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Tom’s Shoes–Charity, Fashion and AT&T

posted by vreiss | 1:43pm Monday July 6, 2009

 
silvertom.jpgI bought my first pair of Tom’s Shoes this weekend and I luff them! For every pair of shoes you buy from the three-year old company, they give one away to kids in need, somewhere in the world. The shoes themselves are simple slip-ons that come in an increasing array of colors and fabrics. So far they’ve given away more than 85,000 pairs. 

When I bought my pair (in a disco-ball silver silver), the salesgirl nudged me along in my buy-or-not-buy process by telling me about how Tom’s are back-ordered like crazy since the airing of an iPhone/Blackberry/AT&T commercial starring the company’s owner, Blake Mycoskie.

To look for your own pair: www.TOMSshoes.com. And here’s that commercial, below:



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mike

posted July 11, 2009 at 9:51 am


glad you finally bought your first pair…if like most of us, it won’t be your last.



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Chris

posted July 12, 2009 at 1:11 am


It was a BlackBerry Bold featured in the commercial, not an iPhone.



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Valerie

posted July 13, 2009 at 10:50 am


You’re right, Chris. Thanks for the correction. And Mike, yes, totally. I’m already coveting the gold and the red boots.



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ToddD

posted July 30, 2009 at 6:43 pm


Interesting article
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slippers and sandals

posted August 26, 2010 at 9:44 pm


wonderful post,for what,that is going on



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Slippers and Sandals

posted September 12, 2010 at 9:07 pm


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supersmartypants

posted December 21, 2010 at 1:53 pm


I just heard Blake MyCoskie speak in my city – what he’s doing with Tom’s Shoes is great – now if they only made animal slippers. Since they don’t (yet), I’ll be getting all my Kids Slippers from SuperSmartyPants!



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Your Name

posted March 13, 2011 at 10:22 pm


it is really a fashion shoes !



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