Hi friends! On the development of footwear project, we have entered the stage where the LegsLikeMine team are using a team of fit testers to wear our shoes around and give us feedback on the fit. The goal is to make sure there aren’t hidden gotcha’s like, the shoes didn’t work with ankle cuffing, theyContinue reading “Lipedema Friendly Products – Dressing Aids and Shoe Horns. What’s your Advice?”
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Early Morning Footwear Meetings: Some Behind the Scenes Looks at How LegsLikeMine Shoes Are Being Made
Hi friends! As we get closer to getting a wearable prototype for footwear designed especially for women with lipedema, I thought I’d share a brief bit of how shoes are made. Footwear is an industry that seemed like a gigantic mystery to me a year ago. I knew I wanted to make shoes because IContinue reading “Early Morning Footwear Meetings: Some Behind the Scenes Looks at How LegsLikeMine Shoes Are Being Made”
All I Really Want is Boots that Fit (OK, and for my legs not to hurt)
I have memories of going shoe shopping with my mom, who was relatively thin but had Lipedema and didn’t know it. So many times she’d try on boots and end up getting mad and throwing them down when the boots wouldn’t zip. Over the years, we’ve stumbled on a few pair that fit – theyContinue reading “All I Really Want is Boots that Fit (OK, and for my legs not to hurt)”
