1:01 pm - 12/19/2012
When Anne Hathaway took to the red carpet in a fab pair of faux leather Tom Ford knee-high gladiator sandals for the New York premiere of Les Misérables last week, it was the first time many of us had ever heard of vegan footwear.
But as it turns out, the hard-core vegan has been rocking custom-made cruelty-free kicks for quite some time. In fact, when filming the Golden Globe-nominated flick, Hathaway made sure all of her character's shoes were vegan-friendly, too.
"We had to find very specific shoemakers to create lace-up boots and ankle boots," costume designer Paco Delgado told Footwear News. "We also did flats that were much more sophisticated."
While it's a stretch to say leather-free footwear was of much importance to Hathaway's Fantine character (you know, because she was trying to avoid living on the streets), it's clear the matter is very much a priority for the actress, who also stepped out in Casadei red satin vegan platform pumps for a recent appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.
And while her fancy footwear may be a little extreme for most, there's no doubt that cruelty-free is always chic.
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Anne Hathaway Required Custom-Made Vegan Shoes for Her Les Misérables Character
When Anne Hathaway took to the red carpet in a fab pair of faux leather Tom Ford knee-high gladiator sandals for the New York premiere of Les Misérables last week, it was the first time many of us had ever heard of vegan footwear.
But as it turns out, the hard-core vegan has been rocking custom-made cruelty-free kicks for quite some time. In fact, when filming the Golden Globe-nominated flick, Hathaway made sure all of her character's shoes were vegan-friendly, too.
"We had to find very specific shoemakers to create lace-up boots and ankle boots," costume designer Paco Delgado told Footwear News. "We also did flats that were much more sophisticated."
While it's a stretch to say leather-free footwear was of much importance to Hathaway's Fantine character (you know, because she was trying to avoid living on the streets), it's clear the matter is very much a priority for the actress, who also stepped out in Casadei red satin vegan platform pumps for a recent appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.
And while her fancy footwear may be a little extreme for most, there's no doubt that cruelty-free is always chic.
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i've told this story on ontd before, but what the hell, i'll tell it again because it makes me giggle: my bff was interviewing for med school residency positions, and one of the schools she interviewed at was harvard. they had the following exchange:
interviewer: so, what have you heard is harvard's greatest weakness?
friend: well, i heard that [blah blah blah].
interviewer: oh, well, let me tell you why that actually isn't a weakness at all...[blah blah blah].
friend: okay...so then what would YOU say is harvard's greatest weakness?
interviewer: *taken aback* i would say that there aren't any! when i was accepted to harvard, it was the greatest day of my life!
friend: ...
she ended up not putting it down as one of her matches lol.
And, now that's she's a household name, she can request certain things, like those shoes
They were going to spend thousands having special fancy shoes and costumes made for her anyway, so who gives a fuq?