Ah, the classic canvas shoe. Chances are it's one of the first styles of footwear you ever owned: from sports days to dance classes, the humble plimsoll is a definitive emblem of youth. Despite being ...

Plimsolls were low-tech athletic shoes in England, but in the US, "sneaker" was attributed to Henry Nelson McKinney who was an advertising agent for N.W. Ayer and Son. In 1917 he termed the rubber ...

The first shoe designed specifically for running hit the market in 1832. Wait Webster affixed rubber soles to Plimsoll shoes and, just like that, the proverbial horn sounded, and the race to design ...