Fashion and Vegan
Fashion and Vegan… it’s coming out really slowly, but it’s coming.
Top 5 Reasons Why Vegan Fashion Is Taking Over
Vegan fashion is taking over. Cruelty-free apparel, accessories and cosmetics are taking over. Once laughed at as a short-lived fad, animal free fashion has become not just fashionable but mainstream.
Following the trend, leading luxury labels are catching up and test the market with capsule releases without animal leather, wool, silk, fur, angora, mohair, or other exotic skins.
Innovations in plant-based and eco-friendly materials, paired with raised consumer awareness are the driving engines behind the change in the fashion industry.
Here the top 5 reasons why vegan fashion is taking over the industry.
1. Growing Consumer Awareness
If the initial demand for vegan food and fashion was perceived as protests of ‘millennial hippies’, veganism has quickly become a way of contemporary living.
More ‘conscious choices’ resonate with a fast-growing part of consumers, largely Millennials and Gen Zs who question accountability and do not shy away from challenging the fashion industry and its ethics
2. Technological Innovations
Latest technological developments are allowing us to reuse an increasing range of previously non-recyclable materials.
Also, the development of innovative materials is on the rise; from lab-made leather to spider silk, and from hemp-based fur coats to handbags from banana peels and shoe soles from chewing gum.
3. Policy Changes
What started as animal fur interdiction following an argument between organisers, banning fur and more recently exotic skins, has gradually taken over cities and fashion weeks across the world.
Leading the way are Los Angeles and San Francisco for already becoming fur-free cities, but New York is moving fast, finalising the legislation seeking to ban fur sales as well.
4. Banning Plastic
Last year several key retailers and e-commerce companies decided to ban apparel and accessories that contain plastics from their offerings.
The move forced fashion manufacturers to embark on sustainable developments such as recycling plastics, reuse textiles, and even invest in startups designing materials from plant-based alternatives.
5. Media Goes Vegan
While most global fashion giants residing in the US, UK, France, and Germany are already investing heavily in the vegan market, not much is known without the help of media.
However, the first-ever Vegan Fashion Week has made its debut in Los Angeles this February. Open to the general public the event was a total success gathering emerging fashion designers and social media influencers from all over the world.
Emmanuelle Rienda, Founder of Vegan Fashion Week
The cruelty-free lifestyle is associated with healthier and more considerate choices for the self and the environment, as reflected across various industries such as food, fashion, and beauty.
https://ethicalelephant.com/vegan-fashion-shoes-handbags-apparel-brands/
200+ Vegan Fashion, Shoes, Handbags, Apparel Brands
No animals harmed in the making of these cruelty-free and vegan shoes, bags, clothes, and accessories!
With so many cruelty-free, sustainable, and ethical alternatives to animal-derived materials, there’s really no need for us to be using and wearing animal skin nowadays!
To prove it, I’ve compiled a comprehensive list (with updates!) of over 200 animal-free, vegan fashion brands and organized them according to categories for vegan shoes, vegan bags & wallets, vegan clothing, and vegan accessories.
What is Vegan Fashion?
I define “vegan” as clothing, handbags, wallets, shoes, and accessories that were not made from animal skin, hair, feathers or any other animal-derived materials whatsoever and that includes fur, leather, down, silk, wool, suede, mohair, angora, cashmere, calfskin, alligator, shearling, etc.
But what about sustainable fashion? or ethically made and fair trade fashion? or made locally in the US and Canada? or recycled and zero-waste?
I hear ya loud & clear! All very great points and important issues that we should consider in the fashion industry. Since my goal with this list is to show you the countless options for 100% vegan fashion brands from all around the world, I only focused on animal-free as a criteria as an apparel chain to be included on this list in order to make it as comprehensive as possible.
As I expand this list, I will definitely consider finding a way to note which vegan brands also focus on sustainability issues!
Vegan Fashion Brands
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VEGAN BAGS & WALLETS
- AIROSA
- ALEXANDRA K.
