Have A Grateful Gait With New TOMS “Thankful” Classics Shoes

We’re just days away from Thanksgiving, and TOMS is clearly embracing a spirit of appreciation, unveiling its new heart-warming (and yes, feet-warming!) Thankful Women’s Classics ($55 at TOMS.com). These comfortable slip-on shoes feature wool uppers in a light brown shade, covered with words and phrases of gratitude printed in an eggnog-worthy cream hue. The phrases include, “When you love what you have, you have everything you need,” “Today I am thankful,” and “Have less, be more.” Light orange stripes with arrow-like fletching separate the blocks of text stamped on the uppers and add a slightly tribal, Southwestern flair.

Aesthetics aside, these limited edition TOMS feature an elastic “V” for a snug but comfortable fit and easy on-and-off, a molded footbed for a pillow-y feel, and a faux shearling liner that will keep your toes nice and toasty during the autumn months.

Not only are these shoes special because they revolve around the idea of being thankful —not just on Thanksgiving, but all year round, and no matter how near or far your feet take you — but they also highlight the brand’s ethos, its dedication to gifting one pair of shoes to a child in need for each pair of TOMS sold. Since 2007, TOMS has given 60 million pairs of shoes to underprivileged children in countries like Kenya, Argentina, India, China, Haiti, and Ethiopia. Companies like TOMS show the impact we can have as consumers when we embrace and actively support socially conscious business models — not to mention how an enterprise can thrive while, at the same time, working towards making the world a better place. Idealism, goodwill, solidarity, activism, and financial growth can, in fact, coexist, and perhaps more companies will come to realize that and embrace a pay-it-forward ideology. For now, we can be thankful for TOMS — and its grateful shoes.