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LA gets its first Vegan Fashion Week next month

The busy fashion month itinerary keeps getting busier--and now more humane. A four-day Vegan Fashion Week is set to debut in Los Angeles on February 1 this year, just before the start of New York Fashion Week on February 4. LA's Vegan Fashion week is the brainchild of Emmanuelle Rienda, the French animal rights advocate and founder of creative...

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Reebok launches its first plant-based sneaker

Reebok is the latest company to offer a plant-based shoe, with the launch of the first style of its highly anticipated Cotton + Corn collection this Wednesday. Featuring a 100 percent cotton upper and corn-based soles, the unisex sneakers come in a recycled package. On its website, Reebok says the Cotton + Corn sneakers are certified to be 75...

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Helsinki Fashion Week pledges to ban leather

Labels taking part in the Helsinki Fashion Week will no longer be allowed to use leather in their collections, as the event’s organizers have pledged to ban the material from 2019. “We at Helsinki Fashion Week, with the support of the Nordic Fashion Week Association, are taking an active stand against cruelty to animals and the damaging...

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Bhu:sattva: elegant vegan fashion with a conscience

Continuing our quest for cool, new and exciting eco labels, FashionUnited has stumbled upon Bhu:sattva, an Indian organic textile start-up that offers western and indo-western designer wear for men and women. The brand is based on a strong ethos of sustainable, vegan and ethical clothing promoted by the use of organic fabrics, natural fibres and...

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Career Q&A: PETA Manager of Corporate Projects, Yvonne Taylor

When you think of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), fashion is usually not the first thing that comes to mind. However, over the past years their influence within the fashion industry and its use of leather, wool, angora, fur and down has continued to grow - in part thanks to the work of Yvonne Taylor, Senior Manager of...