Regarding fashion-related-news, I've been completely uninspired from what I've seen on vegan/veggie fashion sites; all beiges and nudes and less-than-flattering cuts. I did stumble across some beautiful dresses on mygreenlipstick.com
by Lara Miller. This site is particularly helpful as it lists what fabric and exactly what materials go into the items. I particularly like this Izzie dress:
The materials are listed as hemp, organic cotton and 'peace-silk'. We've all no-doubt heard of the first two materials, but, 'peace-silk'? The website suggests this fabric provides an alternative, vegetarian silk whereby the moths are allowed to emerge and the remains of the silk in the cocoon are collected; proving a more humane option which is spun as a fiber rather than reeled as a thread. Arguably this is a more ethical option to mainstream silk, but we're not sure it constitutes a vegan alternative. It does illustrate, however, that there are always more humane choices to be made : )
Regarding further vegan alternatives to the mainstream, I was quite excited to see that Urban Decay, the cruelty-free, slightly edgy cosmetics company produce a range of vegan cosmetics- yay! For a list of vegan items see here.
In other vegany-fashion news, the awesome designers Matt&Nat have a sale on. Ok, so the prices are still pretty exorbitant, but their bags and wallets are gorgeous. If someone was to buy me a bag for £99, then I hope it'd be this gorgeous MGMT bag from Matt&Nat:
Yum!
