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"If you&amp;#x27;re looking for a gift that gives back this holiday season (or, hint hint, your boyfriend is!), then let us introduce you to the completely splurge-worthy and totally to-die-for Christian Louboutin &amp;quot;Peace of Shoe,&amp;quot; with 100% of the proceeds benefitting microfinance in poor countries. When Mr. Louboutin read Creating a World Without Poverty, an influential book by economics professor and Grameen Bank founder Muhammed Yunus, he became inspired by the volume&amp;#x27;s ideals and decided to design a shoe to benefit the world&amp;#x27;s poorest people. The result is &amp;quot;Peace of Shoe,&amp;quot; a classic satin peep-toe platform that&amp;#x27;s hand-stitched and ribbon-trimmed. Only 33 pairs have been produced, and each is numbered and signed by the designer. And while the $1,495 price tag is certainly eye-opening (and, let&amp;#x27;s face it, more than most people will spend on shoes in a lifetime!), it&amp;#x27;s a splurge to be made in good conscience--100% of the shoe&amp;#x27;s proceeds will benefit microfinance via the Grameen Foundation, which provides poor people in remote areas small loans to start businesses and eventually support themselves. Sign up for our style newsletter and get the best of our fashion blog, delivered straight to your inbox! The shoes--above--will debut this month at the Los Angeles and Miami Louboutin boutiques, and will come in champagne, lavender, and hot pink. Hey, if you&amp;#x27;re going to be extravagant about your shoes this season, you might as well make a difference while doing it, right? What do you ladies think of the &amp;quot;Peace of Shoe&amp;quot;? Isn&amp;#x27;t it gorgeous? Would you wear &amp;#x27;em? Are any of you giving gifts with a charity angle this holiday season? Discuss! PLUS... - Meet the young Afghan woman who&amp;#x27;s changing the world one pair of shoes at a time AND! - Christian Louboutin&amp;#x27;s Maralena named the official &amp;quot;Sexiest Shoe of the Year&amp;quot; Want more breaking news from the fashion world? Follow STF on Twitter! Latest Tweets!Follow us on Twitter!jQuery(&amp;quot;.blog-tweets&amp;quot;).tweet({username:[&amp;quot;glamour_fashion&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;cindi_leive&amp;quot;], count: 3}); "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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