I am a big fan of designer bags but I have turned Vegan for over a year and tried to avoid buying leather goods as well, including beautiful leather bags. I can see that you are a big fan of full leather goods yourself, the more the better. I have no judgement or qualms towards this but i wish you could also feature more non-leather materials for a change to cater for people like myself.
Allison, Singapore
Stella McCartney Recycled Nylon Bag, available at Bergdorf Goodman for USD785
Hi A
Thanks for the suggestion. I have to say that we admire people who could turn vegan and stay true. While we love leather goods, the products we feature are from designers who are socially responsible, as far as we know. This means, they work within rules and guidelines in obtaining the raw material for their products.
We embrace designers and products which are non-leather. Designers such as Stella McCartney are difficult to come by as she has made it a point and a name by using no leather in all of her products. For most designers, limiting use of leathers only as trims and replacing them with nylon, canvas, faux leather or fabric is a way to make their products more affordable, at the same time help reducing consumption of leathers.
You might have noticed that it is not easy to totally avoid leather products in our daily lives but some people like yourselves have already made head ways and kudos to that.
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