Cat Cora Collection

MOZO Shoes® brings inspiration to female footwear through a collaboration with acclaimed Chef and lifestyle entrepreneur Cat Cora

June 17, 2013 – Goleta, CA – MOZO® Shoes, creator of innovative footwear for culinary professionals and a division of Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NASDAQGS: DECK) reveals an exciting creative collaboration with acclaimed chef and lifestyle entrepreneur Cat Cora. With two lines, the Caviar Collection and the Farmers Market Collection, the MOZO-Cora collaboration speaks to culinary influencers of all types – from the mother who is passionate about experimenting in the kitchen to the industry professional working long hours on her feet. Beginning June 15, 2013, the shoes will be available nationwide through select retailers and online at www.Zappos.com.  

“We are thrilled to introduce this partnership with Cat; beyond being our first footwear collaboration with a female chef, MOZO is honored to partner with such an inspiring trailblazer in the industry. With the Caviar and Farmers Market Collections we are giving women a stylish and thoughtfully designed option for both everyday wear and professional footwear,” says Jeff Bua, MOZO Brand President.

As the first female Iron Chef, a successful restaurateur, author of three cookbooks, an avid philanthropist, and the first female inducted into the American Academy of Chefs® Culinary Hall of Fame, Cora indeed offers a seasoned perspective on what female culinary professionals and influencers look for in a shoe.

“My collection is about supporting women as they move throughout their day. Whether at work, around the home, or running errands, women need a shoe that not only performs in a culinary atmosphere but also complements their lifestyle and personal flair,” says Cora.

The Caviar Collection includes the Divine, a refined clog in black and brown leather, and the Fresco, a beautiful wedge in black and brown leather with teal accents. The Farmers Market Collection is a casual and colorful line including two flats: the Sport and the Fab. Both silhouettes are available in black leather and in assorted waxed canvas colors such as black, walnut, pink, yellow, and green.  

Further details and images can be found online at www.mozoshoes.com. 

About MOZO® Shoes: MOZO® makes innovative footwear for culinary professionals, inspiring them to create and giving them the tools to do it well. MOZO dedicates itself to producing revolutionary footwear that can handle the heat of any kitchen and the scrutiny of any dining room. For more information, please visit www.mozoshoes.com and follow MOZO @Mozo_Shoes.

About Cat Cora: Cat Cora is the first female Iron Chef, the first female inducted into the American Academy of Chefs® Culinary Hall of Fame, accomplished television host, author of three successful cookbooks, and founder of Chefs for Humanity, a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing hunger worldwide by supporting humanitarian relief and promoting nutrition education. Cora is also the culinary mastermind behind several successful restaurant properties, including Cat Cora’s Que, Cat Cora’s Kitchen, Kouzzina, and most recently, Ocean Restaurant, a California/Mediterranean and Asian fusion restaurant located in the world’s largest aquarium at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore.

About Deckers: Deckers Outdoor Corporation is a premiere lifestyle marketer that builds niche brands into global market leaders by designing and making innovative, functional and fashion-oriented footwear developed for both high performance outdoor activities and everyday casual lifestyle use.  UGG® Australia, Teva®, Sanuk®, Tsubo®, Ahnu®, MOZO® and Hoka One One® are registered trademarks of Deckers Outdoor Corporation.  For more information, visit www.deckers.com.

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Second Generation Skull Sharkz with Chef Aarón Sánchez

MOZO Shoes® brings inspiration to culinary professionals and announces its second collaboration with Aarón Sánchez, renowned Chef and TV Personality 

June 17, 2013 – Goleta, CA –MOZO® Shoes, creator of innovative footwear for culinary professionals and a division of Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NASDAQGS: DECK) reveals its second creative collaboration with acclaimed chef and TV personality Aarón Sánchez. Expanding on the initial success of the Red Skull, new color ways for the Skull Series will be available beginning June 15, 2013, nationwide through select retailers and www.Zappos.com.  

“Our partnership with Aarón has been as successful as it has been enjoyable over the past two years so we are truly excited to continue our collaboration. In expanding on the success of the Red Skull we are excited to provide more options for the professional cook who is looking for both style and functionality in the high-energy, chaotic environment of the kitchen,” says Jeff Bua, MOZO Brand President.

