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Amazing: TOMS Shoes — One for One.
Blake Mycoskie on a shoe drop.
Inspiration can strike at any time. For Blake Mycoskie — third place finisher on the second season of the Amazing Race — inspiration struck while vacationing in Argentina. Inspired by the local alpargata or espadrilles style of canvas shoe traditionally worn by farmers, Mycoskie went on to found TOMS Shoes to provide shoes for impoverished children.
The premise? One pair of shoes donated for every pair purchased. One for one.
The shoes are great — comfortable, breathable, light and stylish; I own three pairs. The concept is equally fantastic. For $44, you get a pair of shoes and the piece of mind that your purchase is also funding a pair of shoes for an impoverished child.
TOMS continues to expand and update not only their shoes and styles, but their reach and scope of the shoe drops.
And we think they’re doing amazing things.