Shoes

[libbyannE]

Lucky you! Maybe I should have called it shoe odor versus foot odor. I have never smelled anything like it. My husband thought it was from something from which the shoes were made. No problems since I threw the bionics away.

[Kachina624]

@1MrsT  Sounds like Vionic ought hire you to work in their engineering department.  Too bad you have to go through all that you do to get a satisfactory shoe.

[1MrsT]

@Kachina624 😄 I actually sent them an email via their website. I haven't heard back as of yet. 

My my husband has been in the footwear business for over 40 years. He's a Master Last Maker (mouthful of a job title), so I've picked up a lot of how shoes are built from him, I'm sure. I even had him drilling holes in my Vionic insoles (the removable ones) in an effort to get air circulating. Not as handy as a plumber...but being married to a shoe guy has its perks! ☺️

[sallybusky]

Several months ago I bought a pair of Vionic loafers. Finally, I thought, they've made some cute shoes I can wear when flipflops are not appropriate. And that adorable Liam told me they were leather, so I believed him..... One look at them in the box, and I knew they were manmade. I went back to the online presentation, and carefully read the label: Uppers made of leather and manmade material. The upper was the part attached to the sole. (Driving moc, with the little grippy "teeth" on the bottom...that part was leather; the part that wrapped around the rest of my foot? very obviously not leather.) I was very disappointed. Their presentation was misleading at best.  I wrote about it on here, and it got poofed. (So..read fast, everybody!!)  I have five pairs of Vionic flipflops and love 'em! But I've accepted that I'll never be able to wear a closed toe shoe from them.

[1MrsT]

@sallybusky I have some of their leather clogs. The leather is so thin as to be a veneer...and its glued to a silky feeling man made material that goes inside, next to the top of the foot. The footbed is that sueded man made material.

So you're absolutely right that when they use leather, anything touching the foot is made made. But a lot of brands use man made materials...but no other shoes (boots or slippers) make my feet sweat. Not even my Nike sneakers! So it's their chose of materials, or whatever chemical(s) they're using. I know lots of shoe companies are using copper in the construction of their insoles to help with odor. Maybe they need to investigate new options for their shoes. Fingers crossed. 😄

[Mustang Shar]

I agree! Better materials are needed.

[violann]

There are a VERY FEW styles of Vionics that are LEATHER. I bought 4 pairs 5 or 6 years ago and still wear them ll the time in cooler weather.