Speaking to his continued collaboration with MOZO, Sánchez said, “My cooking is based on two foundations: using great ingredients and honoring cultural significance. The Skull Series give anyone who understands or shares that pride and wants the opportunity to bring it into the kitchen.”

The Skulls expand on the enormous popularity of Sánchez’s original style, the Red Skull, with two new color ways: orange and neon green. The design of this series draws inspiration from one of Mexico’s most celebrated holidays, Día de Los Muertos, with an embroidered Mexican Sugar Skull stitched onto the top of the shoe.      

About MOZO® Shoes: MOZO® makes innovative footwear for culinary professionals, inspiring them to create and giving them the tools to do it well. MOZO dedicates itself to producing revolutionary footwear that can handle the heat of any kitchen and the scrutiny of any dining room. For more information, please visit www.mozoshoes.com and follow MOZO @Mozo_Shoes.

About Aarón Sánchez: Aarón Sánchez learned his culinary craft in his mother’s kitchen as a young boy. By age 16, his culinary capability earned him an apprenticeship with world-renowned chef, Paul Prudhomme. Aarón is the chef/owner of Mestizo Leawood and the culinary visionary behind Crossroads at House of Blues.  He’s also well-known on the screen for starring in series such as Food Network’s Chopped, Heat Seekers and Best Thing I Ever Ate and Aarón Loves NY and Motochefs on FOX Life.

About Deckers: Deckers Outdoor Corporation is a premiere lifestyle marketer that builds niche brands into global market leaders by designing and making innovative, functional and fashion-oriented footwear developed for both high performance outdoor activities and everyday casual lifestyle use.  UGG® Australia, Teva®, Sanuk®, Tsubo®, Ahnu®, MOZO® and Hoka One One® are registered trademarks of Deckers Outdoor Corporation.  For more information, visit www.deckers.com.

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Introducing the 125th Street Collection with Chef Marcus Samuelsson

MOZO Shoes® announces it's second collaboration with acclaimed Chef and author Marcus Samuelsson

June 17, 2013 – Goleta, CA – MOZO® Shoes, creator of innovative footwear for culinary professionals and a division of Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NASDAQGS: DECK) reveals its second creative collaboration with famed restaurateur, chef, and author Marcus Samuelsson. The new style-forward line, the 125^th Street Collection, is available beginning June 15, 2013 through select retailers and online at www.Zappos.com.

“We are thrilled to team up with Marcus for the second time. He is not only a force in the culinary industry, but also a fashion icon. The new 125^th Street Collection offers professionals a shoe with so much street-style that they can wear it in and out of the kitchen,” says Jeff Bua, MOZO Brand President.

“I am obsessed with shoes and was excited at the prospect of bringing street-style into the kitchen. So often you see chefs working in shoes that don’t properly help them perform. The 125^th Street takes the cool factor of a street shoe and merges it with the intelligence of MOZO, leading to traction, support and long-lasting comfort that truly support the cook,” said Samuelsson.

The 125^th Street Collection is named for the iconic street that Samuelsson’s award-winning restaurant, Red Rooster Harlem, calls home. The collection includes three different mid-cut designs available in waxed canvas, black patent leather, and a scuff resistant black synthetic upper. Each of the shoes gives an insider’s nod to the professional kitchen with a molded, diamond plate toe-cap inspired by industrial steel grating. Additionally, one of the Chef’s shoes in the 125^th Street Collection features a waxed canvas design that showcases the famous wallpaper that adorns Red Rooster Harlem’s walls and is a page from Samuelsson’s grandmother’s handwritten recipe book.

Further details and images can be found online at www.mozoshoes.com.

About MOZO® Shoes: MOZO® makes innovative footwear for culinary professionals, inspiring them to create and giving them the tools to do it well. MOZO dedicates itself to producing revolutionary footwear that can handle the heat of any kitchen and the scrutiny of any dining room. For more information, please visit www.mozoshoes.com and follow MOZO @Mozo_Shoes.

