TOMS Shoes » admin http://www.tomsshoesblog.com With every pair you purchase, TOMS will give a pair of new shoes to a child in need. One for One. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:44:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Visit the new TOMS.com http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/visit-the-new-toms-com http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/visit-the-new-toms-com#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:44:35 +0000 admin http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/visit-the-new-toms-com Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The TOMS Blog has moved! Visit http://www.TOMS.com/blog to stay updated on all the latest and greatest from TOMS. We will no longer be updating posts here.

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]]> http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/visit-the-new-toms-com/feed 0 whoa, that looks really different http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/whoa-that-looks-really-different http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/whoa-that-looks-really-different#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:25:11 +0000 admin http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/?p=4802 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> If you’ve been part of the One for One movement for a while, you saw us grow in to a new website about this time last year. Although we don’t plan to refresh every 12 months… we’re super excited to announce we’re updating once again.

So… SURPRISE! There’s a brand new TOMS.com waiting for you to explore, engage, interact, browse, SHOP, GIVE, post, upload, and share.

If you’re a subscriber of the current TOMS Blog, the first thing you need to know is we’re growin’ up and movin’ over to the TOMS website. You will no longer receive updates from the TOMS blog through this feed and posts will no longer come through at TOMSshoesBlog.com.

If you want to stay subscribed to the TOMS Blog (of course you do….), enter your email address here and we’ll sign you up for the new.


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You can also access the new blog here: http://www.TOMS.com/blog/blog-entries

Other new stuff you’re gonna love on the new site:
- “How We Wear Them”: a gallery of fan photos showing off personal style and proving any person can rock a pair of TOMS
- All your TOMS news in one place under “Blog & News”: official updates from HQ alongside the insider perspective you love hearing from the TOMS Blog
- Easier shopping! Ship to multiple people in one order. Share your wish list. We took your feedback to heart and built this site to make things easier and more enjoyable for you guys!

But we also kept a few things that you made you fall in love with TOMS from the start:
- We’re still givin’ one pair of new shoes to a child in need with every pair you purchase. One for One!
- We hold true to our Happiness Guarantee: if you aren’t completely satisfied with your order, our stellar customer service team will be happy to exchange it for you.

OK we’ll shut up now… GO CHECK OUT THE NEW SITE!
http://www.TOMS.com

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]]> http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/whoa-that-looks-really-different/feed 0 TOMS launch in neiman marcus and our crew gets to play http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/toms-launch-in-neiman-marcus-and-our-crew-gets-to-play http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/toms-launch-in-neiman-marcus-and-our-crew-gets-to-play#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:33:11 +0000 admin http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/?p=4907 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> This past Friday, an adorable collection of Youth TOMS launched in Neiman Marcus stores across the country. To celebrate, we brought in a ton of games to Neiman Marcus Fashion Island in Newport Beach for us the kids to play with! There were also sandboxes filled with different materials for the kids to feel what its like to be barefoot.

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Our Chief Shoe Giver was swung by, once again showing his competitive spirit in air hockey, fooseball, and basketball.

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Lots of snacks, lots of energy, cool new kicks, and precious little kids = a super successful event!

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See more photos on the TOMS Facebook Fan Page and then check out the TOMS Youth collection in a Neiman’s near you!

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]]> http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/toms-launch-in-neiman-marcus-and-our-crew-gets-to-play/feed 0 style your sole goes global http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/style-your-sole-goes-global http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/style-your-sole-goes-global#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:31:35 +0000 admin http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/?p=4860 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The “release your inner artist” “get your creative on” event that we all know and love, Style Your Sole, just made the jump across the pond. This past weekend, Chief Shoe Giver Blake Mycoskie put his college speaking tour and in-office duties on hold to pick up a sharpie and a paint brush for the first ever UK Style Your Sole event at leading UK fashion retailer Topshop. Topshop has become a “major style authority and one of fashion’s biggest success stories” (as they mention on their website… and we totally agree) and we were all super excited to be part of their London Fashion Week event schedule.

Philippa, TOMS UK PR Director, says, ” It was a brilliant day, the artists were busy all day and probably painted about 30-40 pairs. Customers loved it, we saw a lot of TOMS fans, and TopShop were really pleased – all in all it was a very inspiring and successful Style Your Sole event!”

Check out all the photos below! Any of our UK readers out there make it to the event?

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]]> http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/style-your-sole-goes-global/feed 1 join us april 8 for one day without shoes http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/join-us-april-8-for-one-day-without-shoes http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/join-us-april-8-for-one-day-without-shoes#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:57:07 +0000 admin http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/?p=4826 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> On April 8, 2010 we’re planning something big. Yes, we’re a shoe company… but for one day, we’ll be asking people around the world to ditch their shoes. Take ‘em off. Leave ‘em at home… and go one day without shoes.

Sure, it’s a little strange. You’re bound to get some funny looks- people asking you “Uh, where are your shoes?”. But at that point, you’ll be able to proudly inform them that millions of children around the world go barefoot every day. Not because they chose to, but because they have never been able to own their own pair of shoes.

The gravel will hurt, the pavement will be cold. You might step on something that makes you say “OUCH!” But that’s the point, isn’t it? Its hard without shoes and its our responsibility to educate our friends and communities.

Visit the official One Day Without Shoes website to learn the facts, browse through photos and videos, and register your support for this world-wide event.

