In light of the growing trend for a vegan lifestyle, there is an inevitable question a slow fashion designer needs to ask oneself: what material to chose to create sustainable, eco-friendly and ethically made products. In the EU leather is defined as a by-product of the food industry whose provenance and processing methods are strictly regulated by a large catalogue of EU laws. Arguably, it’s a pretty exquisite waste product and too delicate to refer to as such in the fashion

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