Vegan Doc Martens Have Arrived

August 22nd, 2011

A while back ago I wrote a post about what appeared to be floral vegan doc martens. Since the uppers were fabric and the sole rubber I unfortunately assumed. A kind commenter informed me of my error and others kindly informed me that they had contacted doc martens customer service and been told about an upcoming vegan line.

Well, it’s here.

Though it is only four styles, high and low, in red and black, this is a most promising and happy development, for animal loving doc marten fans.

They call it the Vegan 1460. Find them here:

VEGAN 1460

VEGAN 1460

Vegan 1461

VEGAN 1461

VEGAN 1461

 

I think I prefer the black boot version. Which do you prefer?

Now for a fashion inspiration board:

What do Doc Martens make you think of?

The thing that comes to my mind is My So Called Life and 90s grunge style. Digging deeper I find that the shoes are THE shoe for both grunge style and punk style, popularized by Kurt Cobain, Eddie Vedder, and also The Who, The Clash and The Sex Pistols.

Here is a good blog post about doc martens to learn more.

kurt cobain

Matt Dillion in Singles

Angela Chase in My So Called Life

pete townshend

Pete Townshend of The Who

Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols

Alexa Chung interviewing the villainous Olivia Palermo

SO…

Questions, Comments….

Refutations…….

Let me know!

-Tor

 
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Bill Clinton Goes Vegan, Famous Vegans, and Ellen Talks about being a Vegan

August 19th, 2011

Have you heard? Bill Clinton has gone vegan. He lost 24 pounds and looks quite gaunt at the wedding of vegetarian since age 10, Chelsea.

Pretty cool!

I feel like the tide is really turning… it is only a matter of time before some big companies catch on.

For your entertainment and education, here is a partial list of some famous vegans.

Portia de Rossi

Alanis Morissette

Avril Lavigne

Petra Nemcova (supermodel who was in the tsunami)

Leonardo DaVinci (very cool)

Morrisey

Ande 300

Fiona Apple

Ellen Degeneres

Brian Greene (physicist, author of The Elegant Universe)

Daryl Hannah

John Mackey (CEO of Whole Foods)

Tobey Maguire

Lea Michele

Joaquin Phoenix

Brad Pitt (interesting!)

Prince

Jason Schwartzman

Alicia Silverstone

Russel Simmons

Biz Stone (founder of twitter)

Salim Stoudamire (bball player for those not in the know, like me, lol)

Alice Walker (author of The Color Purple)

Olivia Wilde

Steve Wynn (owner of Vegas)

Pretty interesting group of people!

Finally check out this great vid of Ellen explaining why she went vegan and why she is a vegan. She gives a great explanation. I’ve always found this is a hard question to answer — why are you vegan or why are you a vegetarian. There is so much to say and so much that seems so obvious it can’t be said. You know? How do you explain to someone what goes on in a factory farm in pleasant conversation? How can you convince them of the truth when you’ve seen the footage with your own eyes, but you know they aren’t going to change their beliefs, and in fact, you may just make everyone feel guilty.

Thoughts?

 
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