In talking about her new vegan shoe line, Natalie Portman reveals she often shops at Target to find vegan shoes:

"Basically, I [launched the line] out of a lack of choice. Stella McCartney does great shoes, but they’re expensive and very fashiony. I wanted a mary-jane shoe without leather. I’ve been getting stuff from Target, which is de facto vegan because it’s so cheap. But I did need some shoes that weren’t made of canvas or plastic."

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Apparently, the cheaper the shoe, the more likely to be vegan? Is this just an easy way out (not leather = vegan?), or have others found that Target is a good place for legit vegan shoes/other items?

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