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	<title>The Vegan Shoe Lady</title>
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	<description>The co-owner of Southern California's premier vegan shoe store talks about style, veganism, animals, the planet, and ethics.</description>
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		<title>Fur is for Beautiful Animals and Scary Hookers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you give a damn about ethics, you&#8217;ve already wondered why the hell it&#8217;s no longer taboo (enough) to do something as disgusting as wearing fur. This article from Sunday&#8217;s edition of The Guardian, which includes quotes from people who profit from the sale of fur and from PETA co-founder Ingrid Newkirk, definitely merits reading.
(I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=veganshoelady.wordpress.com&blog=4706701&post=440&subd=veganshoelady&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://veganshoelady.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/fur-is-for-beautiful-animals-and-scary-hookers/</link>
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		<title>Bridal Fittings 101</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now why would a blog about running a vegan shoe shop run an entry on gown-fitting etiquette?
I started this blog to share my knowledge of vegan fashion (and of what it&#8217;s really like to run a niche business) with the world. But, there&#8217;s a lot more to me than waxing poetic over Beyond Skin&#8217;s spring/summer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=veganshoelady.wordpress.com&blog=4706701&post=435&subd=veganshoelady&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://veganshoelady.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/bridal-fittings-101/</link>
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		<title>Fur Production is Cruel to People, Too</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Flipping through the new VegNews yesterday, I came across Rory Freedman&#8217;s brief retelling of a confrontation with a callous, nasty fur-wearer. In typical fashion, the perpetrator made it exceptionally clear that she didn&#8217;t give a flying fudge about the living beings who suffered brutish lives and extremely painful deaths to become part of a coat.
This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=veganshoelady.wordpress.com&blog=4706701&post=430&subd=veganshoelady&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://veganshoelady.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/fur-production-is-cruel-to-people-too/</link>
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		<title>The Trouble with Greening Your Furniture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even if you aren&#8217;t planning to re-decorate your home anytime soon, do take a minute to read The Truth About Green Upholstery, an Apartment Therapy Re-Nest guest post by furniture maker Matthew Haly. Frankly, it&#8217;s a rather depressing article, but a very honest look at an industry that isn&#8217;t exactly motivated to green its products [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=veganshoelady.wordpress.com&blog=4706701&post=423&subd=veganshoelady&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://veganshoelady.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/the-trouble-with-greening-your-furniture/</link>
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		<title>You Can Lead Horses to Water&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Actual conversation between myself and a customer (last Friday):
Customer: Hi, do you have any vegan TOMS shoes?
Me: Yes, they&#8217;re right over here.
Customer (visibly upset): Are these ALL the colors you have?
Me: This is what was available to us, yes.
Customer (agitated): Don&#8217;t they make ANY vegan slip-ons in plain black?
Me: Not at the moment. The only [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=veganshoelady.wordpress.com&blog=4706701&post=420&subd=veganshoelady&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://veganshoelady.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/you-can-lead-horses-to-water/</link>
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		<title>Stella on Fashion and Ethics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t read today&#8217;s Guardian interview with Stella McCartney, you&#8217;re missing out.
Anyone who even thinks they might want to work in fashion really, really needs to read the article. Especially those who think they might want to hang on to their sense of ethics.
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		<link>http://veganshoelady.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/stella-on-fashion-and-ethics/</link>
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		<title>Advice for Would-Be Vegan Designers, Part 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of the knowledge and skill that are necessary for a successful design career come from education and hands-on training. Trust me on that.
But, reading a book never hurts. Here are my recommendations for aspiring designers:
Technical books. Reviewing a learned skill is never a bad idea, and may help you understand why your pattern maker [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=veganshoelady.wordpress.com&blog=4706701&post=413&subd=veganshoelady&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://veganshoelady.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/advice-for-would-be-vegan-designers-part-6/</link>
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		<title>Advice for Would-Be Vegan Designers, Part 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s lesson is an easy one: all I will ask you to do is read this entry, Netflix a few films and TV shows, and watch them as they arrive. (It couldn&#8217;t hurt to take notes and do some sketches while watching, but you hopefully already know this.)
Let&#8217;s start with the most important flicks, shall [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=veganshoelady.wordpress.com&blog=4706701&post=400&subd=veganshoelady&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://veganshoelady.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/advice-for-would-be-vegan-designers-part-5/</link>
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		<title>Spread the Word: Operation Beautiful</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At 28, I&#8217;m still not used to liking what I see in the mirror.
As a little girl, I hated my boring brown hair and thought my eyes were too gray.
I resented having to get my first bra at age 9.
In one year (seventh grade), I went from a size 6 to a 12 and from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=veganshoelady.wordpress.com&blog=4706701&post=396&subd=veganshoelady&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://veganshoelady.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/spread-the-word-operation-beautiful/</link>
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		<title>Emma Watson: The Newest Face of Ethical Fashion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I make no secret of my exasperation with certain celebrities who have no talent, no taste, and zero design skills, yet are inexplicably taken seriously as fashion designers when they decide being rich and famous isn&#8217;t enough. I&#8217;ve gone over the subject enough times that I really, really don&#8217;t feel like rehashing it all again [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=veganshoelady.wordpress.com&blog=4706701&post=389&subd=veganshoelady&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://veganshoelady.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/emma-watson-voice-of-ethical-fashion/</link>
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