Stella McCartney Thinks Outside The Leather Shoe Box
Written by Vegetarian Star on May 11th, 2009 in Fashion.
Stella McCartney has her fans and foes on this site. Many of you are not too happy that not all her clothing is completely vegan, and that’s understandable.
But she is trying to do good in an un-green Gucci world, so you have to give the daughter of a Beatle some credit.
One beef many folks might have with her designs is the fact they cost more than a hour of overtime or so at work. Affordability, says Stella, is often the price to pay for ethical fashion.
“Our shoes are 70 percent more expensive to make because we don’t use conventional methods,” she said of her Italian-made line. “When you’re not working with leather, you really have to think outside the box.”
When you consider cruelty-free, eco shoes like the Summer Rayne Oakes represented Zoe and Zac making their debut and Natalie Portman’s vegan shoe line extinguished by a bad economy, one has to wonder how much longer expensive, designer shoes will have their place in the ethical evolutionary history.
Stella may be forced to think outside the box again to create ways to design more affordable non-leather fashions.
via wwd.com
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