Our Story
About Soles Unlimited
Originally founded in 2012, Soles Unlimited stepped up to the plate as a fulfillment partner for St. Louis-based baseball equipment company, Rawlings.
A few years later, we expanded into designer footwear, offering luxury brands and high-end styles. But in 2020, we faced a turning point:
How can we make great shoes more accessible for everyday customers?
With fresh ideas and some new additions to the team, we shifted our inventory from luxury to the name-brand footwear our customers know and love. Brands that deliver comfort, style, and value without the luxury price tag.
From that point on, our mission became clear:
Offer stylish, recognizable footwear at prices that feel right, backed by customer service you can trust.
Since then, we’ve added thousands of new styles and expanded our brand selection to better reflect what our customers are actually looking for. Every addition is carefully researched, and when something doesn’t work, we do what we do best. We pivot.
Better Value. More styles. Always evolving with you.
Embrace A Village
Our founder Joe Clendenny and his wife Pat felt a calling to serve God by serving people in need. A mission trip in 2002 would change their lives forever. During this trip, Joe was intensely moved by the suffering he saw among those affected by leprosy in Chennai in the Tamil Nadu region of India. These people and their families had been shunned by society, completely ostracized with nowhere to turn. Joe was overcome with the feeling that these were the people God was calling him and his wife to help. In 2003 Joe founded Embrace a Village (EAV) which became a 501(c)(3) organization in 2004 and has been able to commit 100% of donations to programs for those affected by leprosy. Embrace a Village has grown to serve 35 villages, home to nearly 4,000 people, in Tamil Nadu. A portion of each sale Soles Unlimited makes is given back to Embrace a Village.
