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Vegan Fashion Week charges forward with live stream event

In light of the cancelation of more fashion-related events such as the postponement of Los Angeles Fashion Week or the 2020 Met Gala, Vegan Fashion Week has held its plans to continue on. However, how the event will be held is taking a shift. For the health and safety of those involved with the occasion, Vegan Fashion Week’s founder Emmanuelle...

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Vegan Fashion Week still scheduled to return despite coronavirus concerns

Despite the cancelation of major events, Vegan Fashion Week will still occur in Los Angeles in April to showcase Fall 2020 collections from participating brands and designers, according to an announcement from the movement. “Now is a very important time to share our message and draw connections between sustainability and ethics,” shared the...

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Vegan Fashion Week™ Returns to Los Angeles Despite Coronavirus Outbreak

An ode to nature and the current state of our planet Los Angeles, California (March 12th, 2020) — Despite multiple iconic event cancellations and travel restrictions due to coronavirus, Vegan Fashion Week™ returns to Los Angeles in April. The leading ethical fashion movement decided the Fall 2020 show must go on. “Now is a very important time to...

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Vegan Fashion Week presents biodegradable gown at pre-Oscars party

Vegan Fashion Week—the Los Angeles-based movement fighting for sustainability and ethical practices in the fashion industry—teamed up with Red Carpet Green Dress to host the sustainable organization’s 2020 pre-Oscars party. According to an announcement from Vegan Fashion Week, its founder and chief executive officer, Emmanuelle Rienda, selected...

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Video: "Vegan fashion is the future"

Nylon talks to fashion designers who participated in the first Vegan Fashion Week about their work and making the industry more sustainable. A word from Nicole Blue, founder of WastedLA, Matea Benedetti, founder of Benedetti Life and Crhis Allen, founder of Mistohn. Video source: Vegan Fashion Is The Future, owned by NYLON, via Youtube.

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In pictures: 10 important fashion moments in 2019

December is the month to reflect on the year and look forward to the new one ahead. FashionUnited takes a look at important fashion image of 2019: the year in fashion photos. Photo Vegan Fashion Week Vegan Fashion Week makes its debut in Los Angeles Vegan Fashion Week makes its debut in February. The event, which highlights designers who produce...

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Vegan Fashion Week educates attendees with new 'The Future of Fashion' conference

Vegan Fashion Week returned to Los Angeles earlier this October, focusing on the idea behind its theme, Fashion is Activism. On Oct. 14 and 15, Vegan Fashion Week invited industry professionals and fashion enthusiasts were invited to come in and experience this idea in-person at the California Market Center. There, designers from around the...

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Vegan Fashion Week returns to Los Angeles for fall

After a successful debut in February, Vegan Fashion Week is returning to Los Angeles for another round. Coinciding with LA Fashion Week, animal rights activist and stylist Emmanuelle Rienda’s second edition of Vegan Fashion Week launches with the theme “Fashion is Activism” and “will explore the challenges surrounding [the environment] and...

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Vegan Fashion Week to return to LA in October

Vegan Fashion Week is returning to LA from 10-15 October after launching its first successful edition in February. This season’s theme, “Fashion is Activism”, will explore the challenges surrounding ecological and climate change through the lenses of fashion, creativity, ethics, ecology, science, technology, and legal practices. “The...

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Vegan vs animal-based fashion: which one is more sustainable?

Vegan fashion is in. An indication for this is the first Vegan Fashion Week, which premiered in Los Angeles in early February. But the boom is calling on more and more critics, who accuse animal rights activists of lacking sustainability, of all things. Debunking the “myths” of vegan fashion A week ago, the British Consumer Choice Center...

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In pictures: the world’s first Vegan Fashion Week in Los Angeles

The world’s first fashion week dedicated to vegan brands took place last weekend in Los Angeles. With labels such as Ecopel, Bayem, New Rock and Vegan Club, among many others, the event created by French activist Emmanuelle Rienda aimed not only to promote cruelty-free fashion but also inspire more brands to follow their steps. “I created a...

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Inside Vegan Fashion Week's Debut in Los Angeles

With just a few more days left before the Fall 2019 shows begin for New York Fashion Week, which kicks off the start of a busy fashion month, the first-ever Vegan Fashion Week makes its grand debut in Downtown Los Angeles on February 1. Organized by Emmanuelle Rienda, the founder of creative agency Le Frenchlab and an animal rights advocate, the...