VANITY magazine is featuring soleRebels Posted on 11 Jun 12:31
The current issue of VANITY magazine in Japan is featuring two very hot soleRebels styles on page 3.
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Footwear News features soleRebels on the Cover Posted on 11 Jun 12:29
FOOTWEAR NEWS is featuring soleRebels and our easyRIDIN pureLOVE evolution on the COVER this month!
Hand crafted from our famed 100% artisan spun+loomed+dyed AbyssinianPure™ cottons, the style is cool + comfy +eco-hip.
And it's all produced by the world's 1st IFAT/WFTO fair trade company so you can feel as good as you LOOk!
What more could you ask from your sandals...
Green LA Girl: Casual green shoes with a fair trade cause Posted on 11 Jun 12:23
LA eco fashion guru Siel Ju just published a great piece that NAILED home the important role soleRebels plays as a social enterprise ORIGINATED AND RUN by persons from an emerging/developing nation.
Her piece emphasizes that BY OURSELVES we can create Our own economic successes THROUGH creating a brand that has world class footwear PRODUCTS that everyone can enjoy. Read the full article here: soleRebels: Casual green shoes with a fair trade cause
The Guardian: Best foot forward Posted on 11 Jun 12:19
The Guardian's amazing + talented Africa correspondent Xan Rice has written a great feature on soleRebels!
See the full article here: soleRebels offers inspiration to Africans by thriving in global market
Marie Claire Greece: African Fashion and soleRebels Posted on 11 Jun 12:16
The Easter issue of MARIE CLAIRE GREECE magazine has a page dedicated to African fashion and a big part of it is about SoleRebels.
.........soleRebels reuses recycled and artisan crafted materials to crate wildly cool shoes and sandals . crafted in their small village located near addis ababa in Ethiopia, soleRebels are available worldwide.....
Contagious Magazine: Small but perfectly formed companies Posted on 11 Jun 12:07
Contagious Magazine in the UK has just featured us as part of their ongoing series on small but perfectly formed companies
‘We saw that footwear was an excellent platform to begin to share many of the indigenous ecosensible craft heritages and artisan talents that we have here in Ethiopia. We aimed to create something that was authentically local but had truly universal flavour.’
Courrier: Des chaussures en pneu pour partir du bon pied Posted on 11 Jun 12:05
Courrier International featured this article on soleRebels, Des chaussures en pneu pour partir du bon pied
World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick visits soleRebels Posted on 11 Jun 12:02
We were honored when World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick visited soleRebels this month and hailed Bethlehem as exemplary social entrepreneur who is helping Ethiopia and other African nations overcome the effects of the global financial crisis.
Read more about Robert Zoellick's visit at the following link: Africa: Fighting the Global Economic Crisis through Private Enterprise, Innovation and Integration
Mr Zoellick is not only the worlds top banker, he also makes some pretty funny jokes!
and Mr Zoellick is a HANDS ON kind of banker, who enjoys getting down to details-even if those details are the old tires we recycle into the COOLEST soles on the planet!
The Economic Times: soleRebels: Africa's Answer to Nike Posted on 11 Jun 12:01
Our ambition to continue to nurture soleRebels into a market leading global footwear brand, a deeply important first for a developing world country like Ethiopia, and a feat which holds the seeds of greater shared prosperity here, is now a GLOBAL IDEA.....
Read the full article at The Economic Times: soleRebels: Africa's Answer to Nike
The Toronto Star: Good soles flourish in Ethiopia Posted on 11 Jun 11:58
Canada’s largest daily newspaper The Toronto Star , and their fashion reporter Erin Kobayashi just featured soleRebels!
Click here to read the article: Good soles flourish in Ethiopia