A vegan lifestyle is a fabulous choice to make. It doesn’t mean just switching over to a plant-based diet and taking animals off our plates. It means not buying any items that contain animal derived ingredients or materials. This includes bags and our other fashion choices. Every sale that goes to a vegan brand over a brand selling animal products makes SUCH a huge impact! And that’s what our MettaLife marketplace helps you do.

For far too long, leather bags have reigned supreme in the fashion world. Not anymore—vegan alternatives are here, and are here to stay. While leather requires the skin of animals, vegan leather offer alternatives that keep us looking good and doing good. And not only is it better for the world, but it’s better for our wardrobe and bank balance too: vegan leather is almost always cheaper than the real thing, and can be versatile and adapted to whatever our needs are.

Not all vegan leather is created equally, though. Where possible try to avoid vegan leather created from polyvinyl chloride, or PVC for short. PVC is not biodegradable, but rather ends up creating micro-plastics that are ingested by fish and other animals. Furthermore, the production of PVC results in the creation of dioxin, a highly toxic man-made poison that remains in the body for a long time. Add on the fact that PVC isn’t easy to recycle, and is often mixed with phthalates (cancer-causing chemicals) during production.

All of our vegan handbags and purses are cruelty free, our brands choose to use up-cycled materials, vegan leather, oilcloth fabric and organic cotton/twill instead, for handbags made to complement any outfit or occasion.