Leather is out. Feathers are a thing of the past. Fur is a faux pas. The fashion industry is shunning traditional animal textiles in favour of the sustainable, reused and upcycled. Alternative fabrics are beginning to hit the mainstream, and we couldn’t be more excited to reveal them all!
Veganism and animal skins
I often get quizzed about animal textiles such as leather and feathers. The argument for the use of such materials is that, and there’s no easier way of saying this, the animal is no longer going to need them after their lives have been taken for the meat industry. This logic fails to acknowledge that the leather industry goes hand in hand with both the meat and dairy industries, therefore the purchase of a leather good is an indirect way of funding these harmful and cruel businesses.