Not only will these sandals transform infinitely with your choice of straps looping through holes on the soles, but they're also helping young women of Uganda move ahead in the world. Sseko Designs hires a group of graduates for the customary Ugandan 9-month break between secondary school and university. This allows them to earn the funds to learn more, so they can stop making sandals, and go on to become doctors, lawyers, politicians, designers.... as infinitely many choices as there are ways to wear the shoes.

Two dudes who happen to be experts at snowboard boots and wetsuits, put their knowledge into superior sandal making. Oh, and for every pair they sell, they provide one impoverished individual with clean drinking water for an entire year.

Elizabeth Olsen (nope, different one. Niether MK&A nor James related) makes 100% vegan shoes that look refreshingly not "vegan". She uses the word in its basic form - to convey its animal-free mentality. Not in that typically crunchy way.

As you can see by the diagram above, these sandals are thoughtfully developed for your comfort. They also save 100 square feet of rainforest for every pair you purchase.

Like the Sseko sandals, these too transform infinitely, only with a wedge. They also work with a non-profit social enterprise in India, Jhoole, which garners women fair wages to make the straps that string the sandals together. They can, in turn, send their children to school, and raise communities out of poverty.

All photos from Fabsugar and Harper’s Bazaar.

Lake Bell, director Katie Aselton and Kate Bosworth

Rashida Jones

Christina Hendricks

Rebecca Hall at "Lay the Favorite" afterparty

Lizzy Caplan and Kirsten Dunst at BCDF Sundance Cocktail Party

Elizabeth Olsen at the "Red Lights" premiere

Kate Bosworth

Liv Tyler and Elizabeth Olsen

Jamie Chung

Emma Roberts at Tao

Liv Tyler in Givenchy at at the "Robot and Frank" premiere

Elizabeth Olsen at the "Liberal Arts" premiere

Malin Akerman at Tao

Taylor Swift at the "Ethel" premiere

Emily Blunt at "Your Sister's Sister" premiere

Lake Bell at the "Black Rock" premiere

Kate Bosworth in Antonio Berardi at the "Black Rock" premiere

Kristen Bell in Lela Rose at the Self Magazine cocktail party

Emma Roberts in Topshop at the "Celeste and Jesse Forever" premiere

Rashida Jones in a Theyskens' Theory blazer at the "Celeste and Jesse Forever" premiere

Kirsten Dunst at the "Bachelorette" premiere

Kate Bosworth

TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 10: Actress Elizabeth Olsen attends Fox Searchlight Pictures, Belvedere Vodka And Vanity Fair Celebrate "Martha Marcy May Marlene" And "The Descendants" during TIFF at Thompson Hotel on September 10, 2011 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Toby Canham/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

Olsen cherished meeting Pfeiffer, whom she claims was “one of the reasons I wanted to become an actor.”  While Wood remembered brandishing a jump rope as a whip pretending to be Catwoman, like every little girl — or sexually-confused little boy — did after seeing Pfeiffer claw up the screen in Batman Returns.

Pinto, meanwhile, gushed over a crushed velvet-wearing Streisand: “I can’t believe you are right here in front of me. You’re not only a legend in Hollywood, but literally all over the world. I can say that because I come from India.” Streisand wasn’t short on praise — she never is, if everyone knows what’s good for them. Bigelow, the first woman to win a Best Directing Oscar, praised Babs as “somebody who has mastered virtually every art form imaginable: directing, acting, composing, singing, producing, writing.”

The legend, however, was quick to point out that out of the 250 films released last year, women directed only 7 percent and wrote only 10 percent. Aside from the glass ceiling behind the camera, Viola Davis emphasized diversity in front of it — or lack thereof.  “You don’t always love what you do,” she said during her speech, “but what keeps me in the business is hope, and that’s the hope that women of color are also part of the narrative.” [WWD]

Babs Streisand and Jimmy Brolin

Michelle Pfeiffer in Alexander McQueen

Viola Davis in Calvin Klein

Freida Pinto in Calvin Klein

Reese Witherspoon in -- guess what? -- Calvin Klein

Reese's bff, Jenn Aniston, who said of Aniston: “You just want to get your nails done with her, and you want to make out with her at the same time, at least I do. And that’s what we do sometimes on Saturdays.”