- ANGELA ROI
- ANIMALISTA
- BRAVE GENTLEMAN
- CANOPY VERDE
- CEIBO
- COLLECTION & CO
- CORKOR
- CRI DE COEUR
- DENISE ROOBOL
- DEUX LUX
- DOSHI
- ETHIQUE212
- EVE CORK
- FABLOU
- FILBERT
- FRUITENVEG
- GOLDEN PONIES
- GUNAS
- HENTIES
- HIPSTERS FOR SISTERS
- HOZEN
- IZZY & ALI
- JEANE & JAX
- JILL MILAN
- JW PEI
- L. YUCEL
- LABANTE
- LEE COREN
- LUX AND NYX
- MÄRSS
- MANIWALA
- MARSI BOND
- MARY POINT
- MATT & NAT
- MINISTRY OF TOMORROW
- MIOMOJO
- MECHALY
- MEDUSA
- NELLA BELLA
- NOAH SHOES
- PACK LITE
- PIXIE MOOD
- PRENE BAGS
- SAMARA
- SANS BEAST
- SVALA
- THE LOVELY THINGS
- THEA & THEOS
- TOYKO BAGS
- TRAGWERT
- URBAN EXPRESSIONS
- URBAN ORIGINALS
- VEGANWEAR
- VEGETARIAN SHOES
- VEGGANI
- VELOVE
- VILMA BOUTIQUE
- VOE
- WILBY
- WILL’S
- ZTUDIO 8B
VEGAN SHOES
- AHIMSA
- ANIMALISTA
- BAHATIKA
- BC FOOTWEAR
- BEYOND SKIN
- BHAVA
- BOHEMPIA
- BOURGEOIS BOHEME
- BRAVE GENTLEMAN
- BY BLANCH
- COLLECTION & CO
- CRI DE COEUR
- CULT OF COQUETTE
- ETHLETIC
- FAIR
- FERA LIBENS
- GOLDEN PONIES
- GOOD GUYS
- GUNAS
- HOLSTER
- HUNTD
- INSECTA SHOES
- KEEP
- LOVE SOFIE
- MATT & NAT
- MERRY PEOPLE
- MINK
- MINUIT SUR TERRE
- NAE
- NAK FASHION
- NATIVE SHOES
- NEMANTI
- NICORA
- NOAH SHOES
- NOHARM
- OLSENHAUS
- PAWJ
- RAFA
- RISORSE FUTURE
- RUNGG
- SCOTTI VEGAN SHOES
- SUSI STUDIO
- SYDNEY BROWN
- TASTEMAKER SUPPLY
- VEERAH
- VEGANS FOR LIFE
- VEGETARIAN SHOES
- VYOM LONDON
- WILL’S
- ZETTE SHOES
VEGAN CLOTHING
- ALBA PARIS ART
- ALWAYS HUNGRY
- ANTICARNIST
- ANXIOUS POTATOES CO
- ARM THE ANIMALS
- BAZAAR DE LUXE
- BCLVA
- BEETXBEET
- BLEED ORGANIC CLOTHING
- BOLDLY VEGAN
- BOLI + CHIP
- BOSS VEGAN
- BRAVE GENTLEMAN
- CARA CHEUNG
- CHIARALASCURA
- COMPASSION CO
- COMPASSIONATE CLOSET
- CONSCIOUS TEE
- CRAZIES AND WEIRDOS
- DAUNTLESS CLOTHING
- EMBASSY OF BRICKS AND LOGS
- ETHCS
- ETHICALLY
- FAUXGERTY
- FTLA APPAREL
- GET INFECTED FASHION
- GO VEGAN TEES
- GRAPE CAT
- GROCERIES APPAREL
- HAND IN LOVE
- HAPPINESS ANIMALS
- HARM LESS THREADS
- HEARTCURE
- HERBIVORE CLOTHING
- HOODLAMB
- HOUSE OF LILY ROSE
- IAPPAREL
- IN THE SOULSHINE
- JAMES & CO
- LETTUCE AMOR
- LITTLE BY LITTLE IC
- LIVING BEINGS
- MEANINGFUL PAWS
- MERRY PEOPLE
- MIAKODA
- MIGHTY VEGAN APPAREL
- MISFIT MARKET
- MODERN COMPASSION
- MORAL MINORITY
- NICORA
- NOIZE
- NOUMENON
- NOVA FERNES
- OUTCAST AGENDA
- PLANT FACED
- PLANTEEFUL
- PLNT BSD
- RAW APPAREL
- RELOVE PLAN.ET
- ROBIN LE RICHE APPAREL
- RÓKA
- RUDE FRUIT
- SASSY SPUD
- SAVE THE DUCK
- SPIRIT OF KINSHIP
- SVALA
- TALK VEGAN TO ME
- TANTAMOUNT APPAREL
- TEES FOR CHANGE
- THE DHARMA STORE
- THE VEGANZ
- THREADS FOR LOVE
- UNREAL FUR
- V SHIRTS
- VAUTE COUTURE
- VEAG
- VEGAN APPAREL
- VEGAN COUTURE
- VEGAN GAMERS
- VEGAN MONSTER
- VEGAN POLICE
- VEGAN POWER CO
- VEGAN REX
- VEGAN SCENE
- VEGAN SPIRIT
- VEGAN SUPPLY CO
- VEGAN TERMS
- VEGAN VIBES
- VEGAN VEINS
- VEGAN, WHAT?
- VEGANIZED WORLD COUPON CODE: ETHICALELEPHANT
- VEGANS FOR LIFE
- VEGETARYN
- VIGILANT VEGAN
- VIVALARIVA
- VIVA LA VEGAN
- VOE
- WAWWA
- WILDDTAIL
- WHOLESOME CULTURE
- WULLY OUTERWEAR
- YAZAHI
VEGAN ACCESSORIES
- CPTN WATHCES
- FJORDSON – WATCHES
- HURTIG LANE – WATCHES
- I HEART THREADS CO.
- JAAN J. – TIES
- JACKPINE – SOCKS
- LIAN & MEZ – WATCHES
- NOANI (NO ANIMAL) – BELTS
- NOX-BRIDGE – WATCHES
- THE VEGAN COLLECTION – BELTS
- TIVC (TIME IV CHANGE) – WATCHES
- TRUTH BELTS
- VOTCH – WATCHES
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