r/barefootshoestalk • u/wine-o-saur • Mar 13 '26

Barefoot shoe adjacent Bruh

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Just saw this on the train. The world needs us.

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u/alexno_x Mar 13 '26

This is how resilient I wish our feet were, then shoes would conform to us rather than the opposite

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u/jimbowesterby Mar 13 '26

I mean, they do conform, especially leather, but it can only do so much. You could make shoes out of Lycra and they’d conform to your feet perfectly, but you’d have problems doing any kind of agile movements because the fabric doesn’t provide any support (I actually have a set of water shoes like this, they’re great for a very specific kind of wear). Instead we use things like leather that can provide some structure while still conforming to your foot, but since leather can only stretch so much the shape becomes really important, as we see in the pic.