Happy Earth Day! A few weeks ago I was browsing Fab.com and came upon perhaps the coolest shoe company I have ever seen called
Inkkas Shoes. I had never heard of them before and was instantly drawn in by the unique and colorful designs, so I decided to further investigate the company and headed on over to their website. What I found there was so cool and inspiring that I just had to share it with you guys, and I thought Earth Day was the perfect day to share!
As most of you know who have been following my blog for awhile, my degree is in Environmental Policy. As much as I love fashion, I equally love supporting important environmental and social causes that I believe in. When I discover a company that merges those two passions I get pretty seriously excited, and
Inkkas shoes does just that.
All of their shoes are handmade in South America by South Americans
using their colorful traditional textiles. Not only are the shoes made
under the principles of fair trade, but they also donate a portion of
all sales back to nonprofit organizations that help South American
communities. More specifically, a whole 10% of every sale goes to an organization called
Amazon Watch, a nonprofit organization that works to protect the
ecological values of the Amazon rainforest and the communities that live
there.
If you are interested in reading a bit more about about the company and the work they do helping the environment and communities of the Amazon, you can find more information and pictures on
their blog. With warm weather hopefully here to stay in Colorado soon, a pair of these fun and colorful sneakers are on the top of my wish list right now. You can see all of the different
color and print options here, I have been scrolling through them for a few weeks now trying to decide which I like best!
If you do end up checking out
their site, I would love to hear which pair is your favorite! I think mine has to be the "Mango" low tops above, but I would love to get your opinions too! I am picturing them with a simple white sundress and some bangles. I would love to start featuring some more environmentally and socially conscious fashion finds on the blog more often if thats something you guys would be interested in.
Hope you all had a great weekend!
xo Hannah
