It's Gotta Be the Shoes
2. We’ve all heard of stars making lavish requests that drive producers crazy, like requiring the removal of all blue M&M’s from craft services. While Hathaway’s unique needs may have been difficult to procure, there seems to have been some fairly sound reasoning afoot. Hathaway, a long-time vegan, extends her belief system beyond her belly and onto her feet; she requires cruelty free, vegan footwear. (Yes: Vegan footwear.) "She's vegan, so we couldn't use any animal materials on the shoes for her character Fantine. We had to find very specific shoemakers to create lace-up boots and ankle boots. We also did flats that were much more sophisticated," Costume Designer Placido Delgado recently told Footwear News. (Yes: Footwear News.) You can get a sense of what a great job Delgado did in the trailer above, right down to Fantine’s authentic, yet cruelty free, shoes.
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