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Are Shoes Made in China Necessarily Unethical (In Your Opinion?)

June 21st, 2011

Hey guys,

Thought I’d ask for some thoughts on a matter I am currently pondering.

So I am currently trying to get a line of vegan shoes made.

However, there are no more shoe factories in the US. They have all been moved overseas, and mostly to China.

China is a country known for its terrible treatment of animals, sadly. Just today, I received an email from PETA called “no one needs to die for fashion” detailing the animal abuses that take place in China. Sad.

However, do you think that this means that any shoes made in China, even if they were totally synthetic, are unethical?

What if a factory in China could make great vegan shoes that popularized the whole concept of vegan shoes?

There are also concerns about the ethical treatment of factory workers.

But let’s say I visited and found a great factory.

One, that, for example, gave jobs to women who would otherwise be forced, through lack of funds, into prostitution (something I read about in the incredible book about the horrific treatment of women worldwide Half The Sky by NIcholas Kristof and Cheryl Wu-Dunn)?

Does the fact that the factory is in China make a difference?

What do you think. I’d love to know your thoughts on this very real dilemma.

 
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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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