This is certainly a photo with odd angles to it. It makes her look like she has t-rex arms, and I'm pretty sure in real life she is not rocking dinosaur limbs.

@Hamsterpants: That made my afternoon.

I'm pretty sure there's some bad Photoshop going on here, because there's now ay she can look that out of proportion.

They work on her.

I want to make pillow out of her scarf!

Oooh, also, look in the back - there's a no-face suit dude! Like that thing that dances with Mia Sara in "Legend" when she goes over to the dark side with Tim Curry!

I do not agree with "puffs" on anything that adult women wear... in my humble opinion that is for the Hannah Montana crowd.

(Though I do have a MAJOR girl crush on Natalie)

@NefariousNewt: you talking bout her head? Cuz if so, it's no photoshop of horrors. She does have a very large head.

Aside from that, I don't think I'm down with poof balls on my feet. Never tried it, but it just seems very 'kids-plastic-dress-up-heels' to me.

Can someone explain to me what "vegan" shoes are? Can I dip them in hummus? If I'm stuck on a desert island, could I survive on them for a few days until I get saved? Are there vegan shoe trees somewhere? I don't understand!

I love her. She's so pretty!

Though this seems to be an odd angle that makes her look like a bobbly head doll.

@frecklefacefreak: @NefariousNewt: yeah, but there's also something about the scarf...kind of like the badly photoshopped peen pictures where the guy is holding "his" junk and the hand acts as a transition between real and fake.

Adorable - love the puffs, love the scarf, love the 'do, love the saucy smile.

are they still considered cruelty-free if they make me wince? i think without the poofs they would be hot.

@misssgolightly: "vegan" shoes are shoes that do not have leather or wool. it's harder to find them than one would think. but yeah, basically, it means no animal products. and no, they are not tasty in hummus.

@Hamsterpants: Fucking hell now I'm going to have some seriously terrifying nightmares. It'll be me, with Natalie's complexion (shut up, it's my dream), being seduced into satanically-awful interior décor while awaiting Tom Cruise to arrive and bore me into an early death. Thank you, Ms. pants, for ruining my sleep.

@and Begorrah: Heh. Now with 50% more Xenu-commanded freakshow elves and dead unicorns. You're welcome!

@andromache: What confuses me about special vegan shoe lines, is that I'll see (admittedly cheap) shoes all the time that say "all man made materials." how are those bad?

I do love a good t-strap, but I'm not sure about the puff.

I love trying to figure out where the Snap Judgement takes place before reading the location at the bottom.

Dark, dirty, sidewalk...NY!

@brechtgirl: ahh herein lies the mystery! for my meager grad-school budget, if i need pretty shoes, i'm all over DSW. i can find Chinese Laundry shoes that are all man-made materials, they fit me, and they are way inexpensive. the brands that market themselves as "vegan" are trying to fleece you. they want your money. at least, that's how i see it. also i dig Asics sneaks for every day city-schlepping; the entire company is not "vegan" because they do have shoes with leather, but the models that i wear are all man-made materials, and they are the comfiest footwear i've ever had. anyway, if i had an extra several thousand dollars in my monthly budget, i'd totally splurge on like stella mccartney "vegan" shoes, but as a vegan i am content with shoes as long as there is no leather or wool. i hope that helps!

@brechtgirl: because vegan people want something high end? uh, not me though. payless plz.

@brechtgirl: They're not bad, from a veggie standpoint. But most of them, as you say, are cheap and fall apart. (Exhibit A: the shoes I'm wearing right now. Exhibits B-...: many many shoes in my closet.) I assume the higher-priced vegan shoes are made from longer-lasting man made materials and are better constructed. They BETTER be, at least, considering the prices on your shoes, Natalie and Stella. Do you know how many chunky Mary Janes I can get at Hot Topic for that?? You won't even make chunky Mary Janes for me, sniffle sniffle.

I have an irrational hatred of her scarf. I think it is because of this chick I end up on the train with every other morning. She always has the sourest look on her face and tends to talk on her cell phone whilst smacking people with shopping bags (ok, that happened once) and she wears a scarf like this in a puke green.

