Abstract: A method of conducting business for selling to a purchaser an article of apparel having interchangeable parts comprising the steps of offering for sale to a purchaser a multiplicity of base units of an article of apparel and a multiplicity of interchangeable components; providing a location for the purchaser to update the base unit with a purchase of a multiplicity of interchangeable components; creating an electronic purchaser user account to allow a purchaser to place an order of base units for the article of apparel and the interchangeable components; delivering the selected components to the purchaser; and updating the purchaser's user account to reflect the delivered components.

Abstract: An article of footwear comprising a shoe base constructed and adapted for receiving a foot having a toe section and an ankle section with at least two loops fixedly attached to the toe section. A toe strap having two ends for securing the shoe base to the foot is removably attached to the loops proximate the toe section by a hoop like clip at each end of the toe strap. Each hoop like clip has an internal surface and two terminal ends defining a gap in the hoop and at least one spur on the internal surface of the hoop like clip proximate the gap.