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Socially responsible shoes

8/16/2006 2:55PM by Anne Metz

When you're out shoe shopping, things like 'ethics' and 'moral responsibility' are probably the last thing on your mind. But, that doesn't mean that they should be -- after all, the shoe industry, while I love, love, love it, has a somewhat shady side. Sweatshop labor, factory farms, tanneries, toxic glue -- it seems that the business of pretty shoes is not exactly pretty.

Charmone shoes is a company that combines social consciousness with style. Instead of leather and suede, Charmone's shoe designers use microfiber; instead of toxic glues, they utilize water-based adhesives. And with a production process that involves no sweat shop labor or nasty PVC, you can sleep easy at night knowing that your pumps are socially responsible.

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