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At the end of the day, making a "green" shoe is really an insincere slap in the face if they aren't using environmentally friendly materials andproduction techniques.
From the looks of it, this shoe may not use animal products - since most of what they call "patent leather" these days is a plastic coated syntheticmaterial and the embroidered panels look like fabric - which is a start, but they're still likely using toxic adhesives and they ought to be using biobasedplastics made from plants, not petroleum.
If all they did is to take the existing shoe and color it green, that's the epitome of hollow, cynical marketing and anyone with a speck of socialresponsibility at the brand ought to be deeply ashamed of it.
From the looks of it, this shoe may not use animal products - since most of what they call "patent leather" these days is a plastic coated syntheticmaterial and the embroidered panels look like fabric - which is a start, but they're still likely using toxic adhesives and they ought to be using biobasedplastics made from plants, not petroleum.
If all they did is to take the existing shoe and color it green, that's the epitome of hollow, cynical marketing and anyone with a speck of socialresponsibility at the brand ought to be deeply ashamed of it.