The footwear brand is reinventing
traditional footwear, by putting a modern
twist on classic styles, like the brogue.
Most shoes on their website are simple
and sleek with an asymmetrical design
that would jazz up any outfit.
The brand promises an animal-free
shoe made with the most sustainable
products possible. Many animal free
products use PVC as an alternative to
leather, while this has the desired look of
leather, it isn't great for the environment.
The company is constantly working to
improve their materials and accept their
sustainable responsibility as a contributor
to consumerism.
Bourgeois Boheme is a relatively small
business, their production takes place
in three handpicked factories in São
João da Madeira, Portugal, with the use
of traditional techniques. The company
regularly visit their factories, in order to
integrate with their workers and to make
sure that they are working in a safe and
healthy environment.
So if your leather shoes are failing you
and wish to contribute to the sustainable
and ethical revolution that is happening…
consider Bourgeois Boheme, we guarantee
you'll walk out with a cleaner conscious.
GUESTLIST
2018 / ISSUE 110
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FASHION
BOURGEOIS BOHEME: THE
ETHICAL STEP FORWARD
Alicia Lai founded her London-based vegan footwear
brand, Bourgeois Boheme in 2005. Before starting her
business, Lai was a podiatrist and a proud vegan, the
perfect ingredients for a vegan footwear entrepreneur at
the time.
