Vegan news and archive

The winners and losers in PETA’s end of year Fashion Awards

Every year, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) awards the brands and individuals that it believes have made the biggest impact and contribution to the welfare of animals. In doing so, the organisation intends to inspire more progress throughout the industry, encouraging more of what it dubs “cruelty-free fashion”. Since 2023,...

Fashion

Ugg x Collina Strada: first vegan Ugg boots

Southern California-based brand Ugg has collaborated with responsible New York label Collina Strada, and the result is a seven-piece collection of the first vegan Ugg boots. While Ugg, known for their iconic sheepskin boots, is rather mum about the fact that it is their first collection of vegan boots, Collina Strada highlights the v-word on its...

Fashion

Melina Bucher launches first completely bio-based, plastic-free bag

When FashionUnited spoke to Melina Bucher, founder of the eponymous label and Germany's first vegan bag manufacturer, in March this year, a novelty was already on the horizon: a 100 percent bio-based product. Now, with the new “Dreamer” bag, a dream has actually come true. After years of development and collaboration with material innovators...

Business

Humans Are Vain closes webstore to focus on B2B

Swedish footwear brand Humans Are Vain (HAV) has said it will be closing down its e-commerce website as it looks to turn its attention towards the B2B business. The company, which was founded in 2019, revealed its plans in an email to customers, in which it further announced the launch of a 60 percent clearance sale on the site. In its email,...

Business

New joint venture Save the Duck Japan to strengthen brand's presence in Japan

Italian vegan outerwear and lifestyle brand Save the Duck has formed a joint venture with Japanese fibre and yarn manufacturer Teijin Frontier K.K., Save the Duck Japan Inc., to expand its presence in Japan and improve its services in this important market. Over the past three autumn and winter seasons, Save the Duck has successfully operated...

Fashion|Interview Featured

Vegan label and bag maker Melina Bucher: “Leather or plastic is out of the question”

Last year, German luxury bag label Melina Bucher opened its own master bag maker’s workshop, a skilled craft that traditionally specialises in leather processing. What is different, however, is that the young company specialises entirely in vegan and bio-based materials, making it the first and only one of its kind in Germany. The aim is to...

Business

First vegan bag maker starts in Germany

German label Melina Bucher has recently opened its own master bag maker's workshop. What is remarkable about this is that it specialises entirely in vegan and bio-based materials. The term “bag maker” refers to people who specialise in working with leather, which traditionally means animal leather. At Melina Bucher, however, traditional...

Fashion

Luckynelly changes business model from sales to rentals

Vegan accessories label Luckynelly, which FashionUnited featured just a few weeks ago, has gone one step further in its sustainable efforts and changed its business model: From now on, it will only offer its vegan accessories on a rental basis. “As one of the most successful labels for vegan designer handbags, we not only attach great importance...

Fashion|Interview Featured

Label to watch: vegan accessories by Anne Schollenberger

Anne Schollenberger is a German accessories label that specialises in hats, bags and shoes. The luxury brand was founded in 2022 and started out as a vegan brand right away, focusing on cactus “leather”. Part of the proceeds are donated to animal welfare charities. FashionUnited spoke to the label’s founder, Anne-Kristin Schollenberger, who just...

Fashion|Beauty Featured

The Body Shop receives landmark Vegan Society certification

The Body Shop has become the first global beauty brand to receive 100 percent vegan certification from The Vegan Society. The British beauty retailer said the landmark certification covers all ranges, including skincare, bodycare, haircare, make-up, and fragrance lines, achieving an ambitious target it set in 2021 when 60 percent of its products...

Business

PETA launches US fashion-dedicated awards: Kylie Jenner, Gucci among winners

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has launched its first inaugural US Fashion Awards – an extension of its already established UK awards – through which it said it wanted to recognise “industry trailblazers making fashion kinder to animals and the planet”. Among the winners of this first edition were that of Kylie Jenner,...

Fashion

Four Paws shopping guide for a kinder winter wardrobe

Down feathers that ducks or geese lose on their own and that are then collected for puffer jackets or blankets, sheep that are shorn slowly and are happy to get rid of their “burden” - unfortunately, these are all myths that consumers may have in mind when they buy products with materials of animal origin. However, the reality is vastly...