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This Menswear Brand is Disrupting the Fashion Industry with their New Vegan, Compostable Clothing Line
Each year, Americans send 22 billion pounds of clothing waste to landfills. Gomorrah offers a solution to this post-consumer textile waste by manufacturing 100 percent plant-based, organic clothes that safely break down.
Stella McCartney Unveils Sustainable Vegan Skincare Line Inspired by Nature
With Stella’s vegan and cruelty-free principles at its heart, the ‘conscious luxury’ beauty line is good for the planet, the animals, and our skin.
ZARA's Latest Collection Embraces Vegan Pineapple Leather
The PIÑATEX x ZARA collection of sneakers, sandals and accessories are made using a sustainable, cruelty-free pineapple-based material.
Malta Bans Fur Farming and Foie Gras Production
The Mediterranean country is the latest to ban the force-feeding of ducks for their livers and the slaughter of animals for their fur.
How This Designer is Creating Vegan Exotic Leather Using Leucaena Tree Pods
New vegetal leather alternative Leukeather - which uses discarded pods, biotechnology, and a circular economy strategy - has the potential to save the millions of ‘exotic’ animals killed for their skins.
8 Stylish, Summer Sandals that are 100% Vegan
Step into summer with a clear conscience thanks to these eight specially selected sandal designs, from the veganized version of the classic Birkenstock to upmarket, eco-friendly heels.
Stella McCartney’s New Fashion Collection is Opening Minds to the Fantastic World of Fungi
Stella McCartney’s Spring/Summer 2022 collection is a “psychedelic trip into nature, grounded in the notion that mushrooms connect us all”.
Billie Eilish Launches Vegan Nike Air Force Ones
Scheduled for release on 25 April on Nike’s SNKR app, the sneakers are 100% vegan and crafted from environmentally-conscious, recycled materials.
Fur's Out, Apple Leather's in. Luxury Retailer Neiman Marcus Will Launch New Ethical Collections this Spring
The move signals how the fashion industry is stepping away from bygone industries into a whole new exciting world of cutting-edge materials.
You Can Now Buy Luluemon’s Mushroom Leather Bags
The vegan bags are made from Mylo, a sustainable, animal-free leather alternative.
Dolce & Gabbana Becomes the Latest Fashion House to Ditch Animal Fur
The luxury brand will stop using animal fur in its collections starting this year in favor of ethical and eco-conscious alternatives.
Luxury Fashion House Moncler to Go Fur-Free
The last collection to feature fur will be Autumn/Winter 2023.
Out With the Greenwashing: New York Could Soon Pass the Nation's First Sustainable Fashion Bill
The Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act could see leading brands held accountable for violations against workers and the environment.
MycoWorks Just Got The Funding It Needs To Make Mushroom Leather Mainstream
The biotechnology company has secured an additional $125 million investment to launch a new production plant.
Fungi is Changing the Future of Leather
The vegan leather alternative is praised as a more ethical and sustainable material to its animal counterpart.
ELLE Bans Fur From All 45 Magazines Worldwide
The international fashion and lifestyle magazine is the first major publication to ban fur across all of its editorial and advertising, signaling the fur-free future.
The Very Best Vegan Boots for Everyone on Your List
From apple leather to cozy faux-fur, we’ve rounded up all of the cruelty-free, fashionable boots from the 2021 Species Unite Buy Better gift guide so that you don’t have to.
Stella McCartney and World Cup Winner Paul Pogba launch Adidas’ First Vegan Football Boots
Adidas’ Predator Freak, limited-edition, gender-neutral boots are made from 100% vegan materials and have part-recycled materials.
Volvo Collaborates with Iconic Fashion Designer Phillip Lim To Launch Luxury Vegan Bag
The new limited-edition, weekend bag uses the car brand’s new sustainable material, Nordico.
Luxury Fashion House Kering Bans Fur Across All Its Brands Including Gucci and Saint Laurent
The luxury fashion conglomerate has banned the use of animal fur across all of its brands by fall 2022.
 
                         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
