sooner. We’re making not just the carbon fiber sole, but also the entire upper part of the sandal here in our factory. Which […]
Continue ReadingOESH visits Prague’s Charles Bridge–Dobry den!
Now more than 650 years old, the magnificent Charles Bridge was the scene of a recent excursion by Tremendous OESHer Jean McCarthy. Able to withstand every conceivable river issue through the centuries, it is rumored that the mortar within the Bridge was made with a high component of egg yolks, perhaps accounting for its remarkable […]
Continue ReadingOESH featured on CBS 19 Television
Very cool segment about OESH on Charlottesville’s CBS 19 earlier tonight! See for yourself…Casey sounded fantabulous. But who was that guy wearing a Pepe Le Pew t-shirt? The video is here: And the full news story here: Onward!
Continue ReadingMore Manufacturing in the USA
The last few weeks I’ve been digging in to how we might be able to make our entire sole right here in the U.S. Currently several parts of the sole are being made in China. The factories that make those parts do a fine job but I keep thinking that we ought to be able to make […]
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