What if normal were not natural?

You only have to look around you to realize: most of the footwear we wear has moved away from the actual shape of the foot. The bizarre has become commonplace. And the worrying thing is that, although we all share the same foot structure for hundreds of thousands of years, shoes have followed a completely different evolution.

For centuries, trends have shaped our idea of what a shoe "should" be: narrow toes, heels, stiff soles... Shapes that do not respect the anatomy of the foot and that, in the long run, harm its health and the way we move.

The curious thing is that many of these forms have their origin in a context that no longer exists. For example, shoes with a pointed toe and heel came about to facilitate the use of stirrups when riding a horse: the toe helped to tuck the foot in, and the heel prevented it from slipping. But today no one rides horses, and yet we still wear shoes designed for that purpose.

Many people think that the problem is only in high heels, but it is not so. Precisely because we wear them only occasionally, we are more aware of the damage they do. The real impact is in that slight unevenness that we wear every day without thinking about it: that little heel that pushes the body forward, unbalances the posture and puts more pressure on the toes.

If you're reading this, you've probably already started to question not only what shoes look like, but how they feel. Because "normal" is not always natural. And at Libertas we believe that design should accompany the body, not mold it.