Sustainable shoes: the brand guide that does not lose sight of

Although sustainability has much to go on the path of popularization, it has more made in clothes than in sustainable shoes: it is usually easier to name firms of the first category than of the footwear industry.And it is still curious, since the nature of the product invites you to make long -term investments;At least, taking into account the current configuration of the industry: despite the changing trend, the shoes are usually renewed more than the shoes.In spiteresponsible consumption, that sustainable shoes brands are more and more settled in the market.Thanks to them, workshops and artisan factories value both manual and proximity work, collaboration with different groups usually relegated to social and economic margins and the implementation of the use of alternative materials that may have a lower environmental impact.All this linked to the maximum transparency, practically an imperative for all these brands with differentiated tours and aesthetics that, however, agree to be redefining (part of) the way of understanding the footwear.

Auprès

Buy: middle heel shoe made in Portugal with Italian sustainable skin (€ 250).

Capitaneada by ângágela Monteir.Working with factories in proximity, Auprès believes in the productions contained, in deconstruction as a mode of growth (they are in full search for more ecological alternatives for all the materials involved in the chain, including vegan skins) and in an aestheticthat drinks from ancient editorials of magazines and French cinema.

Pla

Buy: Handmade yute and cotton shoes (€ 105).

The anchor in Mallorca explains, in large part, the essence defined.That is where Pla, since not only uses natural fibers and fabrics, but works hand in hand with groups of artisan women in Guatemala and Bangladesh, in addition to carpenters and Mallorcan shoemakers.The whole process is explained on the website, remembering that transparency is another requirement of here and now.

VEJA

Buy: V-10 CWL vegan shoes (€ 130).

This is one of the best known brands, but not for that reason does not deserve to be on this list.The wide repertoire of vegan sneakers and the classic design place these shoes almost automatically in one of those long -term investments with which it is difficult to be wrong, but sustainability is not only in this type of footwear: production in Brazil and PeruIt is explained to detail on its website, returning to a transparency exercise that, at the outset, reveals works with cooperatives, fair trade practices and organic certifications.

Arizona Love

Buy: Sandal with recycled cotton bandanas (€ 120).

The firm will be familiar to insiders and if not, the description of its star footwear will place it quickly: it is those Trekky sandals with comfortable sole made in Eva that close with recycled bandans.The approach to the support of the summer spirit firm goes through reuse vintage or recycled fabrics, an idea that has spread to its new category with Fur Deluxe, a company dedicated to recycling existing skins to avoid waste.In that line, they dispense with the shoe boxes to work to "minimize the ecological footprint in the environment".

Vesica Pisces

Buy: vegan corn and recycled fabric shoes (€ 83).

The list of characteristics of this firm is the dream of those who want to buy (or start doing it) in a more responsible and sustainable way: their shoes are vegans, they use recycled materials, thus supporting the circular design, and also certified organic.Recycled cotton is one of its star tissues, but others such as rubber or corn vegetable fibers should not be ignored.Anyone who is chosen must adjust to the criteria of not becoming a waste, thus avoiding the overproduction that affects the fashion industry.Hence, in addition, a Made to Order service also has available.

Beflamboant

Buy: vegan sneakers with wine details (€ 119).

Vegan shoes are the fort of this Galician brand created by Jorge and Tatiantype as) that can generate that acquisition.The transparency section also occupies a privileged place, as well as the reports that fill it and that talk about constant learning.What does not change is the versatile essence of the models, which does not fall into predictable.

Mireia Playà

Buy: vegan black booties produced in Alicante (before, € 145; now € 87).

The initiation of Mireia in veganism was the trigger that made her realize that there was an uncovered market niche: that of off -road shoes that met the sustainability and respect requirements for animals.With designs that almost always include wide heel (despite the fact that flat profiles also have their space), manufacturing is made in Alicante and meets all transparency demands that can be imagined;So much so, that the brand has been assigned to the fashion revolution project of Who Made My Clothes.

Flamingo’s Life

Buy: Sneakers made of corn, bamboo and natural and recycled rubber (€ 140).

Another shoe firm, one of the most explored models in sustainable shoes.At his birth is the desire to transform the fashion industry, so that they transferred all production to Spain, being able to establish contacts with factories with a wide trajectory, located, specifically, in Elche.The novelty?What they manufacture are biodegradable sneakers with materials developed by the company, such as corn, bamboo, hemp, natural rubber and organic cotton.All this has been submitted, like some other brands on this list, to an analysis by the sustainable fashion consultancy BCome, not only to detect axes of change and margins of improvement, but to offer, detailed chips of the sneakers models, which, whichThey follow a retro and slightly minimalist aesthetic.

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