Chipkos World's Most Expensive Flip Flops that Save the Planet




Chipkos Announces David Palmer Chipkos - World's Most Expensive Flip Flops

This one-of-a-kind collector's piece is hand painted by renowned Los Angeles contemporary artist, David Palmer. This pair of sandal's has been deemed the "World's Most Expensive Pair of Flips Flops."

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With the purchase of these sandals, Chipkos will protect 100,000 square feet of rain forest land.

"This piece represents a unique opportunity for a philanthropist to support a major initiative to conserve endangered rain forest land in Costa Rica," says Norm Gershenz, Executive Director of SaveNature.Org.

"your money won't be spent in vain: as part of the company's Stand for Square Feet campaign, you will be preserving 100,000 square feet of endangered Costa Rican rainforest" - Time Magazine

"World's most expensive flip flop helps to save rain forest... Even though the price is shocking there is a valid explanation." - Wall Street Journal

"Here Are the World's Most Expensive Flip-Flops - Presumably, you're supposed to hang these on your wall instead of shuffling home from the nail salon in them." - Ny Magazine

"But there's a worthy cause associated with the high cost: For every pair sold, Chipkos will protect 100,000 square feet of rainforest land." - AOL Stylist

"Despite the extreme price, there is a method behind the shoemaker's madness: With every purchase, Chipkos will adopt 100,000 square feet of endangered rainforest in Costa Rica." - Ecoturre

"By buying the shoes, Chipko pledges to adopt 100,000 square feet of rainforest "for the protection and preservation of land, species and natural resources." - ABC News

"the really swanky way to "save the rainforest" without leaving the lap of luxury" - TreeHugger

"For those discerning art lovers, these collectors' edition shoes come with some philosophical weight, too. " - Daily Mail

"It's Art, Not Footwear " - AOL Daily Finance

"...like Rosenquist, Lichtenstein, and others over the past half-century who have painted the visual racket of a consumer society, Palmer manifests not so much a love-hate relationship with the modern condition of image assault as an awe at its immensity and the thoroughness of its presence in our consciousness." - Peter Frank

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