 by emily hartl |
Styled Out: Tegan and Sara fashion some shoesAs if they couldn’t be cooler, Tegan and Sara are coming at us with yet another smash hit — and this one has nothing to do with music. Our favorite identical Canadian lesbian twins have designed not one, but two pairs of mega-hot sneakers for shoe company Macbeth.
I’m sure the sales won’t mirror the tragedy the fashion fort has been named after. Like a perfect Shakespearian masterpiece, both lesbians and otherwise are going to be all over these. Anyone with a love for happening sneaks is going to snap them up faster than you can utter “this business of art” is fantastic. I was lucky enough to interview Sara a few years ago when the duo designed their first pair of shoes for D.C. and was elated that their trademark jeans-and-quirky-kicks style was finally getting the attention it deserved. Sara was psyched the first time around, and they have to be more than thrilled that their creative talent is once again being maxed out through their second stab at being designers. The two manage to do quite a bit between tirelessly touring and flexing their fashion muscles, and I am yet again wildly impressed.
These particular Macbeths are described as being a high-top designed for girls “translated into a feminine shape.” This is super exciting to me as I was actually on a quest to find a new pair of high-tops this past weekend and was disappointed more than not while trying on kick after pair of kicks. It seems all the styles that I fell in love with were made for men and either were ill fitting or weren’t even carried in my size. Tegan and Sara’s shoes are perfect for joining forces with your favorite hipster skinny jeans or leggings, and who better to help dictate your style than two of the hottest girls on the planet? Sara’s design is white and looks like leather but it’s definitely vegan-friendly pleather since the twins are two of P.E.T.A.’s celebrity spokeswomen. Macbeth is an avid supporter of vegans and frequently teams with musicians to create made-for-feet animal byproduct-free masterpieces. _
(BTW, this PETA picture is pretty much my favorite T&S portrait of all time. It doesn’t get gayer than this, folks.)
Tegan’s pair is made of a grayish-black canvas material. Both are scrawled with their respective first initial, Tegan’s being a bit more abstract than her sister’s but equally hot to trot. I tend to lust after Tegan more than Sara and the same goes for their sneaker designs. Both are awesome but the black just has that edge that I can’t seem to get enough of.
I don’t know about you but “I Can’t Take It.” Will these end up in your “Living Room” after they go on sale Feb. 15? Submitted by on January 21, 2009 - 11:00am. |
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I just bought a pair of
I just bought a pair of shoes 2 weeks ago :/
eek
I would loooove the Sara
Sneakers...
I LOVE sneakers, I honestly never knew about the DC ones otherwise I'd of had a pair... I'll have to ebay or craigs list them later :)
I'll definitely snatch up a pair of both of the Macbeth designs...love it
~The whole world will tell you who you are, until YOU tell the world!
i think i'm gonna have to
i think i'm gonna have to buy one of them at some point!
they're so pretty!
i'm feeling the black ones sliiightly more though
two thumbs up for the songs
two thumbs up for the songs reference in your article, good writing very easy to read, and it shows your enthusiasm.
I MUST have both pairs! I love Macbeth shoes, I recently bought one of their designs and they're so confortable and warm, needless to say my feet are never cold.
I've heard about this shoes for a long time now, but I cant seem to find them, I like both designs, but your right the Tegan is sexier! ( it might be the black)
the DC shoe is already sold out which sucks, since I love that brand too.
hopeful
hopefully ill have my refund check when these come out so i can buy a pair of each.
i have a question..... my little cousins name is nolan and i wanted to get him a pair of macbeth nolans ( they are the same shoe as the tegan and sara shoes with a different design im thinking the black/cement ones ) do you think they would look okay on a little boy?
S: show her your a baller
(long pause)
T: show her your a what?
S: a baller
T: WHAT THE F#CK IS A BALLER
s: i dont have to f#ck it. i just want its sperm
Well Happy Valentine's Day!!!
Yeah I want both, I have to get Tegan's first just because they're black and I know I'll wear them more but I LOOOOOOOVVVVE Sara's too, but I know I can't afford both at the same time:-(
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"I know how I was born and I know that I have no choice. I know it may not show on the color of my skin, but I know it’s in my heart and in my soul."-Sara Quin
Saving...
I think I'll get sara's first though
Yays!
I've been waiting for what feels like forever for these, now we just have to wait for those books... :D
and I'm totally buying Sara's shoes!
Sweeeeeet
macbeth can eat my sneakers
nice
Nolan Hero & Tegan
Check out the site: http://macbeth.com/catalogproduct/nolan
How come the Tegan Studio Project looks exactly like the Nolan Hero?
Anyway, I wanna have both pairs! I can now hear it now:
dyke1: cool shoes!
dyke2: "they're Tegans"
gay1: cool shoes!
dyke1: "they're Saras".
-MJ
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odd
I'll get them just cuz they're by T&S
I love the Sara shoe. These are almost as cute as as Vanessa and Angela Simmons' Pastry shoes, but you know T&S get extra points for being lezzies.
"Anyone with a love for happening sneaks is going to snap them up faster than you can utter “this business of art” is fantastic."
nice one :)
www.velvetparkmagazine.com
Holy Fudgesicles!!!
Am I the only one who thinks
Sara has an aluring quiet and composuer that to me shines just as bright as Tegan's louder persona? I love them both and will get the tegan shoes but i just wanted to put some love out there for Sara, she's my homegirl...or should be.
LOVE YOU T&S!
fuck shoes. fuck style fuck
not gonna lie
those white ones are badass, and i don't normally like white shoes.
i don't see myself buying a pair though because they're bound to cost more than I wanna pay for a pair of tennis shoes.
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wow
I am so excited.
I always liked those neon green shoes but they seemed just a little bit too intense for me to pull off. But these? These I can do.
I'll add to the voices favouring Tegan's, for the simple reason that I just do not like white shoes. I rather find them to be an abomonation. And I'm not a fan of that vinyl-esque material on my shoes. But I'd still consider buying both depending on price. I really do love Tegan's though, I'd buy those shoes even if they had no relation to the Quins.
Hunter Burgan, who worked with the Quins on their last album and is sort of working on a project with Tegan, is apparently the vegan ambassodor for Macbeth and is releasing a shoe with them as well.
HUNTER'S SHOE!!!
Hunter's shoe is SO FUCKING BEAST man!!!! I want them so bad!!!
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"I know how I was born and I know that I have no choice. I know it may not show on the color of my skin, but I know it’s in my heart and in my soul."-Sara Quin
I want their shoes
but I really can't understand why they aren't vegans =(
Portia did it, Ellen did it, come on girls, yes, you can!
desperately wants!
man i want those shoes so bad. i saw them first many months ago but sadly for me there is only one shop in australia that has them, and they sold out! so i plan on going to canada this year and buying them like three times to be prepared for later :D