Make a difference
Piperlime
Piperlime launched in November 2006, offering a hand-picked assortment from 150 of the best known shoe brands and a distinctive fashion point of view. Since that time, our fresh online shop has grown quickly, adding hundreds of new brands and expanding into new categories of merchandise. What hasn’t changed is Piperlime’s strong commitment to our community.
For nearly three years, Piperlime has been the exclusive online partner to Soles4Souls (S4S). Founded in 2004 in response to the Asian tsunami disaster, S4S has distributed more than 5 million pairs of shoes to men, women and children around the world. Piperlime is committed to supporting S4S in its important mission: “Giving the gift of shoes.”
Piperlime and S4S have partnered together on many successful initiatives:
- In 2007, Piperlime raised nearly $10,000 for S4S through a celebrity shoe auction featuring autographed shoes from celebrities including Jessica Simpson, Sharon Stone, Jennifer Hudson and Teri Hatcher.
- In December 2007, Piperlime built a giant stiletto shoe — pulled by tiny reindeer — and took it to the streets of New York to collect shoes and raise awareness for S4S. Over one week, Piperlime collected more than 4,000 pairs of shoes from generous New Yorkers and helped spread the word through articles in The New York Post, US Weekly and Daily Candy, and coverage on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
- Each and every fall, Piperlime hosts a back-to-school shoe drive, making it easy for parents to send their gently-used shoes to S4S when they buy new ones. In 2008, this became a year-round effort, resulting in the collection of more than 4,000 pairs of shoes.
- In December 2008, celebrities Jane Krakowsi and Jessica Szohr lent their support to the effort. Photos of them donating to S4S landed on the pages of Star and Life and Style, and on People.com. Piperlime's guest editor Rachel Zoe appeared on Access Hollywood to speak about S4S.
- Piperlime has given more than $75,000 in new shoes and direct cash contributions to S4S.
- Piperlime employees have also donated generously. More than 1,000 pairs of shoes have been collected directly from Gap Inc. employees.
