Guide To Vegan Fashion From Zara

High-end high street retailer Zara is decking out its customers and their homes in supreme cruelty-free style. Spanish retailer Zara has always been revered for delivering cutting edge fashion to the masses. With a commitment to toxic-free production, no-animal testing, and sustainable sourcing, Zara is helping to pave the way towards a vegan-friendly future. Zara has risen to the challenge with a range of vegan-friendly products, including faux leather jackets, acrylic wool jumpers, and an entire line made of recycled and sustainable materials, called Join Life. In an effort to reduce waste, Zara works according to a sustainability initiative called "Closing the Loop.". Inditex launched its in-store recycling points scheme across several Zara stores in 2015, and now has 1,382 drop off points for used items across all its companies. Since the in-store points were launched, 357 tonnes of garments, accessories, and shoes have been deposited by customers. In its ongoing pursuit of a circular economy, Inditex also transforms its textile waste into a fibre called TENCEL™ which Zara uses in its Join Life Collection. By 2020, Inditex will have invested $3.5 million on such sustainability initiatives.

The Zara Join Life initiative was launched in 2016 | image/Zara

Stance On Using Animal-Friendly Materials

Like many fashion retailers including Stella McCartney, Gucci, and Hugo Boss, Zara does not use any fur in any of its lines. As Inditex states on its website, "Inditex stores do not sell fur. We strictly follow the Fur Free Retailer Programme supported by the Fur Free Alliance." Championing cruelty-free snuggliness, Zara has launched an entire line of faux fur coats for 2019. The range includes a synthetic fur coat and a vegan shearling jacket made from polyester. Zara introduces its new line on its website by saying, "Who needs a real fur coat when the faux fur options are so good these days?" It continues, "Our fur outerwear collection has everything from full fleece jackets in a rainbow of colours, to classic parkas and black coats with fur-trimmed hoods and collars. Get through the cold season in style." The rise of vegan fabrics, particularly vegan leather, has grown substantially in recent years. While the cruelty involved in the fur industry has been publicized, leading to the UK banning fur farming in 2000, the fashion industry includes many animal products which are also inhumanely sourced, including silk, made from silkworms, angora, made from rabbits, cashmere, mohair, and sheep's wool.

Zara launched a fur-free line this year | image/Zara

Citation:

About the author Gillian Fisher , author, A. the, Fisher, G., & Evergreen Writer | contactable via hello@livekindly.co. (2020, December 15). The Complete Vegan Guide to Zara Fashion. LIVEKINDLY. Retrieved October 12, 2021, from https://www.livekindly.co/vegan-zara-guide-cruelty-free/.