Gunas (luxury vegan handbags from New York)

Not from England, but Gunas is worth a mention, as it’s probably the world’s most popular vegan handbag bag in the world, founded by a designer who used to make kitchen appliances!

In many styles and colours, this brand makes vegan handbags fun and interesting, even naming some after celebrities (for instance, the ‘Betty’ was named after the Golden Girls actress Betty White, known for her love of animals.

Why Choose Vegan Leather Handbags?

Leather is not a by-product of the meat industry, and most leather for bags (and shoes) is made in the Far East, where there are few animal welfare or human rights rights. Vegan leather bags are super-easy to clean, and most have recycled linings (usually from plastic bottles). And are sent in s sustainable packaging. These make great gifts!

It takes 17,000 litres of fresh water to make 1kg of leather. 80% of leather is tanned with chrome that is toxic to tannery workers, plus animals suffer (20% of the Amazon rainforest is already gone, with cattle ranching the main cause).

Cattle farming is by far the biggest contributor to CO2 emissions in livestock farming, causing 60% of all emissions, and over 65% of leather is from cows.