Watch the video on YouTube

AND if you’re feeling especially creative this weekend, there’s still time to enter the TOMS + Threadless One Day Without Shoes t-shirt contest. Submit your original design for a One Day tee and if you win (you gotta get your friends to vote for you!), we’ll hook you up with TOMS for a year, $2k in cash, and $500 in Threadless gift cards. The shirt will be for sale for alllllll the people participating in this international event on April 16th. Deadline is February 21st. Visit Threadless’ site for all the details.

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]]> http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/join-us-april-8-for-one-day-without-shoes/feed 0 artist skillz from an 11 year old TOMS fan http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/artist-skillz-from-an-11-year-old-toms-fan http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/artist-skillz-from-an-11-year-old-toms-fan#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:46:49 +0000 admin http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/?p=4791 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> One of our awesome young fans, Anna, recently sent us this drawing of her newest pair of TOMS shoes!  Not only is she generous, but she’s an artist as well :) Thank you guys for continuing to inspire us every day. Keep sending us your pics, letters, and drawings!!

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Sending snail mail?
TOMS Shoes
attn: Awesome Social Media Dept.
3025 Olympic Blvd. Studio C
Santa Monica, CA 90404

Prefer digital style?
Sarah.Walpert@TOMSshoes.com

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]]> http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/artist-skillz-from-an-11-year-old-toms-fan/feed 0 you inspire us http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/you-inspire-us http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/you-inspire-us#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:57:18 +0000 admin http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/?p=4778 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> A few weeks ago, we introduced the TOMS Wall on the website, a place for TOMS fans, customers, friends, and newbies to post their TOMS photos and stories. One image we came across a couple weeks ago was by Alli Fox. Our creative department instantly fell in love with the way she chalked “LOVE” and placed TOMS in the shape of a heart. “We gotta use this!”

We couldn’t track down Alli’s for the original, so we re-created the image in the alley outside our warehouse door.

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Her super cool image, that she may or may not have ever expected us to see, totally inspired us and has become a prominent piece on the TOMS website for Valentine’s Day!

To Alli- THANK YOU for being so awesomely creative.

We LOVE seeing the photos and reading the stories you upload the TOMS Wall… so get in there- upload, share, post, write, photograph, be creative. We take notice.

And then go pick out some TOMS to share the LOVE this Valentine’s Day :)

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]]> http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/you-inspire-us/feed 0 travis of all trades http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/travis-of-all-trades http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/travis-of-all-trades#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:40:08 +0000 admin http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/?p=4752 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Twice a month, we’ll be delivering awesome videos giving you guys the insider view to TOMS HQ. So today, please meet Travis!

Or watch the video on the TOMS YouTube Channel by clicking here.

Have a great weekend!

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]]> http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/travis-of-all-trades/feed 3 tell us your TOMS love story! http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/tell-us-your-toms-love-story http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/tell-us-your-toms-love-story#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:13:22 +0000 admin http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/?p=4740 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> A few weeks ago, an amazing story fell in to our inbox about a couple who met because of TOMS. Not only did the two TOMS fans fall passionately in love with one another, they are now engaged to be married and plan for their entire bridal party will wear TOMS! See the Mother of the Groom’s story below…

When we were in Virginia on vacation this past summer (from our home in CA) our delightful, 22 year old bearded, tattooed web designer son and our family were eating burgers at little retro diner in Williamsburg.

We were approached by a (brave!) girl “My friend wanted me to give you her number” is what she told our son.   Yes, this cute and stylish 20 year old thought our son was cute… but what clinched it was that he was wearing TOMS!  Because he was fashionable AND socially conscious she could NOT let this opportunity pass by!

He called her.  They dated cross-country (interrupted briefly by his 6 week trip to help orphans in Kenya).  They are now planning their Virginia wedding and they want everyone in the wedding party (bride, groom, attendants, flower girls – parents???) to wear TOMS!

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The happy couple rowing in Central Park, “Sara came to visit and a TOMS love story had begun..”

Although this is a beautiful and incredible story, we’re convinced there’s more like them… So tell us- did wearing TOMS land you an awesome relationship? Do your friends label you and your honey the “TOMS couple”? Would you dump your boyfriend if he stopped wearing TOMS? Post a comment below and tell us your TOMS love story!

See Jordan & Sara’s engagement photos after the jump!

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]]> http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/tell-us-your-toms-love-story/feed 54 you? really? http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/you-really http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/http:/www.tomsshoesblog.com/you-really#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:46:01 +0000 admin http://www.tomsshoesblog.com/?p=4724 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> On our recent TOMS company retreat, we took a creative route to getting to know each other. We were given a list of facts that each matched up with one of our co-workers. Our mission? To have a lot of conversations about a lot of random topics with each other to try and decipher who fit with what fact.

Turns out I didn’t know as much about these people as I thought- what an interesting, strange, funny, intriguing, off-beat crew!

Can you figure out which fact belongs to our HR Director? Director of Online Marketing? One of our graphic designers? One of our managers? Our special events coordinator?

“I applied to work for the CIA. Was offered a position and turned the job down.”

“I got lost in the woods for 3.5 days when I was 9 years old.”

“I was on the junior olympic figure skating team in England as a child.”

“”I once won a Spice Girls costume contest.”

“On the spur of the moment, decided to tag along on a last minute motorcycle trip up the coast from LA to San Fran with a group of non English speaking acquaintances whom I just met 2 days prior through a mutual friend. Had less than 12 hours to pack and find a helmet and camping gear. Neither individual spoke English and I didn’t speak a word of German. Camped under the stars for 3 nights and rode on the back of a motorcycle for 4 days.”

With that set of talent and spontaneity, we’re destined to achieve great things…. ;)

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