vegan shoes

Vegan Huaraches Sandals

October 27th, 2010

One more shoe from Delias.com.

Rebels Harem Sandal

Man-made upper and bottom

cognac, bright multi, and gold

On sale for $34.50

buy here

Every shoe I feature on this blog, is a shoe I would personally wear and love to wear. So I always say the shoes are awesome, but I think these are awesome.

I had a hunch that these are called huaraches, so I did some googling and sure enough, they are:

Huaraches (singular huarache) are a type of Mexican sandal. Huaraches are pre-Columbian in origin, and are made from woven leather. The leather is traditionally hand-woven.[1] The name “Huarache” is derived from the P’urhépecha language term kwarachi. Huarache directly translates into English as sandal.

From Wikipedia.

Well, I love to find classic leather shoes in non leather versions. And to own a piece of history like huaraches is cool.

So! If you are off to a tropical vacation, or if you live in the southern hemisphere–you will need these shoes. I like both colors. The rainbow ones because they are fun, and the brown ones because they look like the original.

What do you think of them? Comment below!

 
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Floral Vegan Doc Martens

October 27th, 2010

update: A reader called doc martens and informed me that these shoes are actually NOT vegan, and in fact no shoes doc martens makes at this time are vegan. Good to know, but oh no. This worries me because usually I assume if they do not list leather as a material in the materials section that the shoe is vegan. To be totally sure one must do as Shannon who commented did and call companies to confirm!

Another update from Shannon:

Ooh! I have a happy update…

I just received an email from Customer Service saying:

“At present, we do not have any vegan footwear. The Autumn/Winter 2011 collection will contain a complete line of vegan footwear. When it debuts, I will send you an email.”

So look out for Doc Marten’s 2011 collection, that’ll be a great post for your blog!

Thanks Shannon!


Is this awesome or what? Floral Doc Martens with a CANVAS upper and rubber bottom (or ousoles).

Price: $129.50

Buy here from Delias.com

Delias.com is an inexpensive clothing catalog for teens that I used to love when I was in highschool. LIke most inexpensive online retailers I’ve been finding, it’s a pretty good bet that the cheaper shoes they sell are bound to be vegan. You have to do a little clicking around through the “genuine leather uppers” and “suede” etc, but you are bound to find more than a few very cool non leather shoes. I see some great non leather boots on their site right now–feel free to browse!

This is an awesome new  source for vegan shoes. I’ll add it to my shopping guide at the top of my website!

 
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