If you’ve been getting videos of more and more people wearing Vibram FiveFingers on your FYP for the past few months, you are not alone. Ever since Vogue crowned them as the “freaky-chic shoe trend of 2025 ,” the divisive style has been gaining both fans and detractors, but FiveFingers are more than just about aesthetics.

Part of the new wave of barefoot shoes reported by Vogue Business , Vibram FiveFingers are just as much about the functionality as they are looks, and what better way to test them out to see if they are worth the hype than by walking 25k steps on an international trip?

After seeing them on a few creators online, I decided to go for the machine-washable Vibram V-Soul for my first foray into the world of barefoot walking since they merged two of the most promin

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