We, at For Bare Feet, would like to thank everyone for the friendships and partnerships that we have built over the past years. We look forward with great excitement to many more years together!  We have been a family run business for over 20 years and would like to proudly acknowledge our beginnings, reflect on our past and share our story with you...

We currently have two shops in Nashville, For Bare Feet and For Bare Feet Too, both of which offer a large variety of different designs and themes.  For more info, you can also visit our website. 

While visiting, take part in a For Bare Feet Factory Tour and see how its all done! 

Factory Tours run Monday - Friday, at 10:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.
Adults - $6          Children - $4
Attendee Capacity:                  Tours done in groups of  75 
Seasonal:                                  Year round
Tour Length:                             1 Hour
Reservations Required:         Yes
Call for reservations at 800.669.0674 ext.8371

The President /owner of For Bare Feet Sharon Rivenbark, a fifth grade school teacher, started a sock manufacturing company with $1,200 she borrowed from her parents-enough to buy one antique Banner knitting machine and some shop space in Nashville, Indiana.

The business was to be for her son, Tim, who had to drop out of Indiana University at age 18 because of a brain tumor. Doctors had told Sharon that Tim would, in time, become mentally handicapped. So, Sharon started the sock business so her son would have a place in the world, a business of his own.

The unique designs and patterns that Sharon knit into the socks were an instant success. Their appeal prompted numerous shop owners from other cities who were traveling through Nashville on vacation, to request that Sharon sell the socks to them on a wholesale basis for resale in their shops.

“I started selling socks in a market that had not perceived socks as gifts before. I guess you could say I created a market that wasn’t there,” Sharon explained

After Tim passed away in January of 1987, there was no question in Sharon’s mind that For Bare Feet was going to be successful. “It was all I had left of my son,” she said.

For Bare Feet now produces literally thousands of designs of socks for an incredible array of clients: resorts, national parks, gift stores, sporting good chains, department stores, college bookstores, catalogs, theme parks and internet web sites.



It is also a league-licensed producer of socks, headbands, and wristbands for the MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL teams, plus dozens of universities throughout the U.S. and Canada as well as Coca-Cola brand socks. In fact, the socks, headbands, and wristbands that you see the NBA players wearing on court are from For Bare Feet.

Sharon, her family, and her son’s memory remain a constant force in its drive to be the best with the highest quality, graphics, delivery, and service. For Bare Feet is big enough to get the job done but small enough to personally take care of each and every customer with the commitment of a family-owned, operated and run business.

We are extremely proud and honored by the confidence that has been placed in our company. We will always strive to meet that expectation of excellence.