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Two Awesome Vegan Shoes from Marais USA

October 13th, 2010

Marais USA Lace Up Heel

Maraisusa.com

Lace-up Heel Black

Smooth faux Napa upper and a chunky wooden heel (it’s on mooshoes.com and they always check to make sure things are totally non leather so we can safely assume the sole is non leather too_

$110.00

Marais USA is a pretty awesome company that sells shoes online. The only boots I wore last winter were their brown Chelsea boot, which also happens to be vegan.

Chelsea boot in sienna

Maraisusa.com

Chelsea Boot Sienna (also comes in black)

$120.00

Faux Nappa leather with elastic siding (also on mooshoes.com so assume non leather for reasons stated above)

Well, Marais USA has great taste and a lot of their shoes just so happen to be made without leather. They recently released the lace up heel pictured above, and I really took a liking to it.

The lace up heel reminds me of one of my other favorite fashion bloggers: Rhiannon of Liebemarlene vintage. She blogs full time and made a living of selling her vintage finds in an etsy store.  She is very intellectual and loves the history of silent film and classic literature. She lives in Atlanta and a lot of her pictures are taken in spooky run down plantation houses or graveyards. She is gorgeous and looks like Zooey Deschanel but even better. She always seems to wear shoes like this, and now I want to wear them too. lol.

Rhiannon of Liebemarlene Vintage

Every pic is too good.

 
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Non Leather Bags from American Eagle Outfitters for Vegetarians and Vegans

October 13th, 2010

Well, personally I like the look of old fashioned things. I have always admired old fashioned traditional leather bags. Recently I have come across some pretty awesome ones made without leather from a surprising source.

These can be found on American Eagle Oufitters, a store which I used to love but has recently really turned me off with their tacky clothes. But they have some excellent bags right now that look ideal.

AE Messenger Bag (buy here)

$24.50

Faux leather construction

This bag comes in five colors, but I am loving these very traditional brown looks. Probably because I have always wanted to wear a real leather bag like this, but never allowed myself to sport leather. I find this price extremely cheap for a bag like this.

AE Buckle Crossbody Bag

Faux Leather

$29.50

This bag is getting mixed reviews on the site, and I always am dramatically swayed by bad reviews, but one person loved it, and I think it looks great. It also comes in brown.

AE Zipper Pocket Hobo

$39.50

“Supple Faux Leather”

This bag got great reviews, and seems pretty nice looking, though it is a little too trendy for me. But it looks very stylish, and might be excellent when being fashionable is necessary.

AE Zipper Hobo

$29.50

“supple faux leather”

This one looks good too.

Strangely enough the other bags on AE seem to use real leather in their straps and such. Why?! But luckily these are the prettiest bags in the category marked bags.

Let me know what you think about these bags. Do you like them? Are they your style? I love comments so please introduce yourself if you find this post!

 
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