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PAPERTHINKS’ gorgeous range of bags and accessories are made from 100% recycled leather from the off cuts, trimmings and shavings from the wastage of other leather manufacturing processes like gloves and jackets in the welding industry which helps reduce the wastage to landfill sites and save animals.
Pistachio envelope tote £85, paperthinks.co.uk
LAUNCHED in 2018 by Laura Chavez, Lark &
Berry produces beautiful high quality pieces of jewellery using cultured or ‘labgrown’ diamonds. The lab-grown diamonds are also 100% traceable which is not always the case with mined diamonds. Pictured, Veto open stackable rings in 14K gold
£385 each, Veto bracelet £1,215 and Veto diamond, emerald, ruby and sapphire ear crawler £395,
larkandberry.com
LOVED by celebs, French footwear company
Veja focuses on transparency, fair trade and social and environmental responsibility. It sources natural rubber from a collective in the Amazon rainforest and uses pesticide and fertiliser-free organic cotton fairly traded from Brazil. Pictured, V-10 metallictrimmed mesh and leather sneakers £100, net-a-porter.com
LAUNCHING this month, online marketplace Kool and Konscious promises to be the home of sustainable and conscious fashion. It aims to help eliminate the environmental and moral footprint of the fashion industry and has signed more than 200 brands, including MotherErth and Kozha Numbers, plus British designers, TOBEFRANK, Gaia London and Lora Gene. Prices range from £25-500, koolandkonscious.com