Natalie Portman’s Vegan Shoe Line Shown The Door

Filed under: fashion — Michael d'Estries @ 9:58 pm

December 5th 2008

Natalie Portman’s vegan shoe line with Té Casan is no more.

The company and its website are gone — a victim of the financial crisis — taking with them the Natalie Portman Collection and making her initial run of animal-friendly shoes even more limited-edition than was expected. (Although you can still find them online if you do a bit of digging…)

Back in February, Portman commented on how she came to the decision to design a line of vegan shoes. “Basically, I did it out of a lack of choice,” she said. “Stella McCartney does great shoes, but they’re expensive and very fashiony. I wanted a mary-jane shoe without leather. I’ve been getting stuff from Target, which is de facto vegan because it’s so cheap. But I did need some shoes that weren’t made of canvas or plastic.”

Granted, as we’ve always said, $250 shoes aren’t really that affordable for most of us. Perhaps it’s no surprise that Té Casan went under with prices like that. Hopefully, Portman will find another outlet to express her vegan designs through. This time, can we shoot for under $100?

via NY MAG

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17 Responses to “Natalie Portman’s Vegan Shoe Line Shown The Door”

  1. Monika, December 6, 2008 at 5:08 am

    I just found your blog through Technorati and I love it! I’ll have to do a post on it sometime soon, to show it off to friends. (-:

    Cheers!

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  2. Vegan Diet Restaurant Menu, December 6, 2008 at 10:23 pm

    This is such a shame! I like to bring her up when mentioning famous vegans and what they’ve done. I do hope she can pick it up again.

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  3. Sally, December 7, 2008 at 1:27 pm

    I’m excited to see what Payless does with their new eco-friendly line. Crossing my fingers for vegan ones!

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  5. greenergirl, December 16, 2008 at 11:06 pm

    I just got 2 pairs of beautiful vegan shoes from Olsen Haus – expensive but they are SO beautifully made they’re worth it

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  6. denise, December 17, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    I’m devastated! I’ve been wanting to buy the black pumps for so long because I don’t have a good pair of work shoes and now that I’ve finally saved up they’re out of business! I’ve searched online to see where might be selling out any remaining shoes but have’t had luck finding the black Poppy pumps.

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  9. Sonia, January 8, 2009 at 11:38 pm

    Ragazzi vegan and Moo Shoes have a decent selection too.

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  10. Richard, March 12, 2009 at 7:34 am

    It looks like the last of Natalie’s vegan shoe line is on clearance and available (until they run out) at http://shoeswithsouls.com/blog/natalie-portman-chooses-vegan-for-oscars.php

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