Remember the Black Spot Sneaker, those Adbusters people's attempt to take on the Nikes of this world at their own game, by producing shoes similar to the coolsie hipster footwear advertised in VICE and such only without the economic brutality involved? Well, they've now started production; they're using a unionised, family-run shoe factory in Portugal, and 100% vegan, organic hemp from Romania. Which should make for the ultimate pair of right-on sneakers for cruelty-free hipsters; what they look like, however, is as yet unknown; as is how much it'll cost to make them with decently-paid EU-based labour. (The site has what appears to be a modified Converse All-Star shoe displayed.)

Posted by: Ed | http://asseptic.org/blog/ | Wed Jul 28 14:41:25 2004

It looks like a Sanjo trainer (a Portuguese brand from the 70s and 80s that disappeared). I wonder if they reactivated that factory.

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