Really Thick Skinned

By Izzy

Should you ever need to cross the Alps a la Hannibal, here is a weird but rare pair of elephant-skin shoes from Johnston & Murphy. Alas, they don’t come in jumbo size.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 at 11:57 am by Izzy and is filed under Men's Fashion, Shoes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Share This

3 Responses to “Really Thick Skinned”

Greg Says:
February 7th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Is trade in elephant skin legal? I’m pretty sure it’s not…
Nordic Says:
February 8th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
I would hope trade in elephant hides is legal - elephant cowboy boots are not at all uncommon. They were quite popular in the late ’80s.
Greg Says:
February 10th, 2007 at 5:39 am
Some googling reveals that trade in elephant hide was made illegal in 1989, by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), but became legal again in 1997, when the status of elephants under the treaty was changed. link