Well, I was at an event at a designer fashion boutique last night where there was supposedly a sale on this year’s Vivienne Westwood winter collection. Well, to be fair, there was a sale, but I had forgotten how much that stuff costs to begin with, so left with nothing but some pictures of one attendee’s vegan shoes (that will follow), a glass of cheap champagne and an expensive hangover.
This, however, reminded me of the joy of Melissa Shoes and how everyone can affordably own a pair of beautiful Vivienne Westwood shoes, albeit in funky plastic.
These are the famed Melissa Ultragirl shoes, with added bow (lovely) and a whole new see-through leopard print thing going on. Spot the very obvious Vivienne Westwood logo on the side. You can also get them in black with a leopard print bow, though I quite like this version myself.
I found these on Amazon.com
Bold animal patterns seem to still be doing well nowadays, so here’s another pair of heels that fits in with the whole 80s scheme of things AND the animal pattern scheme. Not exactly red carpet material but as cheap, fun and loud as a sitcom college girlfriend.
If you like pink, then these are definitely for you. Otherwise – probably not so much. They do have a bit of the bimbo in them, but in a fun way that doesn’t take itself too seriously (I hope) so you could work them into quite a tongue in cheek look.
Alternatively, you could be dead serious about the whole thing, but I would probably advise against it.
You can get these from Dorothy Perkins.
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.
