Want to style your sole? Saint Louis University’s TOMS shoes club will give students an opportunity to do just that in the upcoming months.

On Feb. 24, students will be able to stop by the Bush Student Center to order their own pair of TOMS. The club will be there from 10 a.m. to  6 p.m.
Then, during the week of March 22-26, students will be able to have their shoes painted by tattoo or student artists in the quad. The actual day of the event will be announced later.

The club will also be bringing the TOMS One Day Without Shoes event to campus on April 8. This national TOMS event encourages people to go barefoot for a day, or even for part of a day, in order to experience what a life without shoes is like.

“If the SLU community can try to go for even one hour without shoes, that would be great,” club member Ellen Hutchins said. “It is celebrating spreading the ‘One for One’ movement.”

At the end of the day, there will be a one-mile barefoot walk and music at Salsarita’s. Hutchins said that the professors would be informed of the event so students don’t have to worry about getting in trouble for being barefoot.

“It is another opportunity for people who can’t commit to Micah [House] to get involved,” Hutchins said.

The club, which began last semester, previously teamed up with pop band Hanson to host the one-mile walk on campus.

TOMS shoes was started in 2006 by American traveler Blake Mycoskie. While in Argentina, he found that children had no shoes to protect their feet. This experience spurred the creation of the company, which matches every pair of shoes purchased with a pair of shoes to be given to a child in need. This is the “One for One” movement of the company.

For more information about TOMS shoes or to get involved with the club, go to www.tomsshoes.com.