Nina Dolcetti- Gorgeous Upcycled Shoe Heaven!

By Lorna

Ouhhhhh pretty! ...Yes thoses were my first thoughts when I saw these shoes too!

Welcome fellow Eco Goddesses to the beautiful world of Nina Dolcetti shoes! One thing the eco market is relatively short of is beautiful ethical shoes so I was really excited to stumble across this collection made from entirely reclaimed materials!

Designer Elisalex Grunfeld de Castro graduated from world-renowned footwear design college- Cordwainers in 2005 and launched her high end luxury show label Nina Dolcetti at the Estethica exhibition at London Fashion Week in 2008. Her collection of unique handmade shoes creates the perfect synergy between conscious attitude and avant garde elegant fashion.

Each carefully crafted shoe is designed and constructed to re-use off-cuts and use unwanted pre-consumer waste. This reduces waste within the fashion industry and avoids the environmentally unfriendly effects of leather tanning. Each pair is handmade in a small family run factory in East London.

These shoes are so beautiful, both in their design and their ethics. As a designer if you love what you do, I believe it comes across in what you design and produce. Now, this may be a romanticized image but I feel like you can really see the love that went into designing and making these shoes and who knows, maybe when you wear them you can feel it too! 

Nina Dolcetti shoes are available from www.ninadolcetti.com

Facts: Fab eco friendly shoes, Nina Dolcetti heels, recycled, handmade in the UK