LA gets its first Vegan Fashion Week next month

The busy fashion month itinerary keeps getting busier–and now more
humane. A four-day Vegan Fashion Week is set to debut in Los Angeles
on February 1 this year, just before the start of New York Fashion Week
on February 4.

LA’s Vegan Fashion week is the brainchild of Emmanuelle Rienda, the
French animal rights advocate and founder of creative agency Le
Frenchlab. Rienda’s goal with the new fashion week is to work to end
animal exploitation within the apparel industry. To do this, Vegan
Fashion Week is a celebration of vegan brands and designers, whose
work will be shown to promote their measure while educating others on
ethical, social and environmental issues within the industry.

Vegan Fashion Week events will take place in the city’s Museum of
Natural History and the California Market Center.

“I want to ignite conversations and debates within the industry by
educating, elevating and drawing connections between our most
important values: our respect for human life, animal rights, and the
environment,” Rienda told VegNews.

Rienda also hopes to make Vegan Fashion Week a global event, with
plans to bring its scheduling to more cities in coming seasons.