Teitelbaum is a collaboration king with elevated Ed Hardy, Lil Peep and Juice Wrld hoodies, T-shirts and other merch under his belt. So it was a cool product, a really interesting way to get Doc Johnson on board with something that I would never ever do,” Braverman said from the company’s headquarters in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Plastic Soul shoes have been compared to Yeezy shoes.
The rest of the shoes are made of non-bleach EVA, a petroleum-based foam that’s difficult to recycle. And it doesn’t particularly live up to its own marketing hype as a major sustainable option, but the two Los Angeles businessmen are proud nonetheless.
More than two years in the making, Plastic Soul has yet to create the buzz of a Yeezy or the kicks of other titans in sneaker culture. The shoe is the brainchild of David Teitelbaum, founder of Rose in Good Faith, and Chad Braverman, chief operating officer for Doc Johnson, the adult toy company his father founded in 1976. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Streetwear label Rose in Good Faith and sex toy company Doc Johnson partnered to create a shoe derived in part from unused, defective amusements that come off the manufacturing line as misfits. Plastic Soul shoes are made of about 15% sex toy. The rest is non-bleach EVA, a petroleum-based foam that’s difficult to recycle. Looking a lot like Merrell’s popular Hydro Moc or Yeezy’s Foam Runners, Plastic Soul is about 15% sex toy. Sex toys and shoes? Try, sex toys IN shoes.Ī little streetwear label has partnered with a giant in the adult toy industry to create a shoe derived in part from unused, defective amusements that come off the manufacturing line as misfits.