Pink Soles or Red?
This summer has been one of transition for me: I have gone from high-heel skeptic–thinking high-heels weren’t practical, even a little oppressive–to vowing to myself to one day purchase a pair of Christian Louboutins. I’ve become completely smitten with the red-soled, sky-high (in price and in height) Christian Louboutin shoes. Red is my color–it is […]
Sole Sisters Goes to College
We have spent the summer building a website, a Facebook page and twittering as we have an open call for Women’s stories as told through their shoes. We are now talking with Women Studies professors in colleges around the country to see how we can involve college coeds and develop an educational component to the […]
Good News Girlz Shoe Challenge
Good News, indeed! Good News Girlz is hosting a Shoe Challenge with great prizes! Unfortunately, tomorrow (Oct. 13th) is the last day to submit your stories to info@goodnewsgirlz.com, but if you hurry, you’ll get a chance to win a $25 gift certificate for shoes! (Giving you even more chances to have shoe stories to share!) […]
Shoes are Important to Women in Dallas County Jail
Written by Victoria Loe Hicks I know a place that makes any pair of shoes look better – way better. Every time I go there, whichever shoes I’m wearing suddenly become mega- stylish, no matter how long I’ve had them. The place is Dallas County Jail, where every one of the roughly 900 women in […]
Two of a Kind
We love our shoes, spend a lot of time shopping for just the right pair for a given outfit, and are aware of how every shoe feels. How can it be then that the most common shoe story we’ve all heard and experienced has to do with two different shoes being worn at the same […]
Resolana Project Collaboration
Click on the pictures to read these powerful stories. In collaboration with the Sole Sisters Project, Victoria Hicks from the Resolana Project, went into the Dallas County Prisons conducting a series of writing workshops. These workshops allowed these women to reclaim their voice by giving them an outlet to reflect on where their shoes have […]
Mismatched laces on the Streets of Barcelona!
It seems like mismatched shoe laces are back! Do you think your style is much better than that? Or have you seen street shoe styles that just made you squirm with envy for not having had the idea first? Then let us know!! Go out there and snap yourself or others, then share your pictures […]
Sole Sisters Visits Texas A&M
Cynthia goes to College Station this week as the Keynote Speaker at Texas A&M  University for Women’s History Month. She will talk about SOLE SISTERS and share her own journey making this film.
Sole Sisters Featured at TAMU
I was the keynote speaker at the Texas A&M Women’s Resource Leadership Symposium Luncheon. Over 200 staff and faculty including Deans showed up. There were a few students. It was fun to talk about Sole Sisters. Lots of women wanted wanted to share their stories. They were certainly diversified. One was from a student who […]
Sarah Jessica Parker Wows Dallas
Would you stand in line for 22 hours to buy shoes and meet #Sarah Jessica Parker? Well, it was a happening at #Nordstom’s today. Hundreds of women bought SJP shoes and stood in line to have the actress, entrepreneur and shoe maven #Sarah Jessica Parker autograph their shoes. And no one was complaining. Everyone was […]
