Remarkable OESHer Martha Stafford, aka the Founder & Chief Chef/Instructor of the now-famous Charlottesville Cooking School recently traveled to Barcelona with her size 9 Classics. Ostensibly looking for a substantial European destination to tour (mostly) via her OESH, Martha also brought the rest of her family–lucky them! In front of the still unfinished masterwork La […]
Continue ReadingMaking OESH Sandals
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!
Continue ReadingFast Times at Patrick Henry High
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 […]
Continue ReadingOESH wins SHAPE Magazine Shoe Award–Best for Everyday Wear!!!
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 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 […]
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