Vibram Five Fingers were developed with a design concept based on stimulating the muscles in your lower legs and feet by using their specially created rubber sole allowing for better traction that improves your agility and balance.The concept of the rubber sole was first created by the founder of Vibram, Vitale Bramani due to the tragic deaths of six friends of Bramani’s who died in the Italian Alps in 1935 while mountaineering. One of the causes of the accident was blamed on inadequate footwear. From this tragedy Bramani is credited with inventing the first rubber soles for shoes in 1937.These specially designed soles, first used on mountaineering boots, had abrasion resistant surfaces and were made with vulcanized rubber which was the best quality rubber at the time.Although the
Vibram five fingers 2010 New with special rubber soles are probably still best known in the outdoor sports community, they have evolved over the years into a variety of shoe models used by over one thousand shoe manufacturers in the United States, Brazil, Italy and China who design shoes for the military, law enforcement, industrial workers, rescue workers as well as being used in the fashion world in designer
Vibram five fingers Classic