Veja

Top choice in Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville


Living proof that Parisian fashionistas are increasingly green: every Saturday and Sunday huge queues snake outside this 2019-opened store, much-loved for its ecofriendly, unisex trainers (sneakers) and plastic-free running shoes – all made in Brazil and crafted from organic raw materials (cotton, rubber, recycled polyester fabrics etc), hence their sustainable '100% vegan' unique selling point.

Global brand Veja, whose name means 'look' in Brazilian, was founded by French entrepreneurs Sébastien Kopp and François Ghislain Morilion in 2004.


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