When it comes to handbags, we animal lovers cannot live by Prada nylon
alone. And thankfully, with these stylish vegan-friendly numbers from
Alexis Hudson, we have some fresh new non-crunchy options at our
disposal. Dubbed Sport, the microfiber collection features five styles,
ranging from a “Demi” clutch for $105 to the midsized “Sybil” for $225,
named thusly because it can be worn a host of different ways. (Get it?
Sybil? Multiple personalities?)
According to Emily Ironi, who runs the marketing side of the
five-year-old, Santa Monica-based brand, she and her business partner
Rachelle Copeland weren’t exactly hell-bent on creating an
animal-friendly line. (Indeed, the company’s Collection styles are
wall-to-wall leather.) Still, the duo wasn’t about to look a gift-market
in the mouth. “Cruelty-free was definitely one of the appeals,” she
says. “We wanted to do something that was affordable, and whimsical and
easy, but we also felt that making the line somewhat green, and
animal-free, would have an appeal to a lot of people. We’re definitely
seeing a lot of movement in that area right now.”
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