12
Feb
London Fashion Week Paved With Designer Vegan Shoes
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I was lucky enough to sneak a peek at the best in ethical fashion yesterday at London Fashion Week, and I hereby report a surge in designer vegan shoes. As a shoe lover, I am so excited!
This week the special ethical section of the LFW exhibition, called ‘estethica’, is housing names such as Beyond Skin (amazing vegan shoes as worn by Natalie Portman – who incidentally is also launching her own designer vegan shoe range), Izzy Lane (Vegetarian Society approved shoes) and up-and-coming The Flying Cow (Italy’s equivalent of Beyond Skin).
To have such a great choice of cruelty-free shoes at the world famous London Fashion Week is indicative of a rise in compassionate consumerism. It also acknowledges the fact that animal-free footwear is, and always was, fashionable.
Why shouldn’t we buy leather goods? Leather is fur but without the hair, and millions of animals around the world are being slaughtered for their skins just so we can wear them on our feet. It’s cruel, and let’s be honest, leather smells like corpses. Synthetic and natural alternatives look great and don’t cost lives. Read on…
I wouldnt’ go so far as to say leather smells like corpses (but I get your drift)..
leather smells like..well..leather..
I abhor fur products.. not only is it cruel and the methods used to obtain these animals furs pitiless and heartless .. it is at the end of the day..something that remains of a DEAD body of an animal.. which incidentally suffered a great deal.. which I don’t understand no matter how beautiful or luxurious the fur is.. whether it is minx or fox..or whatever animal it was derived from (or stolen from to be more specific) ..how people can wear these furs or even a bit of fur trim..
having said that..I suppose leather is the same..
but some people in the UK industry still insist leather is a by-product..ie.unless it was from India of course where animals are killed specifically for their skins..