About Marcus Samuelsson: Marcus Samuelsson is an internationally acclaimed chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality. He caught the attention of the culinary world when he became the youngest person to receive a three-star rating from the New York Times as Executive Chef of Aquavit.  A winner of five James Beard Foundation Awards including Best Chef: New York City, Marcus was also honored as guest chef at the White House, where he planned and executed the Obama administration’s first state dinner.  Samuelsson is the chef/owner of 14 restaurants including his flagship Red Rooster Harlem, Kitchen and Table in Sweden, and the recently opened American Table Cafe and Bar at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and Uptown Brasserie at John F Kennedy Airport.

About Deckers: Deckers Outdoor Corporation is a premiere lifestyle marketer that builds niche brands into global market leaders by designing and making innovative, functional and fashion-oriented footwear developed for both high performance outdoor activities and everyday casual lifestyle use.  UGG® Australia, Teva®, Sanuk®, Tsubo®, Ahnu®, MOZO® and Hoka One One® are registered trademarks of Deckers Outdoor Corporation.  For more information, visit www.deckers.com.

PR Contact:

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We're Making Some Changes

You may have noticed that we’re making some changes. It’s a risk, but we’re not afraid to take chances. In fact, we welcome the challenge. MOZO is much more than a duty brand. We’re a brand for culinary professionals – inspiring them to create and bolstering them in their pursuit of perfection.

We created a new logo that embodies the elemental forces of the kitchen - knives, steam, and fire. Our foundation is the creative energy generated by food culture. Our typography, like all great chefs, is tenacious, gritty and strong. We push the limits of our craft and created an emblem that matches our gusto. 

To revolutionize our product line, we partnered with world-renowned chefs Marcus Samuelsson, Aarón Sánchez, and Cat Cora to inspire design. Utilizing the finest materials, we craft products that challenge the environment of elite kitchens. The new collections bridge function and fashion so you can incorporate style into every aspect of your life - whether you’re working the line or taking a stroll through your local farmers market. 

Cat Cora with Farmers Market shoppers - all wearing our          Staff of Clyde Common, Portland, OR
new Farmers Market Collection, Santa Barbara, CA

Our new collections are intentionally styled for culinary influencers of all types from the chef, to the mom on the go, to the foodie at heart. The Natural Collection and 125th Street Collection present casual, street styled shoes crafted with natural materials. The Cat Cora Collection is a blend of sleek sophisticated leather wedges and casual, feminine waxed canvas flats in ripe, juicy tones to address all facets of a woman’s life. The popular Skull Series still boasts the signature Mexican Sugar Skull design but offers additional colors that pop.

At the NRA show in Chicago, May 18-21, 2013, we’ll reveal our new collections and logo for the first time with our chef partners Samuelsson, Sánchez, and Cora by our side. Stay tuned for updates. Follow us for all NRA Show happenings. If you’re attending the show, stop by booth #5512. 

Credits: Logo Design: Sandstrom Partners | Photography: David Reamer

MOZO Shoes in the San Fran 5K Race

By Court Fleming
Video recorded by Wes Fleming

I entered the San Francisco 5k race on Sunday July, 26, during the Marathon weekend, to document the comfort technology that we provide for our customers on a daily basis. I was already in San Francisco visiting my family because my mom, dad, sister, aunt, and uncle were running. I also enlisted the help of my brother to run with me and film the 5k run in a pair of MOZO Notte shoes.

The weather was perfect for any racing event: overcast with a cool air temperature. Prior to the race, I wasn’t too concerned with how the shoes would perform over the 3.1 miles, but I was a little worried about finishing with a respectable time. I hadn’t really been running religiously in Colorado, and our brand president (Stuart Jenkins) had a career best 2 hour 19 minute Boston Marathon time, qualifying him for the Olympic Trials in 1983. He’s a die-hard runner, and I knew that anything over an 8 minute pace would be laughable.

When the horn went off for the beginning of the race, I had to zigzag between the multitude of walkers and joggers. These sharp cuts took me back to my soccer playing days, and I was impressed with the lateral support of my MOZO shoes. Despite my best weaving efforts, I could only cross the 1^st mile mark in a time of 9:13. I knew that I had some catching up to do.

As I gradually picked up the pace, the comments and cheers that I received along the course were both encouraging and entertaining. Many of my fellow runners couldn’t believe that I was racing in black work socks and black work shoes, but the Drymax socks and the Notte shoes worked together extremely well as a system. I didn’t feel any hot spots or blisters developing as I continued to run each mile, and my feet didn’t hurt after completing the race, either.

