VEJA Women V-10 Bastille CWL Sneakers - White, Petale & Black

style:

VX071975

the brand story:

VEJA is brazilian for "look", and inspires us to look beyond the sneaker, looking instead at how they're made.

Refusing to choose between design and social responsibility, VEJA was founded in 2005 by deciding that this iconic symbol (the sneaker) was the ideal product to bring to light major issues of globalization like production, dissemination, and usage. Taking nothing for granted, the VEJA team started from scratch with the simple goal of making sneakers that will stand the test of time.

VEJA engages in fair trade as a means of restoring balance in global trade, while the shoes are made in factories that respect workers' rights. It means they pre-finance raw material harvests as much as 40%! What sets VEJA apart is working directly with organic cotton producers thus cutting out the middleman, buying their cotton at a market-decorrelated price and that the wild rubber harvested by the seringueiros, the rubber tappers, utilise technology that serves the interests of the Amazon Rainforest. 

"A pair of VEJA costs 5 to 7 times as much to produce, but since there are no advertising costs, they are sold for the same price. Instead of relying on marketing hype to have an impact, we'd rather rely on collective intelligence."

shop your values:

• Sustainably sourced materials
• Ethically made and transparent manufacturing
• Fabric dyes meet European REACH standards
• No PVC
• B Corporation Certified 
• GOTS certified organic cotton
• Fair Trade
• Vegan friendly

features:

• White sneaker with pink petale 'V' logo and black heel detail
• Off-white colour sole
• Smooth leather-look upper
• Flat, unpadded tongue
• Organic cotton laces
• Seven lace eyelets
• Recycled polyester and organic cotton jersey lining
• Biodegradable fabric upper is made from organic cotton and bio-sourced PU, a waste product from the food industry
• C.W.L. is a corn-waste-based vegan alternative to go beyond leather
• Grippy rubber sole is made from wild rubber selectively and sustainably sourced from the Amazon Rainforest
• European sizing
• This style runs small; size up if you are in between sizes

fabric content: 

Corn Waste Laminate PU 'Leather' (50% polyurethane), Organic Cotton, Recycled Polyester, Wild and Synthetic Rubber.

sizing:

end of life:

When an item has reached the end of its life and can no longer be worn, mended, swapped, gifted, donated or upcycled, we recommend consulting your local council to find your nearest textile recycling scheme.  

Shoe upper is biodegradable and can be returned to the earth.

All VEJA sneakers boxes are made out of recycled cardboard. They do not contain glue and limit the use of ink, thus recyclable.

CWL fabric is made in Italy with the shoe being constructed in Brazil.

Browse our other Vegan friendly VEJA's here.