Veggie wedding heels for daring-but-cruelty-free brides
Wedding Shoes
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on October 30, 2009
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Ooh, it's time for another edition of Foot Fetish, where-in I inflict my questionably loud taste in special occasion footwear uponst my willing offbeat victims!
This week, I'm focusing on veggie-friendly heels. From as best as I can tell, all these shoes are all made with non-animal products — most of them are rubber, synthetic, or satin uppers with man-made soles and insoles. The advantage of man-made materials? Yes they're nicer to our animal friends, but they're often also cheaper than leather. The disadvantage? Sometimes quality ain't forever-wear awesome — but that's the joy of wedding shoes: hopefully you only need to wear 'em once!
So, without further ado, let's dive into some crazy/fabulous cruelty-free wedding footwear. As always, click on the shoe picture to view more information, as you imagine these fabulous-but-animal-friendly beauties peeking out from under the hem of your wedding dress:
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About Ariel Meadow Stallings
Author of Offbeat Bride: Creative Alternatives for Independent Brides, Ariel acts as the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire websites. She lives, loves, and dorks out hard in Seattle, WA.
Heather said
the purple ones….. *DROOL*
Shantelle said
Anything tattoo style is a good thing in my books!
Jessica_Iowa said
My brain has been completely blown. Thank you for sharing this with us.
CrunchyRobot said
Just a tip…I used to sell shoes, and the polka dot shoes? Super cute, but beware – they also run verrrry small. If you are ordering these online, ordering two sizes larger than what you think you wear is a pretty safe bet.
OffbeatAriel said
Excellent tip! Thanks, CrunchyRobot.
FLCLK8 said
Oh…I'm so glad you posted those Vivienne Westwood's with the hearts. I just got an email that she has a new shoe in that line with a wax stamp design on the front and their red and black and just oozing offbeat goodness….
http://www.epauletshop.com/servlet/the-409/**Vivi…
Also, I'm madly in love with Mohop shoes (though I don't own a pair…yet…) They are also totally vegan and eco-sourced and so versatile that they'd be perfect with pretty much anything. So here's the link on those as well…
http://www.mohop.com
Hope these help some other OBBs as well!
FLCLK8 said
Oops…sorry… I guess technically the brand on those top shoes is Melissa. Vivienne Westwood is the line of the shoes. My bad.
Monika Awerbuch said
Man those styles are adorable! I totally *heart* the tattoo ones. So a few things to know about synthetic shoes. Just because it is plastic or cloth does NOT make it a vegan shoe. Make sure they are using water based glues to put the shoe together (otherwise the industry standard is an animal based glue) . Of course this only is a factor if you are vegan! The inside of vegan shoes can be cleaned with a cotton ball with a dab of tea tree oil on it. It kills the bacteria and keeps the shoes lasting longer.
princess lasertron said
I have the Melissa Dragon Lady heels in white/red and I LOVE them…wear them all the time.
Coco said
those vivienne westwood shoes are AMAZING!
i want!
Sarah said
Thank you for cruelty free! Now if only I could find some red platform stiletto peep toes!
meandmyshadow said
What about these from Nine West? (I wore red satin peeptoes from Nine West for my wedding.) http://www.ninewest.com/Panout/4159946,default,pd…
Chris said
are the vivienne westwood heels comfy? i've never worn a shoe made of that stuff before
they look awesome!
Sabrina said
I love the tattoo/leopard print ones! Always fun to look at shoes
Bryan said
I want to buy all pairs…All r very tempting…