5 online vegan fashion brands you need to know about...

It’s a lot easier to find beautiful vegan, ethically made and sustainable bags and shoes than it is clothing sometimes.

A vegan leather jacket, fur coat, woolly jumper or silky top is easy to find, but the combo of all three ethical prerequisites requires more of a search.

Having spent far too much of my time googling for perfect (both ethically and aesthetically) clothing, the below list is what I’m calling the vegan crème de la crème of ethical and sustainable alternative clothing

https://www.altiir.com/ Altiir are motivated by a utopian vision of living in nature and the modern world, Altiir are creating luxury garments for today’s conscious individual. The brand’s creators, Timothy Turner-Sutton and Lincoln Godwin tap into the late 60’s rock’n’roll counterculture of artists like Jagger, Bowie, and Hendrix, who once inspired a revolution, to start a new one.

https://www.bravegentleman.com/ In 2010, Brave GentleMan was launched, becoming the first vegan lifestyle menswear brand in the world.

VOGUE says that "The full scope of Katcher’s ethical commitment is rather head-spinning, just as it is to gape about his Williamsburg shop, with its complete future-is-now men’s range".

So fur is from a dead animal, the skin is tanned with formaldehyde and all sorts of bad things. Typical synthetic faux fur sheds and those synthetic fibers end up in all sorts of places we don’t want them

Instead, this is made of frayed 100% cotton denim, specifically, the denim ‘offcuts from the pattern cutting of their denim jeans, blazers and other garments – love. Their other garments are made of both new and upcycled denim.

The designer duo (who are family) are Ukrainian and the pieces are made there with them.

*this is a vegan piece, not all items in the brand’s collection are vegan

https://www.kseniaschnaider.com/products/denim-fur-coat

https://www.cassmade.com/ CASS was founded in 2017 by French designer Eléonore Cass with the desire to create meaningful, bold and timeless fashion pieces. Their ethos & business practices are simple - they are respectful of people, the earth and animals at every single stage. Even though this is not currently the norm in business, they strongly believe it should - and will be.

https://www.thevspot.com.au/ The-V-spot is an online marketplace for the fashion-conscious, offering the very best in ethical fashion and clean beauty. All their products are proudly vegan and cruelty-free, ethically made, environmentally friendly.