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Making OESH Sandals

by Casey on April 14, 2012

Over spring break, our middle daughter Kellyn put together this spectacular video of our making the OESH sandal uppers. This isn’t in China — this is Charlottesville, Virginia. Enjoy!

Fast Times at Patrick Henry High

by Casey on April 9, 2012

Though it’s been at least 30 years since I’ve seen Kim Stempien, it seems like yesterday that we were running together on the track and cross country teams at Patrick Henry High School in San Diego, California. A few weeks ago, Kim became an OESHer and since then, we’ve been writing back and forth, filling […]

OESHers nix shoe boxes and choose to save trees

by Bob on April 3, 2012

Casey was recently interviewed for a trade journal, which will be a superb technical read when published. In the midst of the discussion, she noted the heavy emphasis which OESH places upon our customer feedback. The paragraph of note: Today, with sales surging, OESH footwear continues to be sold exclusively through OESHshoes.com, allowing the company […]

Made in America: OESH’s New CNC Milling Machine gets corner office

by Casey on March 28, 2012

Our new CNC milling machine arrived and with the help of our good neighbors at Quality Welding, we got it safely off the truck and into its position in its “corner office” here at OESH. Thank you, Quality Welding! Me, a little nervous, watching it come off the truck: Gary, guiding it into position. My […]

OESH wins SHAPE Magazine Shoe Award–Best for Everyday Wear!!!

by Bob on March 22, 2012

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 […]

Capturing those firsts

by Casey on March 15, 2012

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 […]

Out with the old nursing shoes

by Casey on March 9, 2012

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 […]

Runner’s World Magazine shows love to OESH–Doesn’t everyone’s basement have a chop saw?

by Bob on March 3, 2012

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 […]

Better than a pile of old magazines

by Casey on February 28, 2012

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 […]

She Knows now knows that OESH knows best

by Bob on February 21, 2012

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 […]

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