Vaute Couture At New York Fashion Week
Written by Vegetarian Star on February 7th, 2013 in Fashion.
Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart debuted her first ready-to-wear line at New York Fashion Week on Wednesday.
Vaute Couture was founded five years ago with the idea that animal skins weren’t needed for trendy, comfortable and aesthetically pleasing fashion.
Hilgart’s solo show included vegan treats from a local bakery, models who wore cruelty-free cosmetics and rescue dogs accompanied by volunteers from the Humane Society of New York and Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue.
“I realized that if I could create a business where the process in itself was actually creating positive change, that would be my activism,” Hilgart said in a phone interview with CNN.
“I started with outerwear because I found being cold was an excuse to wear animal products,” she said. “I wanted to figure out where I would be needed to make a contribution to the movement so people would no longer need to use products and materials made from animals.”
To shop and view the Vaute Couture collection, visit it’s website.
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