Our Recommended Barefoot and Minimalist Shoes

Choosing the right footwear can have a big impact on your posture and how well your body performs. Being barefoot as much as possible is the best thing you can do for your body. So, it is important to choose a shoe that mimics this as closely as possible. This is so the mechanics of your feet can move the way they were designed to. Unfortunately, modern shoes are poorly designed, often very tight and restrictive locking up the mechanics of your feet which affect the rest of your body.

Barefoot Shoes

Below is a comprehensive list of barefoot shoes we recommend. 

• Be Lenka — Casual, everyday, perfect, minimal design, very ABC friendly. (Men, Women, & Kids)
• Carets — Men’s work and smart dress shoes.
• Earth Runners — Sandals, sporty, every day, and casual shoes.  (Unisex & Kids)
• Feelgrounds — Casual, everyday shoes. (Men & Women)
• Feelmax — Sport, casual, everyday shoes. (Unisex & Kids)
• Groundies — My personal favourite for stylish casual women’s shoes. Stylish, casual, lightweight, flexible, and sensitive walking experience. (Men & Women)
• Joe Nimble — Casual, sporty, work, and everyday shoes. (Men & Women)
• Lems — Casual, sporty, everyday, and active shoes. (Men & Women)
• Magical Shoes — Casual, running, boots, sandals, and everyday shoes. (Men, Women, & Kids) (Polish Shop)
• Origo — Sustainable, casual, and everyday shoes. (Men, Women, & Kids) (Polish Shop)
• Softstar Shoes — casual, smart, everyday, running, and work shoes. (Men, Women, & Kids) (American shop)
• Tadeevo — sporty, casual, everyday options. These have a very minimal design, which encourages true barefoot walking. (Men, Women, & Kids)
• Tieks — A large range of female princess/flats shoes. These are casual, dressy, and everyday shoes. (American shop) 
• Tikki Shoes — women’s, children, boots and sandals, everyday, casual. (Men, Women, & Kids)
• Tune Footwear — Men’s, casual, work, smart, and professional shoes. (American shop)
• Unshoes — Sandals, sporty, casual, and everyday shoes. (Unisex & Kids) (American shop)
• Vibram — Sporty, casual, and training shoes. (Men, Women, & Kids)
• Vivo Barefoot — Excellent for sports and casual shoes. (Men, Women, & Kids)
• Xero Shoes — A popular brand that has various casual styles, sandals, and sporty and everyday options. These are also ABC-friendly! (Men, Women, & Kids) 

Water Shoes

There are lots of shops that sell these, just Google search to find one! (A very inexpensive option)

Other Options

There are also various other brands on the market that have minimal shoe options available:

• Converse — The allstar range is flat, flexible and without arch support, making them a good everyday, casual, option.
• Havaianas — Their flip flops are excellent, comfortable, and flat soled, without any arch supports.
• Merrell — A range of minimal/barefoot options for sports, training and everyday wear.
• New Balance — The minimus range is good for sports, everyday, and casual wear.
• Roger Coco– Womens, causal, everyday, smart — look out for the flat sole options that don’t have a heel. (American store)
• Skora Running — They have a good introductory minimal running/training shoe option. (American store)
• Toms — This brand has flat, casual, stylish everyday options.

Safety Footwear

If you need steel-capped shoes it can be a challenge to find a suitable pair of boots or shoes that are wide enough in the toes box and flexible enough to still allow your foot to move. One option that we’ve found which seems to tick all of the right boxes is SK Apparel. Look for the lee cooper safety plimsole.

Don’t be shy and ask one of our team members to check your shoes the next time you’re in!

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