Wow I really dislike that girl based on very little. Ah well.

The shoes are cute except for the puff, and I don't think she looks out of proportion at all. She's totally gorgeous, and I second the girl-crush.

Third the girl crush, and want the shoes, puff and all.

@Hamsterpants: Jurassic Park 4: Virtual Photoshop Actress Destroys L.A.

I sort of love the puff and would rock the hell out of it.

I don't do so well in man-made shoes, though. Leather breathes.

The term "vegan shoes" cracks me up. It conjures images of a hungry shoe munching on carrot sticks and tofu.

Also: I love the shoes. I wonder if the pom-poms are as soft and fuzzy to the touch as they look like they are?

@kansasgirl: I thought of them as having more of a koosh ball texture.

nat and i are wearing the same nail polish today! im so trendy. muahahaha.

@Hamsterpants: well. I know what to expect in my dreams/nightmares tonight. faceless dude and probably a hamster in pants.

Natalie was gifted those shoes by the Hasty Pudding Lollipop Guild for being a Propah Supahstah.

That said, there is some science (science!) somewhere that says that people that are famous tend to have bigger heads.

(Secondary meaning there.)

True story. No thetans added.

@ElleL: With great respect, you are "on trend."

"Trendy" will get you labeled a fashion victim by the MeanGirls.

"On trend", by contrast, will get you Fashion Week tickets! See the difference?

I adore Natalie. Smart, stylish without being a fashion victim, compassionate, active in causes dear to her, takes no prisoners and is unapologetic for who she is and the choices she makes.

I also love her scarf.

OK, I get vegan shoes...but yeah, what's with the prohibitive cost? That money isn't going to, say, saving baby cows, is it?

Buy Simple Shoes instead...made entirely out of recycled materials.

No, I am not shilling. I just saw 'em this weekend, and color me still impressed.

Vegan = a way of living that seeks to exclude, as far as is possible and practical, all forms of exploitation of animals for food, clothing or any other purpose. That's from Donald Watson, who coined the term.

I love Portman. She's talented and smart. And not a vegan.

she has a big head and tiny, tiny feet!!

I'm just jealous because I have a tiny head and big feet. it sucks!! Why can't I just be in proportion?

I can't wear shoes made from man-made materials beacuse they hurt my giant feet!

But I WAS a vegetarian for 10 years so I guess I saved SOME animals.

p.s. I also have a crush on Natalie and she is in my top 3 of girls I would turn lesbian for (even with her tiny feet)

I'm not typically bowled over by her, but I'm glad she and I are rocking the same kind-of-funny hair length. I love the poufs!

@spryte: all man made materials is not the same as vegan. The glue, for example, could contain animal derivatives (they really do use much of the animal in industrial processing; it's just not necessarily all eaten).

Also, in many cases "vegan shoes" and "all man made materials" also a substitute phrase for PVC (aka polyvinyl chloride) one of the most toxic massed produced substances around that is harmful to human and animal life at every stage of its "life cycle" - production, use, and destruction. Like all plastic it never biodegrades, and unlike water bottles, for example, it can't be recycled. It's EVIL.

But whatever, as a plastic avoiding omnivore who believes that vegan shoes which are often made from plastic are not exactly cruelty free if they wind up choking marine life, I'm never buying one of Ms. Portman's shoes anyway. Also the ones she's currently wearing...ugly. The pom pom is better suited to a five year old's pigtails than a grown woman's shoes.

Leather gets a bad wrap because of the heavy metals that are often involved in its processing, but not only are they not necessary at least they're natural and nature has a way of breaking them down. The same can't be said for plastics.

Those shoes may be kind to animals, but they're killing me.

Pompoms notwithstanding, I bet her feet are cold.

@It'stheRooo: The Pudding eh? Hi Harvard ;)

@Immolator: "And not a vegan. "

Uh, ya she is.

@thatsspinach: Actually, uh, she's a vegetarian.

@Immolator: Vegan.

Probs cruelty free fur- DUHHH...

@thatsspinach: Yea!