16 Vegan Handbags for the Cruelty Free Fashionista

Greek brand Théla creates handcrafted fashion and lifestyle accessories with plastic waste. Witnessing the increasing reliance and problems around disposable plastics and over-consumption, founder Diti Kotecha is on a mission to inspire change, diverting plastic from filling landfills, polluting oceans, and harming wildlife. It crafts pieces using lower-impact materials working with partners from disadvantaged communities, and is entirely vegan.

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Svala creates luxury designer vegan handbags, purses, bags, and totes. Each bag is handcrafted sustainably and ethically in LA with high-quality, premium vegan leather PU, cork, and Piñatex. This classic tote in natural cork can take you from work to the weekend, with enough room for a 13” laptop!

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A member of the Ethical Trading Initiative and Sustainable Apparel Coalition, Stella McCartney has set some excellent environmental standards across the luxury fashion industry. Stella uses some lower-impact materials, including recycled polyester and organic cotton, and has a strategy in place to reduce waste across its entire supply chain. It has also adopted the ETI Code of Conduct that includes a living wage definition! We love this quirky combo of a vegan handbag and tote.

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GUNAS is an American designer of 100% vegan and animal-friendly handbags. The brand’s main material is a perfect alternative to both animal leather and plastic, called Mulbtex. It’s made of a cotton base coated with mulberry leaf pulp, which has its own silky shine, and makes it as water-proof, weather-proof, and strong as silk. Feel like a cruelty-free boss with the Jane Vegan Leather Satchel, available in a range of bold hues.

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Elvis & Kresse upcycles reclaimed materials into sustainable luxury lifestyle accessories, all ethically handmade with 50% of profits going back to charities. We can’t get enough of this bold yellow post bag made with decommissioned fire hose!

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Sans Beast is an Australian accessories brand creating luxury vegan bags and accessories cruelty-free. Using Vegan Eco PU with a faux croco embossed finish, the Reader Satchel is the perfect sized cross body bag. With plenty of pockets and luxe lining to boot, it comes in four colours, the perfect finish for a timeless look.

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Like a peach bellini, but better! Handcrafted in Greece and designed in London, the Iris Peach mini vegan handbag is a great day to night bag, perfectly sized for your cell, wallet, and a few beauty essentials. Mashu’s environmental rating is ‘Good,’ crafting its exteriors with vegan leather and recycled polyester, while its interiors feature vegan suede made from recycled polyester, ensuring you never have to sacrifice your morals for style again!

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UK-based GROUNDTRUTH grew from 3 sisters’ shared belief in the power of collaboration, and their drive to protect people and nurture the planet. Together, they saw the opportunity to design problem-solving travel goods that drive positive change: reducing plastic pollution and improving people’s lives. This chic tote is made from 100% recycled materials and would match just about any ‘fit.

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Culthread is a UK-based clothing label that offers stylish, practical, and everlasting jackets and accessories from vegan and deadstock materials. Culthread's goal is to make quality coats and lifestyle products that you will want to wear and treasure forever.

Find most items in sizes XS-XL.

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NOAH creates cruelty-free and 100% vegan shoes and accessories. This German’s brand high-quality and long-lasting shoes are hand-crafted in Italy, using a small proportion of lower-impact material. We love this small vegan shoulder bag, with simple design and pure elegance and handmade in Italy.

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Infantium Victoria offers beautiful vegan luxury for all ages. This German brand scores highly across the board. Its products are certified by Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), and it sells previously owned products to minimise textile waste.

Find clothes for babies ages 6 months all the way to teens aged 16 years.

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Mila.Vert offers timeless, minimal, and chic clothing, adding sophisticated details that give the garments a modern feel. Waist bags are all the rage, and this recycled polyester one is so versatile it can be used as a belt and a clutch as well!

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Ucon Acrobatics strongly believes in the idea of innovative, functional, and minimalistic products for creative consumers. It makes products with a high proportion of responsible materials including organic cotton, and uses renewable energy in its direct operations to reduce its climate impact, while also ensuring payment of a living wage at the final stage of production. The Eliza Bag is a versatile tote-cum-backpack made from recycled PET-bottles, and comes in a range of cool modern colours!

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Will’s Vegan Store produces animal and human friendly women’s and men’s footwear and accessories at affordable prices. This unisex mini satchel is made with plants using bio oil sourced from organic cereal crops grown in Northern Europe in a carbon neutral process, and it is giving us LIFE!

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LaBante is a London based luxury designer that offers 100% vegan bags, handbags, and wallets that are sustainably and ethically produced. For a classic black vegan handbag, look no further than the cruelty-free, PVC-free, and sweatshop-free Grant!

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