How to Find Vegan Designer Dress Shoes

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Until recently, finding designer dress shoes suitable for vegans was next to impossible. The vegan lifestyle is one that is dedicated to living in a compassionate manner to all living creatures as much as one is able. This automatically eliminates the use of animals or animal-based products for cosmetics, food, and clothing, among other things. Unfortunately, formal designer wear has traditionally been crafted from fur, animal skins (including leather and suede), and silk. For vegans who have chosen their lifestyle for ethical reasons, this has posed a major problem to their social lives…until now. This article will focus on where vegan designer dress shoes can be located. Most domestic and international brands can now be ordered online as well. Modern designers are only now becoming aware of the vast untapped market that is available to them within the vegan community, and are creating beautiful footwear for men, women, and children that is both compassionate and attractive.

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Find Vegan Designer Dress Shoes

1. Search for reliable vegan resources. Vegan organizations, like PETA, are great resources for the compassionate lifestyle, and can often be counted on for information regarding everything from nutritious recipes to where to find vegan clothing and shoes. PETA's website has a page that serves as a directory to compassionate clothing manufacturers of shoes, handbags, wallets, etc. A link to PETA's directory has been provided with this article.

2. Research the names of U.S. and international clothing designers and find out which stores carry their clothing lines. Most designers also present an annual line of footwear. Vegan designers are no exception. Names to look for include Stella McCartney, Mink Shoes, and Ragazzi Vegan. For shoes and purses, look for Vegetarian Shoes and Bags. Links to these websites are included with this article.

3. Visit your local health food/ vegetarian grocery store. Many stores are connected to vegetarian and vegan clubs or associations in your city/town made up of people who would be more than happy to provide information on where they buy stylish vegan shoes in your community. Ask the manager, clerks, or check the announcements/bulletin boards (usually near the door).

4. Ask a vegan! If you don’t know of anyone who is a vegan, or at least a vegetarian, then you probably know someone who does. Through these connections you can learn a great deal. They may even know from personal experience which local retailers would be open to carrying some of the vegan designer shoe lines in their stores if a request were made. Usually these would be the smaller "boutique" stores, but sometimes a larger shoe chain may be open to adding to their product line if they could be convinced that it would boost sales.

5. Go online! If you only do one thing to locate vegan designer dress shoes, then this would be your best option. You would be surprised at just how many options are available today for those seeking vegan designer shoes. There are North American and European manufacturers (like those mentioned in Step2) who maintain both physical stores and online websites that can deliver products right to your doorstep! Begin your search with the links given with this article.

Resources

• Mink Shoes has beautiful vegan dress shoes!
• Ragazzi Vegan create fine Italian-made vegan footwear!
• Stella McCartney's fashion line is a must see for vegans and non-vegans alike!
• Click here for vegan dress shoes for the entire family, plus free shipping!
• PETA has a list of manufacturers of compassionate clothing!