Creating a vegan product means not using any animal-derived materials and process ingredients, meaning from the "leather" material to the glues and dyes, every component of our handbags is animal-free.

Vegan leather is a term used for all different kinds of material technologies. The overarching characteristic they all have in common is that they are free from any animal-derived ingredients.

This means that a vegan leather can be from PU (a synthetic material), from mycelium, from a plant-based and plastic mixture (for example apple leather, pineapple leather). In our case, we use a 100% bio-based and plastic-free vegan leather for our leather goods.

Animal leather is a profitable by-product contributing to ca. 10% of a cow's "value" for the slaughterhouse. By buying an animal leather handbag, you actively contribute to the system of animal exploitation and killing. Something we want to stay away from.

PETA is an international animal welfare organization. The PETA-approved vegan certification means that an independent party looked at our supply chain and attested that we are not using any animal-derived ingredient.

While there are (luckily!) a lot of vegan products out there, as passionate vegans we go a little further. To ensure that our business does not harm animals in its operations, we buy only vegan certified paper for our office, use a tape with a vegan glue for our packaging and also work primarily with vegan freelancers. While this does not always work, we want to ensure that the people we work with are mission aligned as much as possible.