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When Natalie Portman decided to launch her line of vegan shoes with Te Casan, she collaborated with Via Spiga creative director Paola Venturi.

Venturi had nothing but good words to say about Portman in an interview with Orange County Local News.

“She contacted me at the Te Casan company because she wanted to design a vegan shoe line. She fell in love with the brand and we started to work together on a small collection. She’s fabulous because she has a vision about fashion. She was really directional so it was easy to interpret.”

Unfortunately, some good things do come to an end, and Portman’s shoe line received the boot in 2008 bad economy.

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Last month, vegan shoe lovers cried a river after learning the news that our dear Natalie Portman’s line of Te Casan shoes had ceased production due to a bad economy.

But Stella McCartney, her UK sole sister (pun intended), is still steppin’ strong and you can wear her gorgeous brown suedette boot this winter, looking sharp with a clear conscious.

Be ritzy, yet comfortable with a combination of a spike heel and slouchy ankle.

Best of all, you know the only skin ever involved with them is your own.

via Stylelist

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Very, very sad week for eco-friendly shoes lovers.

Proof that celebrities are not immune to the financial problems the world is enduring, Natalie Portman’s vegan shoes are no longer being produced. The parent company, Te Casan, closed shop, due to failing sales.

It’s not known whether Nat will take her shoes elsewhere for production for the line that was launched in February of this year. The shoes went for about $200 a pair-not exactly a bargain, which may have turned off a lot of people in this economy.

The forecast for affordable, quality, cruelty-free clothing is somewhat grim. Vegan shoes are hard enough to find. Vegan shoes that allow you to still be able to keep the lights on the same month you purchase them may be even more difficult to locate.

Could this mean that vegans and vegetarians who don’t wear leather will end up settling for cheap, imported, pleather shoes which tear and fade after a week and bang your feet up so badly, you need band-aids on your toes just to wear them?

Leona Lewis recognizes this problem and says she wants to make her future vegan shoes and bags easier on the bank account.

Leona, your help can’t come soon enough.

via E!Online

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Get your vegan footy on. A list of top vegan fall shoes is out and both Natalie Portman and Stella McCartney’s brands are on the list. Pictured above is Natalie’s Picasso 2 in Red. This of course is from her lovely Te Casan line.

Not forgetting our UK fans, Stella McCartney can make the ladies feet look sexy in her Metal Heel Patent Gray Pump available at Neiman Marcus.

Of course these gals aren’t the only ones to design vegan shoes. For a list of other fall trends, visit White Apricot.

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Natalie Portman has gained admiration by French actress Marion Cotillard for her commitment to being cruelty free and environmentally friendly when designing her shoes from the Té Casan line.

Cotillard, who is the first person to win an Oscar for a French-language performance, as Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose was asked in the September/October 2008 issue of French magazine Néoplanète if she planned to develop a similar eco-friendly brand.

“That’s not a priority. But I admire Natalie’s commitment a lot. If I had to do something remarkable for the planet, I’d buy fields where [there]are grown OMG (transgenic plants). Once bought, I’d redistribute them to farmers who would commit themselves to grow in danger local vegetables!”

Apparently, she’s not the only one who admires Natalie. A whopping 63% of you would rather have veggie burger lunch with Natalie vs. Carrie Underwood! And you can still show your love for Portman or Underwood. The poll is still open. Go practice some veggie democracy!

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