Check out these commemorative Obama shoes! Cheesy and patriotic – dig it!
I still think the Obama Force One take the cake for Obama shoe awesomeness though.
via boingboing
This week I received an email from TOMS Shoes, a company that donates one pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair of shoes purchased:
Since its beginning in May 2006 TOMS has given over 10,000 pairs of shoes to children in Argentina and 50,000 pairs in South Africa. In 2008 TOMS plans to give 200,000 pairs of shoes to children in need around the world. The TOMS community events and Shoe Drops allows TOMS supporters and enthusiasts to be a part of the One for One movement.
If you ever needed a reason to feel good about consumerism, here it is folks. Also, their shoes look absolutely comfy and fabulous, and they have a lot of vegan selections. Check it out!
One pair that is particularly timely for those folks contemplating the upcoming US election is the Vote TOMS Shoes:
As the US Presidential race heats up across the border, Portland artist Jimm Lasser has altered Air Force Ones to create a shoe that features candidate Barack Obama.
Under a profile of Obama’s face, the text reads “A Black Man Runs and a Nation is Behind Him.”
The really interesting thing is that the other shoe in the pair has carved into it yet another picture of Obama. I thought this one was a little less recognizeable, until I saw that it is actually designed to create a print of Obama. I think that is pretty ingenious.
Can you imagine if he and his supporters were wearing these shoes while campaigning, leaving images of Obama’s face all over the land, pressed into the ground, tracked on the pavement. How cool would that be?
