Simple Shoes | Review and Giveaway
July 9, 2009 by admin - Jennifer
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With all the over-built, over-hyped products out there, it’s pretty hard to find sustainable shoes that you can live with. So we started Simple, your stereotypical, anti-stereotype brand offering good shoes and a big dose of reality.
About a gazillion pairs later… give or take a few… we’ve managed to learn a few things. Well, actually a lot of things. And none more important than this: HOW we make our shoes is just as important as WHY we make them. That means finding more sustainable ways of doing business so we can make a gazillion more.
Which pretty much is where we are today… at the crossroads of here and now, aware of our responsibility to the planet while trying to pay the bills. The nice little shoe company getting in touch with its inner hippie.
Doodle
•Color: Purple Ash, Desert Rose, Black Olive & Charcoal, Olive & Classic Taupe
•MSRP: $38.00
Constructed Using:
• Washable suede uppers from an eco-certified tannery (BLC/ISO 14001)
• Certified organic cotton flannel lining
• Natural rubber non marking outsoles
• Recycled PET and latex elastic laces with user friendly pull toggle
• 100% post consumer paper pulp foot forms
• Ships in our state of the art/back to the future post consumer recycled box… Each size has a different animal on the box.
Noodle
•Color: Coffee Liqueur, Classic Taupe
•MSRP: $40.00
Constructed Using:
• Uppers of suede from an eco-certified tannery (BLC/ISO 14001)
• Certified organic cotton flannel lining
• Natural rubber non marking outsoles
• Recycled PET and latex elastic laces with user friendly pull toggle
• 100% post consumer paper pulp foot forms
• Ships in our state of the art/back to the future post consumer recycled box… Each size has a different animal on the box.
Poodle
•Color: Purple Ash, Desert Rose
•MSRP: $36.00
Constructed Using:
• Washable suede uppers from an eco-certified tannery (BLC/ISO 14001) and printed certified organic cotton heel collar
• Certified organic cotton fleece lining
• Natural rubber non marking outsoles
• Velcro closure
• 100% post consumer paper pulp foot forms
• Ships in our state of the art/back to the future post consumer recycled box… Each size has a different animal on the box. Collect them all! Woof woof!
My Thoughts
I have now found my new favorite shoes for my daughter, and the decision was quite Simple. I was able to review a pair of the Poodle shoes in Desert Rose (shown above) and not only was I very impressed with the way they fit on my daughter’s feet but the toughness with which they are put together. I was so pleased to see my daughter putting on her own shoes and the Velcro straps have helped her be able to be a big girl. She gets so happy when she stands up and her shoes are on. I love Simple shoes and plan on buying many more pairs all through her childhood. And while I usually end up saying that I wish they had a shoe that fit me I don’t have to say that with Simple because they have shoes for adults too. I recommend Simple Shoes to everyone!!!
To introduce Simple shoes to you I have been given the chance to offer you 10% off your first purchase. The discount code is SimpleMommy and can be entered at check out. This code is good for 10% off your first purchase and expires 7/31, so get a pair today!
This just in….I have been given the go ahead to host a giveaway too… See rules below to enter to win your choice of a pair of toddler shoes from the Noodle, Poodle or Doodle line.
Giveaway
- MAIN RULE – Go to the Simple website and find a pair of toddler shoes from the Noodle, Doodle or Poodle lines that you like and come back and leave the direct link in comments. (remember if this rule is not followed then no others will count)
- 1 Extra Entry – Subscribe to my RSS feed or by email (or let me know if you already are) in a separate comment
- 1 Extra Entry – Favorite The Dirty Shirt in Technorati and leave your name (I will be checking) in a separate comment
- 1 Extra Entry – Follow me on Twitter (button in subscribe section on on the right sidebar) and let me know your Twitter name in a separate comment.
- 1 Extra Entry – Tweet this giveaway. Please leave direct URL in comments so I can check or click Tweet button at the top of this post (next to title) and add @jentifa to it.
- 2 Extra Entries – Write a post on your blog linking to my blog and to Simple Shoes.
This giveaway will run through midnight on July 23, with winner being announced the morning of July 24. Winner will be chosen using Random.org from all valid entries and notified via email. Winner will have 48 hours to contact me before another winner is chosen. Giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.



























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