Au Natural(ista)
Date: December 23, 2008 | Category: Fashion, Men, Shoes, Women
Go au natural this winter with footwear built with care and respect all the way down to the sole. The Spanish company El Naturalista makes beautiful shoes with vegetable-tanned leather, using natural, found, and recycled materials. The company symbol, a frog, references a land made fertile by water. It embodies simple worldly pleasures, and, reflecting the company’s nonconformist character, represents their permanent fight against stagnation.
The image above is style N502 from the new Autumn/Winter Collection. An elevated (and eco!) update to the overly trendy Ugg boots, the sock portion is made from organic, vegetable-dyed wool. As is the case with all El Naturalista shoes, the leather is vegetable-tanned and the rubber sole is 100% natural.
With designers inspired by “dreams of a better world,” you know that investing in El Naturalista shoes is investing in a footwear company that is committed to treading lightly on the earth’s resources.
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The Nature of Beauty
Date: December 23rd, 2008 at 12:49 pm
These are stunning. I must have them! I wish they had more stores/locations in the U.S. Thanks for letting me know about these unbelievable shoes.
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