As we say goodbye to 2020, many lessons have been learned. A deeper desire to protect the planet has been instilled in many of us this year – and we’re ready to make changes to our own life to make a change happen in the world. The coronavirus pandemic – which is believed to have...
When uncertainty strikes, can a search for adventure bring solace? One writer looks back at how trying new things became her way of coping with 2020. There’s a video on my phone of me trying to hula hoop at 1am with a glass of Prosecco in my hand. I’m wearing a mini dress with a...
Faux fur and vegan leather have had their share of attention – but when it comes to replacements for knitwear, many vegan and vegan-curious shoppers are still left clueless: if we don’t want to wear animal-derived materials, then what do we wear? Due to wool’s reputation as a “kind” and “natural” fabric, and the outdated...
Last year, on the last Friday in November, also known as Black Friday – a day that has its origins in 1950s America, when post-Thanksgiving shopping would turn shops’ balance sheet from red to black, meaning a return to profit – I posted a photo of myself on Instagram, holding a handmade cardboard sign with...
This World Vegan Month, delicious vegan food is on offer everywhere – but veganism is more than just what we eat. Living a vegan lifestyle means choosing to do as little harm to animals as we possibly can, including in areas that go beyond the kitchen. Vegan fashion is on the rise around the world:...
It’s World Vegan Month. Founded by the Vegan Society in 1994, the month celebrates the founding of the organisation itself, and the creation of the term “vegan”, coined by Donald Watson in 1944. Over the last few years, the term has shown up in mainstream media and all over the internet more frequently than ever...
It’s safe to say that fashion has successfully uncoupled from fur. Never has it been as shameful and questionable to be seen wearing an animal pelt as it is today, and 2020 may just have given us one more reason to shun fur forever. It started with Gucci. In late 2017, its CEO Marco Bizzarri...
Animal fur has been a serious faux pas for seasons – designers such as Gucci, Burberry and Versace are refusing to work with it, fashion editors like Anna Dello Russo won’t wear it, and even the Queen of England has renounced it. Entire countries are banning fur farming – Poland and France are the latest...
TRIGGER WARNING: This story contains descriptions of behaviours linked to eating disorders. I remember being eight years old and holding my Barbie doll in my hands, admiring her endlessly long legs, wasp-like waist and unrealistically slender limbs. “I want to be this thin”, I recall thinking. Two years later, when I was 10, my teacher...
From leather to lipstick, vegan living beyond food is becoming mainstream. Among the growing movement for environmental consciousness in the beauty industry, interest for vegan beauty is growing: sales of beauty products labelled “vegan” grew by 38% in the UK in 2018, with global sales expected to reach $20.8 billion by 2025. The GrandView report that...
It’s 9am on a Monday morning as I write this, and my working day is beginning. Similar to many other workers at the moment, I have to face a rather short commute: from my bedroom to my living room or kitchen table. Just like 42% of the entire US labour force , nearly one-third of...
So you’ve got the vegan diet figured out – after Veganuary, it’s all been smooth sailing. You’re also on your way to a cruelty-free wardrobe and a completely vegan makeup cabinet – so now you’re a Level 5 Vegan, right? Well…not quite. Think about it: the place where we spend the most time – especially...