Paul, have the girls ever been berated by people for going barefoot in public during the shoots? For example on the metro/subway, where they are surrounded by strangers as Anna was:
http://www.city-feet.com/models/159/view

Or on the regular train, as Ira was during the long barefoot travel series.
At one point it looked like a woman was lecturing Ira about going barefoot on the train.
How do you and the girls handle such berating? Ignoring it? They are never in a position to put shoes or flip flops on while the person berating is around, are they?
http://www.city-feet.com/updates/691/view

Also another topic - how long are the girls barefoot after the photo sessions are finished? Anna, Alexandra, Ira - did they go home barefoot? Do they ever check back with you after they've arrived home and if they stayed barefoot (we can only hope they did!), do they send you photos of their feet? It would be wild to see how filthier these girls' feet would be!

Anna, whom I looked up at your link, is an absolutely lovely girl who NO ONE can or should berate or give any other kind of trouble to. Thanks for reminded me of her!!

As for your other topic, I have a hunch that most of the models who carried small, itsy bitsy purses with them on their shoots likely didn't bring any shoes along with them....as in Masha http://www.city-feet.com/models/121/view, and Alyona http://www.city-feet.com/models/145/view...also Jenya http://www.city-feet.com/models/40/view....I know that there are probably plenty others too, but these three first came to mind...I don't think these three wear shoes much at all.