shoes throughout history

Stylish Vegan Victorian-esque Rain Booties

October 14th, 2010

 

Loeffler Randall rain booties

 

Loeffler Randal Rain boots. I would like some. In NYC they are actually very necessary because puddles can collect in the street that are deceptively deep. These are very cool looking. I found them via this vegan shoe blog run by a very likable seeming blogger. They appear to be all rubber, $165 , and can be bought at Barneys if you live in NYC or buy them online at zappos here. They also come in an army like green.

I like clothes that have a bit of a costume-y aspect to them. These remind me of a Bronte playing with her sisters on the heath or the moors.

Haworth: the Bronte Family Home. I love that graveyard in front of it! Spooky.

A picture of the Yorkshire moors like where the Brontes lived.

 
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The First Vegan Shoe Company

October 14th, 2010

 

an ad from Zero Two

 

I just read a very interesting article about the first company–now long gone–to make vegan shoes in the 90s. They were called Zero Two’s , were marketed as a skate shoe, and had a very controversial advertising campaign–the first one said “thanks for not killing me” with a picture of a cow, and others were more graphic. They really seemed to be the first people to raise awareness that shoes come from cows (mostly). Read the rest of the very interesting article here on the blog of a line of shoes called The Vegan Collection.

 
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