London Fashion Week Paved With Designer Vegan Shoes

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…