My friend Erin discovered these on eBay. Aren’t they totally hot?
Apparently they come in black as well, though I do like the red (but then I would).
They look comfy and seem great to wear with everything, as ballet pumps usually are, only you get the benefit of dancing skeletons and pretty flowers on the inside. Very Day of the Dead, I think you’ll find. As I am linking to an eBay listing, this link will probably expire at some point, but I’m sure eBay will give you a handy similar auctions list that will have other pairs of these pretty shoes.
In the meantime, you can click through to get them from the eBay site.
These white vegan creepers from Vegetarian Shoes are being discontinued, so this is your last chance to get a pair. The black version only has one size left but there are still a few sizes left in this white version.
These are European sizes and there are sizes in stock for both men and women, although they are running out fast, it seems.
If you’re into this retro look, you’ll know how hard it is to find well made shoes from this style that will last you years. Well, these are it. Vegetarian Shoes make them to last.
You can get them from the Vegetarian Shoes website.
Here’s a fun pair of custom made high tops from Zazzle. They remind me a bit of airbrushing artwork from the trippy 80s – all space-inspired and bright coloured. They’d go very well with all them new-retro 80s and 90s looks you young kids are sportin’ nowadays.
Zazzle basically print designs on demand on keds shoes. They’re certainly more expensive than your average high top canvas shoe, but the upside is you’re not likely to see anyone else wearing the same shoes as you (and if you do, you may as well befriend them as they’d have had to especially order them from the same place, so you obviously have something in common).
Check them out at Zazzle, where you can also find loads of other neat designs.
These are just soooooooo cool! I love the so-called “heartshaped” toes. They look like those Chinese and Japanese toe-shoes and socks.
The design in general looks rather far-eastern, with lots of pretty flower patterns. Like all of the IC shoes, these are statement shoes. They will easily take over a look and, whille an obvious talking point, you’ll need to think a bit before you match them with something that isn’t an easy solid.
Still, they will totally dress up a simple jeans and a t shirt or summer dress outfit and you’ll have everyone asking you where you got them.
Tell them you heard about them here and bought them cheaply on Amazon. 
Another mad one from Melissa Shoes. How can sandals look at once so stylish and so crazy?
Yes, that is a plastic mouse stuck on the side of the sandal. Don’t ask me why there is a plastic mouse there, there just is. However, the funky pattern makes these sandals look oddly classy for footwear adorned with a plastic mouse. I actually tagged these with smart casual, as I think you could get away with wearing them somewhere that requires a fashionable attire but can tolerate a certain amount of funk.
I found these on the Melissa site (where there are plenty more colours) but these particular ones are on sale from the Asos site.
Oh wow how absolutely cool! These super funky vegan peep toe wedges from TUK are so wonderfully starry!
If you’re into the whole “new retro” movement, you’ll love these. They have it all – stars, contrasting nautical star closures, a good-sized wedge and a bow. Black and red is a very joyous colour combo and I really really like the star print (as you may have gathered).
To be honest, you’ll need to work quite hard to move these away from a full on goth / alternative rocker look, but on the other hand, they’d make even the simplest black dress into a full on statement outfit.
I found these on a site called eveninglady.co.uk, which seems to have plenty of sexy alternative / burlesque / tasteful stripper vegan shoes.
I know these vegan Docs lookalikes are known throughout the land, but I just got back from Berlin, have lots of stuff to do today and, to make matters worse, have realised my lovely vegan commando boots are looking pretty damn ruined. The hunt is on for very durable, reasonably stylish military-style boots and these are my first contenders, especially as my friend Laura (hi Laura!) who has a pair assures me they are absolutely brilliant to wear and last forever.
I’ll really miss the zip down the side of my current boots, but I need something that will survive another Burning Man and I do like the thought of steel toes to keep other people’s boots at bay when I go out gigging.
You can get them from the Vegetarian Shoes website, where I’ll probably end up getting mine from.
Oh wow! These shoes are so amazing! They are by Irregular Choice and are made with a real wood platform and felt uppers. Felt is made out of wool, I believe, making these vegetarian but not vegan.
Either way, they are brilliant! Check out all the crazy felt detailing with the apples and birds and everything. Wow!
I think you’d need to have a totally mad look to have these shoes complement, rather than own it, but who cares. If you wear these, nobody will care about the rest of your outfit, cause they’d be staring at your feet all day!
You can get these from Javari.
Ok, just one more Terra Plana one, cause I’m really glad these guys have a vegan range.
