This past weekend, TOMS teamed up with Laguna Beach retailer Thalia Surf Shop for a killer event. Local musicians The Pawnshop Kings set up stage in the connecting Surf Gallery, and set the mood with their laid back California style. The Thalia team revved up the Coleman camper stove, grilling up juicy hot dogs for [...]
vintage: a celebration of art + surf
June 2nd, 2009 1 Comment
Tags: artist · custom shoes · custom TOMS · event · Laguna Beach · style your sole · Thalia · TOMS retailer
the original TOMS mom
May 14th, 2009 1 Comment
Hi! Blake’s Mom here. I know it may be hard to believe, but I had never painted a pair of TOMS before a couple of weeks ago. I had my white pair of TOMS sitting on a shelf in my closet with a brand new set (still in the package) of paint pens, just waiting [...]
Tags: artistic shoes · blake mycoskie · custom shoes · hand painted shoes · Mother's Day · style your sole · TOMS mom
put some creativity on canvas… shoes.
May 13th, 2009 1 Comment
We were pretty excited to see Pam Mycoskie’s (Blake’s mom) limited edition TOMS fly off the shelves and she is sure to be a busy lady in the coming weeks. The idea of custom painted shoes, however, is a TOMS classic that has been with the company since 2006. In the summer after Blake returned [...]
Tags: art · art show · canvas shoes · creativity · custom shoes · hand painted shoes · interns · paint shoes · pam mycoskie · style your sole · TOMS mom · tyler ramsey · Vagabonds
super limited edition by the official TOMS mom
May 8th, 2009 3 Comments
If anyone reading this has met my mom, they know she absolutely exudes compassion.
Whether it is her family, friends, golden retrievers, or the children she befriends on Shoe Drops, my mom holds nothing back when loving those in her life. And for this unique gift, I love her like no one else in my life.
Besides [...]
Tags: art · artistic shoes · custom shoes · Gift · hand painted shoes · limited edition · Mother's Day · Shoe Drop · TOMS mom · toms shoes
all hands on deck
January 23rd, 2009 1 Comment
Sometimes its still an all-hands-on-deck environment here at TOMS. This morning, Tyler Ramsey came in to hand paint 1,000 custom TOMS shoes for a special order. It was rainy outside (yes, it rains in Santa Monica), so we set up in the hallway: taking all the white canvas TOMS out of their boxes and lining [...]
Tags: custom shoes · employees · hand painted TOMS · tyler ramsey
