No shock to any of our regular readers is the rather obvious truth that I like shoes. That is beyond the actual ‘shoes I’d like to wear’ and into the land of ‘If I had an unlimited budget I’d consider opening a shoe-museum’. You will discover simply too numerous love-them or hate-them… nevertheless normally interesting-to-look-at footwear being created for me to own (let alone put on) even a fraction of your designs that pique my interest.
On an additional significant note, on researching the source of the Mongolian fur trim of these shoes (most likely lambswool from nomadic Mongolian flocks) I encountered several articles devoted to last year’s tragic Mongolian winter; a winter so severe that close to 8 million herd animals died. This has left several nomadic herders struggling to survive with individuals few herd animals that remain. Selling their goat cashmere, lambswool and other herd skins is primarily important to individuals now barely surviving this devastating event. That is a case where designer items are Lanvin python and Mongolian fur pumps $1990 via Net-a-porter.
There is much more likely to become directly sourced from smaller communities and suppliers. I certainly hope that is the case with considerably of your Mongolian fur that is definitely coming onto the market suitable now. It might seem such as the fur fringe is just a foolish luxury. Occasionally, these small details that are we experienced as ‘mere luxuries’ have a real and positive trickle-down impact in other areas with the world.
I’d also like to ask that if any of our readers encounter more information on this topic – from which fashion houses are using/supporting micro-economies to companies that may possibly be taking undue advantage in the situation to share it with us here. I like to know a lot more about the background events that may perhaps be occurring underneath the additional obvious surface trends that we see at retail – this type of information can really help these of us who wish to arm ourselves with all the knowledge to make informed and ethical consumer decisions.
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