Hasta La Ideas

At just under halfway through his Kickstarter campaign for his eponymous “freshoe,” French designer Olivier Iguaneye is only a quarter of the way to his £20,000 goal. He might be cutting it close, but we hope he reaches his funding goal for the Amazon-inspired second-skin footwear:

Ok, so that was just the preliminary research for the seamless slip-on shoe, based on the story that “Amazon Indians dipped their feet in the latex from hevea tree and smoked them in a fire to coagulate the first rubber shoes.” The final product is far more refined, featuring slits for ventilation an anatomic form developed by footwear specialists Dulster Design.

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