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Thoughts on the State of Vegan Shoes

June 9th, 2011

Guys,

Something needs to be done about vegan shoes.

The world is majorly lagging.

Everyone wants them. But hardly any are available.

Are “unintentionally vegan” shoes enough? Shoes made without leather only because synthetic stuff is cheaper? Are you content with just shopping at Forever 21 because it’s cheap, or hoping by some miracle some other shoe company made one measly shoe without leather?

No.

I’m not.

I want a big website, like Zappos, or like a Jcrew at least, with a wide excellent collection of stylish vegan shoes. Who is with me?

One stop shopping.

I also want a website that aggregates all the vegan shoes out there in the meantime. Even the unintentional vegan ones. I want it to have a grid of pictures of all the vegan shoes available in any online store here or there and the pics would link you to where they are sold. That way you could readily see all the measly options for vegan shoes there are right now.

And it would be cool if they could be filtered too by style.

Wouldn’t that be great?

Should I make that?

What do you guys think?

What are your ideas? Thoughts?

I’d love to hear in the comment section. Let’s Discuss.

 
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A Revitalizing Comment

April 26th, 2011

Tonight I received the most amazing comment from someone in South Korea.

Dear Victoria,

Hello, my name is Sea-Hyung Oh.
I am a college student studying in Korea.
I am researching about cruelty free / eco-friendly textile, and vegan fashion items, overall.
Which also happens to be my personal interest as well. (I have just recently become a vegan 3 months ago)
My friends and I are studying about vegan fashion in America
and hope to bring some of the idea back to Korea, so that there is an increased
awareness of such subject on a national level.

We have read about you on your website and were highly interested in your works and thoughts.
We are planning on visiting United States this summer in order to
fully immerse ourselves in it and to further enlighten ourselves.
Would it be possible for us to visit you for an interview and possibly
discuss a bit more about the subject?
Our plan is to visit during the months of July and August.

Sincerely,

Sea Oh

I couldn’t believe it when I received this awesome comment. Someone all the way in South Korea has found my blog, and is thinking about these same issues. All I can say is the times they are a changin, and with determined students like these, I do believe that things are going to get done in our lifetime, and that hopefully sooner than we think, the leather industry will be gone with the wind.

This wonderful comment has inspired me to keep blogging again. I have been going through some rough times over here, and sadly have not remained at the forefront of the battle field, leading the way to the coolest vegan shoe options on the market.

Spring is coming, at least in NY, and I am in dire need of some appropriate footwear. Last year I was making do with one pair of old flip flops– not good at all! One must be dressed for the occasion.

Get ready for some good posts coming up, and thank you thank you thank you Sea Oh, for your kind comment.

 
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