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Other Harvard winners were Mike Dee at 150 lbs., and Jim Strathmeyer at 177 lbs., who turned in a second-period pin on Bruin grappler Jeff Jacobs.
In some 40 shops across the country that specialize in Earth Shoes, more and more shoppers-including such celebrities as Mark Spitz, James Coburn and Tony Curtis-are competing for limited supplies of clumpy footwear that defies most principles of shoemaking. Instead of sloping downward to the toe the heel...
Jacobs has no problem boosting his product, despite its price (sandals, shoes and boots sell for between $23.50 and $42.50 per pair); buyers constantly tout the comfort of Earth Shoes. "They are about all we wear," says Malibu Housewife Joan Lloyd. "My corkie platforms are now just taking up room...
Soft Terrain. Earth Shoes owe their appearance in the U.S. to Jacobs' wife Eleanor, who first came across them in a small Copenhagen shop. "I tried them on and immediately my sore back felt better," she says. That discovery led the Jacobses to track down the shoe's designer, Anne KalsØ, a yoga teacher who had for years observed the effects of shoes on posture. On a trip to South America she confirmed a favorite theory: lower heels mean better carriage. The Brazilian Indians, she decided, owed their erect stance to long years of sinking barefoot heels...
After talking KalsØ into granting him U.S. distribution rights, Jacobs opened the Manhattan shop in 1970. Later he opened four more and awarded dealerships to 35 other owners, 20 of them in the past year. "It's not just a business, it's a life-style," explains...