I love the visible stitching on these. They’re not quite your average office wear but boy are they funky. An interesting take on the standard court shoe that’s quite feminine but also a bit out there.
They could make very cool everyday heels with a twist that you could wear with just about anything old or new.
You can get them from the Terra Plana site.
Tis the season to be…nautical. Apparently!
Actually, who am I kidding? Tis always the season to be nautical.
These fluffy, summery wedges are by Iron Fist, who usually make somewhat darker-edges shoes for the psychobilly minded. These are far more retro-inspired. Very 50s and pin up.
My friend found them and posted the link on Facebook, so obviously I had to immediately steal them for this blog.
So now you know and can buy a pair too. But if you see a woman called Virginia wearing them, remember she found them first!
You can get these from Office.
Let’s face it – nobody does vegan pin up heels quite like TUK. They just seem to consistently deliver hot, perfectly wearable shoes. These beautiful red pin up heels are a very fine example of the above.
A mad fashion designer once told me that red shoes are notorious for being uncomfortable, but you wear them anyway.
I’ve had my share of uncomfortable red shoes, but the one pair of really gorgeous but comfortable red pin up heels I have are made by TUK. I’m inclined to believe these new ones are comfortable too.
The heels are big enough to make you extra tall, but the platform is wide enough to feel stable and the strap will hold you in place for even more support. That aside, look at how incredibly hot they are!
You can get these from the TUK website directly.
They also come in black.
Aren’t these punk (or punk rocker) boots neat? These aren’t actually by Doc Martens, they are by TUK, although they look pretty damn similar, if you ask me. As far as I know, DM don’t make vegan shoes anymore, so this is one of your alternative options. Ironically, these are made in China and I do believe DM killed off their vegan line when they took production out of the UK and into China.
These boots have got it all, at least when it comes to methods of fastening – they have laces, straps and hidden inside side zips. The pattern is very goth rose, (literally. It has roses on it) but I find it quite unassuming, myself. The shape of the boot makes it lend itself to other looks apart from goth royalty, which is good, as there aren’t as many all out goths nowadays as there used to be back in the day.
You can get these from Amazon.com.
If you’re looking for a solid-colour, unisex Doctor Martens lookalike boot, Vegetarian Shoes make some.
Pure rockabilly fetish heaven! Here’s another totally outrageous pair of super high heels from Penthouse shoes. I’ve written about another pair of their vegan high heels before and I’m really getting into this brand. I wonder if they’re called Penthouse cause their heels are so high?
Not all their shoes have tattoos on them, but for some reason I seem to be drawn to those that do. So here we have a cute “love & hate” tattoo design on the platform, with a sexy red mock crock and a cute little key charm dangling from the heel. As if that wasn’t enough, you’ve also got cherries, swallows and stars everywhere. These guys take no prisoners when it comes to loading up on the rockabilly imagery. Pure pin up class all the way, baby!
Yes, I know these aren’t particularly practical unless you were born in heels, but posing also works for me. They are just soooo cool.
You can get these hot hot heels from Amazon / Endless.
The week of canvas trainers is behind us, so it’s time to break away from that look for a bit and go for something totally and utterly different!
Well, here we have the Mombassa punk heels from Iron Fist. If by “punk” they mean sort of 80s and trashy then they hit the nail on the head. Not sure about the Mombassa bit, but I do like the whole skull and rose thing they’ve got going on. I wonder if the bright colour scheme looked somewhat like African fabric to someone, hence the name? It does look a bit Sunday best if you ignore the skulls.
Either way,These are perfect for your hot, trashy bimbo outfit. I mean, you could wear them with something a bit more traditional and subdued, but why bother?
You could totally live out your 80s road movie fantasy in these. Or your Madonna wannabe fantasy, or, well, plenty of other fantasies, really, as long as they’re sort of 80s and punkish.
You can get these at Schuh.
OK, these are weird. They look like normal trainers, but no! They’re all cut up, Kinda like the slashed T-shirts of days gone by or a canvas sneaker-sandal.
If you liked that 80s torn-up punk look, you can now have it on your feet as well, which is pretty exciting, really. They’re definitely eye-catching and different, but are they practical? Do we care?
Thinking ahead to a nice hot summer… We probably don’t. They’re flat and comfortable and they’d go with all your funky electro-punk clubwear.
They also come in white and there’s a rather loud 80s-tastic plaid version too.
You can get these from Office.
