Vegan Fashion
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Birkenstock Introduces All-Vegan Line to U.S. Market
“When our customers told us that they wanted vegan editions of Birkenstock’s classic sandals and clogs, we listened,” the German-based company’s head of communications, Jochen Gutzy, tells Yahoo Style. “Birkenstock was always concerned about choosing the best raw materials from natural resources. “This season, we are offering more styles to the U.S. market and marketing them as a true Vegan Collection,” U.S. company spokesperson Scott Radcliffe tells Yahoo Style.
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Alicia Silverstone Poses Nude for PETA to Protest Wool
Alicia Silverstone would rather go naked than wear wool. “If you’re trying to avoid wool, why not make that leap?” she suggests in a related video that’s part of PETA’s new #WoolFreeWinter campaign. The biggest thing that people always say to me is, ‘Oh, but they just shear the sheep! They don’t kill the sheep.’” The video then cuts to graphic images of sheep being tortured for their wool, the very fabric that’s in the sweater you are probably wearing right now.
