I'm Tess, a 21 year-old Baltimore native and co-founder of the specialty shoe boutique Barefoot Tess (www.barefoottess.com). Growing up as a very tall girl with size 11 feet, it was so hard for me to find cute shoes in my size that I often resorted to wearing sandals in the middle of winter! Luckily, I don't have to go barefoot any longer - now I get my favorite designers (like Matt Bernson and Loeffler Randall) to make shoes exclusively for my store in larger sizes, up to 15 in some cases.