Here’s a list of the top 5 minimalist shoe brands with the most unique designs and materials. All of them offer the barefoot benefits: wide toe-box, zero drop, and flexibility.
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The Most Unique-looking Barefoot Brands
Mukishoes
- Styles: sandals, sneakers, high-tops, boots
- Fit: most appropriate for medium feet
- Vegan options
- Sustainable brand
- Mukishoes reviews and posts
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Mukishoes uses a lot of bright colours and innovative, sustainable materials like cork and wool deadstock.
Paperkrane
- Styles: sneakers, high-tops, boots
- Fit: most appropriate for narrow feet
- Buy here
Paperkrane is an Australian brand with fun and colourful designs. They make matching models for kids and adults.
Sambas the Bambas
- Styles: sandals, sneakers, high-tops, boots
- Fit: most appropriate for medium-to-wide feet
- Vegan
- Sustainable brand
- Buy here
- Some styles are available at Bare Corner shop
Sambas is a sustainable Spanish brand which only uses natural vegan materials, like pineapple leather. Not only are their materials very cool, but so are their interesting designs that are often full of colours and prints too.
Vivobarefoot
- Styles: sandals, slip-ons, sneakers, low-shoes, high-tops, boots, sports shoes, outdoors shoes
- Fit: most appropriate for narrow-to-medium feet
- Vegan options
- Sustainable brand
- Vivobarefoot reviews and posts
- Buy here
Vivo has some of the most conventional-looking shoes and also many very colourful and noticeable ones. They also use lots of recycled materials.
Wildling
- Styles: slippers, sandals, slip-ons, sneakers, low-shoes, high-tops, boots
- Fit: most appropriate for medium feet
- Vegan options
- Sustainable brand
- Wildling reviews and posts
- Buy here EU
- Buy here US
Wildlings are known for their minimal, unique design, which was inspired by Japanese Tabi shoes. They use natural, sustainable materials, like linen, cotton, hemp and wool.
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