I have always hated wearing shoes.....if I'm not barefoot then I do have shoes that have leather soles......pay a bit more for them, but, the only time I wear them now is to run to the store.....then I wear my moccasins.....when I was working, I had specialty dress shoes that always had leather soles..........occasionally I would have to get slip resistant shoes but even then, if I could, my shoes were off......