Tag: Footwear - Page 3
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Swedish Hasbeens Give Traditional Clogs The Boot in Spring 2011 (Photos)
Covered Super High Hasbeens in Red. Photo: Swedish Hasbeens Swedish Hasbeens, makers of swoon-worthy, chunky-heeled leather boots and strappy, pastel-colored clog sandels, give traditional clogs a modern twist in their bursting-with-color spring 2011
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Cane Toad Sneakers. Put A Little Spring in Your Step
Sneakers crafted from Cane Toads is such a perfect companion story to our piece on footballs made from feral camels. Cane toads are an introduced pest in Australia that are so toxic they kill the native wildlife that attempt
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Vere Sandal To Make Greener Thongs in USA
One of the persistent gripes we get from our USA readers is "Okay, so product x is greener, but why does it have to be made in China? Can't we make it here?" John Eades, and business partner Michael Ferreri, will be hoping
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NYC Holiday Market Brings Local Gifts to Last-Minute Shoppers (Photos)
If you're in New York City this week, the Big Social Holiday Market by the Hester Street Fair, is not to be missed. Last-minute holiday shoppers can choose from a bevy of local vendors showcasing handmade and vintage gifts, open
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Wicked Hemp's Hikers in Hemp for Women (and Men!) Updated.
Oops. Somehow we missed these and they've been around for a couple of years too. Hiking boots for women made with uppers of 75% to 85% hemp, natural rubber soles, with toe caps and heel stabilisers fashioned from recycled PVC.
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Patagonia's P26 "Zero Impact" Boot. A Product Review.
Patagonia Footwear took part in a challenge issued by Backpacker Magazine* to see if it was possible to create a 'Zero Impact' boot for the haul of backpack loads up to 14 kg (30lb). Patagonia's response was the P26, which
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Teva Stilettos. Fashion Over Function? (Photos)
When fashion trumps function: The Teva Stiletto. Photo: Mi-Zo Teva's Stilettos have been making the rounds on the style blogs, from The Huffington Post to Refinery 29, this week. In collaboration with Grey Ant, a NY-based fashion designer, and online
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Puma Pounces on Sustainability Award
A couple of days ago, the sports company Puma picked up the German Sustainability Award 2010, in the category "Most Sustainable Strategy." Over 560 companies entered in the 2010 competition, so we imagine it was a rather happy Puma CEO and
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Handmade Kids Booties Help Keep WeeHuggers Warm
Earlier this season we oohed and awed over cute, cozy slippers made with recycled wool sweaters and leather jackets and now, there's another crush-worthy slipper company that has us looking for a WeeHugger of our own
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Turn Black Friday Green, Part II: Green Silence
Shopping the day after Thanksgiving is typically frowned on by many in the "responsible" movement. But if you just can't help yourself - do it with a little green flair. Buy that sports enthusiast a pair of Green Silence by
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Students Design Transformer Vegan Shoes that Transition from Hot to Cold Weather (Photos)
Farm Sanctuary's Gene Baur, Olsenhaus' Elizabeth Olsen and Russell Simmons (left to right). Photo: Getty Olsenhaus founder Elizabeth Olsen is the queen bee of vegan footwear. Not only does she have a slew of celebrity followers, including Moby, Russell
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Veja Shoes Launches Chrome-Free Suede and Wild Rubber Shoes for Winter (Photos)
We have raved about Veja's fair trade, organic cotton trainers and line of bags in the past and for fall/winter 2010, the French footwear label has introduced a new timeless footwear style, called "Veja Indigenos." Made with chrome-free
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Design Your Own Shoes (Including Vegan!) Online
If you invest a pretty little penny, or two, in shoes from department stores--that turn over seasonal footwear collections faster than you can ask: does the shoe fit?--there's a slower fashion alternative. Enter Milk and
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Get Going in Environmental Hiking Boots from the National Trust
We love the National Trust: not only are they the steward of the countryside and the stately homes in the UK, now they are getting into the food, clothing and shoe business.
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Toss Sneakers, Run Barefoot in New York this Weekend
I usually write about footwear, but this event is noticeably about a lack thereof: This weekend, barefoot runners will take to the streets for the inaugural New York City Barefoot Run, sponsored by
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Timberland Kicks Plastic Bottles Into their Boots, Says 'Nature Needs Heroes'
Timberland's latest marketing campaign for their Earthkeepers footwear collection, which uses recycled rubber and recycled PET (one and a
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Ecoalf Turns Used PET Bottles and Fishing Nets into Luxury Products
We have come across this fabric before, when we featured the Ecoalf cabin trolley by fun&bascis;, made from 84 recycled PET bottles a year ago. Between 2007 when
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Feelgoodz Flip-Flops An Unwitting Casualty of Gulf Oil Spill
While not exactly on the same scale as fishing and tourism taking a huge hit from the Gulf oil spill, Change.org highlights an unwitting and unexpected casualty of it all: Feelgoodz flip-flops. The ethically-sourced, all natural rubber, footwear
