Sep 14, 2021
It was a gorgeous fall day here in Connecticut on Sunday, so I decided it was time to face the music and invite Ernestine Driver (capricious vixen) and my friend, Georges, to join me on the range at a nearby golf course. True confession: I didn't play one drop of golf this summer. What in the world????? Yes. Between the renovation-from-hell…
Aug 02, 2021
My earliest memories of loving everything to do with design were weekends spent with my father, the architect, at his office, drawing. There were always deadlines for his various projects, so weekends at work were pretty standard routine for him. I was his willing and happy confrère. I loved to draw (still do), so his office was a magical place…
Jul 01, 2021
So. When your older brother is a PGA golf instructor and single-digit handicapper, the advice he offers on anything to do with golf carries a lot of weight. When I finally took up the game (after years of urging), he patiently sat in the cart, closeby, barking set-up instructions: "Grip!" "Feet!" "Target!" "Head Down!" You know the drill. But the…
Apr 19, 2021
Equipt’s ten-year anniversary snuck up on me. Not sure how that happened, a bit like my latest birthday, but cause for remembrance and celebration. If you’ve read our backstory you know about the bunion and the dream, my quest for comfortable golf shoes and my obsession with golf fashion... (more…)
Mar 02, 2021
"If I try to be like you, who will be like me?" This line comes from Julia Alvarez's latest book and my answer to her is no one, I hope. There are so many ways to express your one true self and buck the herd, but it takes a little effort and attention. And some vision. What do the choices you…
Feb 15, 2021
Staying close to home has opened our eyes to how we work, live and play these days. I'm talking about right now. The introspection that sheltering in place has invited challenges us to balance sanity, productivity and making the best of things as they stand - with the attendant uncertainty that the pandemic drags in its wake. And since golf is…
Apr 09, 2020
Give thanks for technology...FaceTime, Skype, Zoom. I know...boohoo...it's spring and we can't play golf. Trust me, I'm as itchy as you are to break out the clubs and walk the links. You may have noticed that I sell women's golf shoes, so needless to say, Covid-19 is not great for business. But hey, I'm not in this alone, and neither are…
Jan 17, 2020
Fire and wire your brain with new challenges, like pattern recognition. Neuroscientists will tell you you're never too old to learn something new or wire new pathways in your brain. As we all now know, meditation and mindfulness are two excellent ways to grow more gray matter. They're all about focus. Games like golf are a grand form of mindfulness…
Mar 08, 2019
“What a wonderful thing a sunny day!” Indeed. It’s hard to improve on sunshine, walking a beautiful course, and frolicking with friends at the Nineteenth Hole. I’m way more forgiving of the inconsistencies in my golf game these days and enjoy myself more when I just r e l a a a x and forget the score card. That said, improvement…
Dec 14, 2018
New site. New Office. New home. After almost 30 years in Sag Harbor, Equipt, Daffodil and I moved to New Haven, Connecticut. It was high time for a change - a refresh - and 2018 was the pivot point. I'd been giving a lot of thought to the future and how I wanted to help it unfold, and New Haven…
May 23, 2018
We’ve all heard that walking 10,000 steps a day is the pathway to health and fabulosity. It’s meditative, gets our heart rate up if we’re doing more than sashaying, drops our BP, and shoots serotonin to welcoming receptors in the brain. Huzzah! And it burns calories. Finally, an exercise truly devoid of downsides. It may not be flashy or cool, but…
Mar 24, 2018
Once upon a time, Hush Puppies set the standard for casual footwear when relaxation and comfort were on the agenda. As I pondered this category of shoe and asked myself what I'd be looking for, I decided it was something a little more classic; something I could wear to the office on casual Friday, as well as a flee market…
Mar 18, 2017
Making comfortable outsoles is a mixture of skill and magic. Here is a short clip of of the first OMG mold being made.
Dec 14, 2016
Once upon a time, Hush Puppies set the standard for casual footwear when relaxation and comfort were on the agenda. As I pondered this category of shoe and asked myself what I'd be looking for, I decided it was something a little more classic; something I could wear to the office on casual Friday, as well as a flee market…
Nov 01, 2016
Whenever I’m asked about my company and why I started it, I begin by sharing a statistic: more than 85% of consumer purchasing decisions (including tech and auto) are made by women, but women make control only a tiny fraction of product design decisions. That’s why we’re unsatisfied with many products we purchase. In my case, it’s literally why the…
Oct 29, 2016
AH, PARIS I have been there so many times I can’t count. I went to graduate school there and know my way around without a map for the most part. And speak French. I can’t think of another city, except maybe London or New York or Rome, that offers as much inch-for-inch as Paris. This billet doux to one of…
Oct 05, 2016
This is what comfortable golf shoes look like. Nothing says chic & divine like these crisp black and white wing tips. Wear them off the course, too. The hybrid sole was made for every terrain.
Sep 29, 2016
We’ve all heard the great garage start-up stories - the awe-inspiring tales of entrepreneurial derring-do that leave many of us inspired and even a little envious. But it’s worth noting that most of these stories are about men’s start-ups, not women’s, and that the very system that acts as the gateway to choosing and funding the Next Big Thing, can stop a lot of great ideas…
Jul 13, 2016
We’ve all heard that walking 10,000 steps a day is the pathway to health and fabulosity. It’s meditative, gets our heart rate up if we’re doing more than sashaying, drops our BP, and shoots serotonin to welcoming receptors in the brain. Huzzah! And it burns calories. Finally, an exercise truly devoid of downsides. It may not be flashy or cool, but…
Jul 04, 2016
Most people have heard of Kickstarter, the online, crowd- funding platform, where people like us raise capital for new projects. I’ve been working on a Kickstarter campaign with the help of some very talented people and aim to launch it at the end of this month. There’s still a lot of work to do, so we’ll keep you posted on the exact launch…