My calves felt more tired than usual at the end of the 5k because my MOZO shoes were a little heavier than my regular running shoes. However, I finished the 5k in a time of 24:24, which equated to a 7:52 pace. I have now officially set the world record for a MOZO 5k! Click here for race results-- First name: Court. Last name: Fleming under the 5k race).

Would I run in my MOZO shoes every day? Probably not. But, knowing that I can run at least 3 miles in them gives me a lot of confidence in the comfort and support when I have to stand in them for 12 hours at any future trade shows. I also hope that it gives you the confidence to tackle your workday in comfort at the restaurant, hospital, airport, hair salon, grocery store, or anywhere else…

Do you have a story to tell about your MOZO shoes? If you do, we would love to hear about it! Email us at: mymozo@mozoshoes.com

MOZO Shoes on eBay

We have been getting some customer inquiries about the MOZO shoes on eBay that cost under $20. How is that possible when the shoes on our website retail for $99 and $149.99? Well, as you know we re-launched our company in the fall of 2008. During this process we upgraded the slip-resistance and cushioning technologies in our shoes. We also changed the branding, logo, and website for our company. The products that you find on eBay are not slip-resistant and they were our older models/products. We sold these shoes to the Deckers Factory Outlet Store in Ventura, CA. These products were sold at a discounted price because we were unloading our old inventory to make room for the new products.

The shoes on eBay are not the same shoes that we sell on our website. Many of the sellers on eBay have also falsified information about the product that they are selling by copying/pasting information directly from our website. The shoes on eBay are not covered by our Unconditional Guarantee and they cannot be returned/exchanged for our newer products because they were purchased at a closeout price.

Some examples of these MOZO products on eBay that “retail for $149″:

- Women’s Four Gore size 7.5

- Women’s Four Gore size 9

- Men’s Brown Guru size 13

- Women’s brown Nib size 6.5

*Please note that we discontinued brown, and the branding on many of the products you find on eBay is that of MOZO before it was re-launched in October, 2008. Also, none of the products on eBay retail for $149, even though many of them state that they are.

Feel free to send us any comments or questions about this issue, and we would be happy to assist you.

- your friends at MOZO

Central PA Tourism Show

We love daylight savings!


Brett recently attended the Central PA Tourism show and I finally got my hands on the pictures. Brett was there informing many of the Chefs, restaurant owners, and other members of the culinary community about our products. You can see from the picture that he had a booth showing our YouTube video and our shoes. Although he did not find any feet to fill a size 16 this time, he did get to witness the Iron Chef Challenge that they held.

At the Sysco Central PA Tourism Show

Iron Chef Competition

Focused during the Iron Chef Competition

MOZO donated a free pairs of shoes to the each member of the winning team in the Iron Chef competition, and although we are fans of upsets in sports, we were proud to present our shoes to Team #1 - champions for the 3rd consecutive year!

Iron Chef Challenge at the Central PA Show

Mark Pawlowski, Executive Chef/Director of Food & Beverage at the Yorktowne Hotel said this after he received his MOZO shoes: “These shoes are great! The moment I slipped them on and felt the way they gripped the floor, I knew I would be a happy camper… I really appreciate your generous donation of these high quality clogs! Thanks again!”

Well, Mark, we’re glad that you like our shoes so much! We engineered our products especially for Executive Chefs like you!

Again, congrats to the winning team!

- your friends at MOZO

Size 16!

Happy March!

The weather out here in Denver has been in the 70’s and sunny so we can’t really complain about that.

Brett Ankrom, one of our sales guys, recently attended the Taste of Elegance show at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, PA. At this show, Brett made it his mission to find a person who could wear our biggest shoe - a size 16. Several tried, but only one was a perfect fit.

Ron White played Offensive Tackle for the University of Maryland from 1993 - 1998. He is currently the Owner of Hugo’s Restaurant in Brownsville, PA, and he was the official winner of Brett’s little contest.

Wearing his MOZO shoes, Ron is 6′8” and as you can see from the pictures below, he dwarfs Brett who stands at 6′0”.

Ron White, proud owner of the MOZO Biz Lo - Size 16

Ron's feet

- your friends at MOZO