Any Barefooters?

[jeanfor]

I do wear skirts, but is stopped for a while as I was getting used to walk barefoot. Now that I feel good about my barefoot lifestyle, I am back with the skirts and kilts. Anybody out-here does the same?

[couyalair]

I do wear skirts, but is(?) stopped for a while as I was getting used to walk barefoot. ...

I can't see why you thought bare feet and skirts were incompatible. Nor can I imagine giving up the comfort of unbifurcation while getting used to something else.
I too like to go barefoot, but mainly at home or when dancing on a decent floor. The streets are just to dirty; you never know what you will be stepping into.
It is important to keep the feet aired and dry, so sandals are my usual footwear, once winter is past.

Martin

[jeanfor]

I guess I felt that barefoot + skirt/kilt was a little bit too much for me at that time. But I am ok with it now.
Being barefoot helps the body to stay cooler. Wearing a skirt/kilt and being barefoot is the ultimate comfort!

[skirted_in_SF]

No bare feet here. I'm the original tenderfoot. I did start wearing sandals a few years ago but have to stop and shake them out every time I flip a twig or pebble under my foot.

[Kilted_John]

Bare feet, only in the house or sometimes on the patio if the weather's warm and my feet aren't bothering me. Usually, knee socks (either regular opague ones, or nylon trouser socks) and shoes/hiking boots for me. Have arthritic joints.

-J

[jeanfor]

I guess I am the only barefooter here. I know another barefooter who wear a kilt as well... Believe or not being barefoot is way more difficult than wearing a kilt or a skirt

[nicothoe]

I usually go barefoot in the house, and occasionally when in the yard or collecting the mail.

My wife is much more of a barefooter. She'd love to go barefoot everywhere, but for some odd reason, stores and restaurant dislike it. It's not like it is any less hygienic than wearing shoes, after all, you are still stepping in the same places.

[jeanfor]

I usually go barefoot in the house, and occasionally when in the yard or collecting the mail.

My wife is much more of a barefooter. She'd love to go barefoot everywhere, but for some odd reason, stores and restaurant dislike it. It's not like it is any less hygienic than wearing shoes, after all, you are still stepping in the same places.

You are right. In fact there is no laws in the US against going barefoot. And the famous, no barefooters allowed by order of the health department is a MYTH! It started happening with the hiipy movement. Stores did not want to have hippies in their establishments and came up with the NS3 (No shoes, No shirt, No service). Here is the link http://www.barefooters.org/health-dept/

[Kilted Musician]

I guess I am the only barefooter here...

No... you're not the only barefooter here. I like to go barefoot as much as possible. I just haven't been able to respond earlier. Just got back a few days ago from a weekend trip where I was barefoot a lot in Yosemite. Crawling on rocks at viewpoints, standing in snow [yes, there's still snow there. Not a lot but enough to get some good pics], etc. Didn't take any kilts or skirts with me, though. Maybe on the next trip!

--Rick

[jeanfor]

I guess I am the only barefooter here...

No... you're not the only barefooter here. I like to go barefoot as much as possible. I just haven't been able to respond earlier. Just got back a few days ago from a weekend trip where I was barefoot a lot in Yosemite. Crawling on rocks at viewpoints, standing in snow [yes, there's still snow there. Not a lot but enough to get some good pics], etc. Didn't take any kilts or skirts with me, though. Maybe on the next trip!

--Rick

Awesome! Yes barefoot and kilt/skirt is the ultimate comfort!

[crfriend]

I must admit that I have never "gotten" the idea of why bare feet are better than being shod. I've never enjoyed going barefoot save back when I lived in an apartment with wall-to-wall carpeting, and even then I was usually wearing socks. I've got very sensitive feet; objects in the millimeter range can drive me positively huts, and once one gets up to a quarter of an inch or so stepping on those causes outright pain. What I like for shoes are ones with very flexible (to the point of conforming to the terrain under me) non-slip soles that I can feel a muted sense of the ground below and that don't allow me to slide around.

I do go barefoot when sailing, though, and it seems appropriate enough, but I am very aware of the texture of the "non-slip" surface treatment on the fiberglass hulls.

Moderator's note: I moved this from "Couture" to "Off Topic" to better classify it in the overall scheme of SkirtCafe; this was an organisational act, not an editorial one. As we're technically conversing about the lack of a specific piece of clothing, having the thread in a category that specialises in "high concept design" and "one-off bespoke" garments just didn't fit.

[Taj]

Can't stand shoes and long pants in the summer. I have to wear such at work for safety. At home it's kilt or shorts and Chaco river sandals. I seldom leave the house (except for work ) without my Chacos in compatible weather. There are just too many hazards in my life to not wear soles.

[Since1982]

I lived in bare feet and zoris the first 2/3rds of my life, as I made my living swimming and diving in the warm oceans of the world. ie: Polynesia, Bahamas, Hawaiians, Mediterranean Sea. Collecting Lobster, Stone crab, Tropical fishes for aquariums and spearing/powerheading eating fish and sharks. I also lived very much of that same time in various kinds of sarongs/sulus/lavalavas/wrap skirts with other names too..

[Milfmog]

I generally go barefoot at home and it is by no means unheard of for me to wander the office without shoes having kicked them off under the desk and forgotten to put them back on... I generally prefer to drive barefoot and usually kick shoes into the front passenger footwell when starting a drive of 30 minutes or more.

My feet are not hardy enough to take barefoot outdoors in all conditions. In winter I need shoes for thermal, as well as mechanical, protection. By spring I find my feet have softened up again and it takes me most of the summer to get them used to the feel of earth paths once more. By the time I can take most things underfoot again it is time to break out the warm footwear...

Have fun,


Ian.

PS I've never had a bad reaction to barefoot plus sarong, but barefoot plus trousers seems to raise some folks ire.

[couyalair]

If you think public reaction to skirts can be uncomfortable, try going barefoot in some places.
I do Scottish country dancing, an activity for which most men are in kilts and everyone in soft dance shoes. I was getting so much pain in my feet (from ill-fitting street shoes, not from dancing) that I had to go barefoot whenever possible, including country dance sessions. You would not believe the dirty looks I received from otherwise friendly people, and even outright abuse over the internet from people I had never even met.
Since I can claim to be a good dancer and feel even better when barefoot, I don't let the comments worry me, but it came as a shock to discover just how narrow-minded some people can be.

After years of barefoot dancing, my soles are thick enough not to get discomfort from pebbles on the beach and so on. And all pain and discomfort have vanished.

Martin