OK, so ballet flats are not exactly exciting, but they’re very useful – I end up wearing mine nearly all the time. Sometimes you just need a nice pair of every day shoes to put on. Shoes that are presentable, comfortable, versatile and pretty. Well, here they are.
Animal print never go out of fashion and neither will ballet flats. The knot effect at the vamp gives them a nice twist to keep things interesting and… voila! The perfect every day shoe. They come in a huge huge range of colours and fabrics. Not just animal prints – solids, lace, flower patterns, etc. Some are supposedly silk though, so beware.
You can get these from Amazon.
Well well well, another fine shoe from Olsen Haus. They are certainly not 80s-free but they are oh so bold and stylish. I’m really loving the combination of the two patterns.
They are called “Swim” – maybe because the blue pattern looks like the surface of a swimming pool? It reminds me of those movies about condo complexes in LA in the 80s.
These are on sale at Neon Collective, which is a very cool vegan online boutique in the UK. I’ve had an email from them a while back and never got around to including them here for some reason, but it’s about time I did. They have lots of other cool shoes, including a big range of Olsen Haus stuff.
The direct link to the above shoes is here.
Here’s a nice pair of leopard print heels from Next.
They’re not particularly groundbreaking, but it’s a good look that never really goes out of style.
The heels look like they’d be kinda killers and not only in the “killer heels” sort of way, but also in the tottering like a wounded gazelle sort of way. But if you love your heels high and your patterns wild, then these look pretty neat and are not too expensive either, in true vegan shoe form.
I’ve seen far too many animal print shoes and boots lately that were made out of some kind of leather to resemble actual leopard skin or zebra skin or whatever, so it’s good to see more vegan versions.
I guess some people might laugh about the concept of vegans wanting to wear a pattern that originated in people actually killing and skinning wild animals and wearing the skins to convey some kind of animal powers onto them. Still, it’s not like the people who buy leopard print dyed cowhide are connecting with the primal eye of the tiger and discovering their inner savanah warrior. It’s still just a look. I’d rather show my affinity with a particular type of animal by reproducing its markings without actually killing it.
Either way, you can get these rather hot vegan boots from Next.
