There’s a lot we love about Ashley Graham. Like, a lot. One of the reasons for our all-out lady crush is how real the model keeps it. Sure, she’s a total glamour, hitting red carpets and runways around the world looking like a 13/10. But BTS, Graham is as human as you and me – and she shares those bits on social media, too (for which we are eternally grateful).
Because who doesn’t love to see shiny Hollywood folks doing real-people things?
The stunner’s latest ‘I’m a real girl’ post had people talking, and not just because of the saucy first snap in the recent carousel. Sharing some behind-the-scenes snaps from before and after the Oscars, where Graham was on the red carpet interviewing the arrivals, one shot in particular caught the eye of TikTok fitness influencer Kayli Breanne.
“Do you see what I see?” she asked.
“This is Miss – Ma’am – Miss Ashley Graham. I love when hot people are also smart! Do you see these toe spreader socks she got? Those are the same brand I use!”
She then directs viewers to a video on her profile about the “benefits of using toe spreaders or having toe spreader socks”, but let us break it down for you real quick.
What Graham is wearing (and TikToker Kayli is going crazy for, apparently) are The Original Foot Alignment Socks. According to their website, these babies are “designed to separate, stretch and align your toes to minimise the harmful effects of daily foot stress due to improper, narrow and confining footwear”.
And doesn’t that sound like just the ticket for someone who’s been wearing skyscraper heels all night?
@kay.fit *my pinned vid has more on why toe spreaders are so helpful/necessary* i got soooo excited seeing this from someone so influential!! i’ve been tryna put yall on, we love to see it ????☺️
♬ original sound – kayli breanne (wellness)
“Did you know that our toes are supposed to be the widest part of our foot?” Kayli asks in aforementioned video. “I’m having to rehabilitate my foot to teach myself how to spread my toes so I can grip the ground so I can stand correctly,” she continues, saying that over time, the shoes we wear force our toes to “go inward”.
“This caused problems with my ankles, which caused problems with my knees, which caused problems with my hips,” she says.
“This is why you see all [those] wellness people wearing [those] barefoot shoes that look funny. Joke’s on me!”
Okay, so that’s a very basic rundown of how these babies are supposed to work. According to the Original Foot Alignment Socks website, “Many people are on their feet all day long or they have their feet cramped in their shoes. It’s important to compensate for this daily foot stress by opening up the toes and allowing them to return to the more natural position.”
Apparently, a pair of these toe spreaders can help relieve foot pain, plantar fasciitis and bunion pain, too – although, according to a study from NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information), relieve pain is about all they can do (which, heck, is still a win!).
“The toe separators did seem to provide a higher percentage of patients with pain relief than the night splint; however, it did not have a positive effect in changing the structural alignment of the bunion itself,” says the Plantar Fascia Institute of MN, citing the findings.
So, will these babies change your foot structure? Nup, probs not. But will they settle your sore tootsies after a day on your feet or a night on the d-floor? Quite possibly, and that’s good enough for us!