Laura Dern in Yves Saint Laurent

Robin Wright in Calvin Klein

Chloe Moretz, Calvin etc

Liz Olsen in CK

Amanda Heard in CK

Naomi Watts with the man of the hour, Francisco Costa of Calvin Klein

The most hardcore way to go for the glitter is with a full-length red carpet ready dress. Elie Saab nailed this in emerald during Fashion Month. We can’t wait to see who wears this on the red carpet.

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- Wu-Tang still ain’t nothin’ to fuck with, but they’re also a prime employment opportunity. [Refinery29]

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PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 21: Actress Elizabeth Olsen attends the Martha Marcy May Marlene Premiere at the Eccles Center Theatre during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2011 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 21: Actors Elizabeth Olsen and Brady Corbet attend the Martha Marcy May Marlene Premiere at the Eccles Center Theatre during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2011 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

I think she is cute as a button and definitely doesn’t seem as nuts as Mary Kate & Ashley. I suppose only time will tell what the bright young actress will do.

LINK LOVE: V Magazine

She’s twice playing haunted young women. Once in Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene as a cult escapee, and another in Chris Kentis and Laura Lau’s Silent House, a young woman plagued by nightmares.

Not one to slink into acting under the guise of her last name alone, she’s graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in New York. She’s also recently been compared to a young Maggie Gyllenhaal. Looks like little Olsen may have a solid acting career on her hands.

But speaking of her hands, how about this ahhhmazing Elizabeth and James cocktail ring?

Link Love: Full Frontal Fashion & Sundance

< > the "Impressionism" opening night party at the Schoenfeld Theatre on March 24, 2009 in New York City.

with Margarita Levieva (the actress she understudies)

The third and youngest Olsen (age 20), Elizabeth (Elizabeth and James was named after her and their older brother) is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut. She was recently an understudy for the Off-Broadway play Dust. Currently she is pursuing a BFA at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts at the Atlantic Theater Co.

I love Lizzie, she’s so cute, down to earth, and looks exactly like the twins, only has brown hair. She’s just as fashionable and very lucky to be able to borrow clothes from her two older siblings.

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NEW YORK - MARCH 24: Elizabeth Olsen attends the after party for the Broadway opening night of "Impressionism" at the Schoenfeld Theatre March 24, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - MARCH 24: Elizabeth Olsen attends the after party for the Broadway opening night of "Impressionism" at the Schoenfeld Theatre March 24, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - MARCH 24: Elizabeth Olsen attends the after party for the Broadway opening night of "Impressionism" at the Schoenfeld Theatre March 24, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Elizabeth Olsen decided at a young age that animal cruelty was something she was not going to take. She first became a vegetarian, followed by a vegan and has been an advocate for animal rights for more than 20 years. She ultimately decided to turn her beliefs into a creative force, and the Olsenhaus brand was born.

Originally a southerner, Olsen attended art school in the South and design school in New York. She worked on the East Coast as a designer for Nine West, Calvin Klein and Bulga in addition to being the Creative Director at Tommy Hilfiger. She worked as a stylist on the West Coast on print ads, commercials and films. But her most impressive work is her vegan, cruelty-free shoe line Olsenhaus. Not only are they environmentally friendly, but the designs are the most creative and hip I have seen in awhile. From electric blue ultra suede boots with silver paint splatters to chunky black and silver platform heels, her collections have something for everyone to look good, and feel good, wearing.

Thanks to Olsenhaus.com for the info and photos! Make sure to check out the spring ’09 lookbook on the site.