Ethical Fashion Quotes

I don't think a living being should suffer for the sake of fashion, period. End of story. You don't have to kill an animal just because you want to be hot and fly. And I really stand by that.

I feel like you can't just have fashion for fashion's sake.

I feel that women have been neglected, unnecessarily neglected and mistreated personally by the fashion industry and shapewear in that entire category was a definite place that we were neglected.

As I've said a million times, I'm obsessed with Liya Kebede's LemLem line. The pieces, made by artisans in her native Ethiopia, are perfect for summer! I'm also a big fan of jewelry line Lulu Frost. Designer Lisa Salzer and I have been friends forever, and I love how she incorporates vintage pieces into her jewelry.

There is no need for fur - since there are compassionate alternatives.

I may cut my coat to follow fashion, sir, but not my conscience.

Protecting animals is very important to me, and I think speaking out against fur is an amazing cause.

We don't live the lives of Eskimos. We don't need to kill animals for fashion.

The singular secret of khaddar lies in its saleability in the place of its production and use by the manufacturers themselves.

Saeed quickly found employment at a Banana Republic, where he would sell to urban sophisticates the black turtleneck of the season, in a shop whose name was synonymous with colonial exploitation and the rapacious ruin of the third world.

Fur is not murder, but it is quite expensive.

When I see Lemlem walking around New York City, it's just mind-boggling, because I know it came from this one man sitting and weaving this little product.

I'll never forget my first fur. It was a modest little stole. Modest? People thought I was wearing anchovies.

Clothing isn't disposable.

I wear Doc Martens leather boots, so I'm not a vegan. I am a vague-one.

Buy less, buy better, and really wear it.

It's easy to take the shortcut and use animal skins. But I think animal skins look tired. They're not very innovative. They're old-fashioned. And great fashion should be something new.

Buy less, choose well & do it yourself!

When I started doing television, I was very aware my clothes would be obvious and it was a great opportunity to promote brands which are made with respect to people and the environment.

You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur

There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.

A woman gains status when she refuses to see anything killed to be put on her back. Then she’s truly beautiful.

Buy less, choose well, make it last. Quality rather than quantity: That is true sustainability. If people only bought beautiful things rather than rubbish, we wouldn't have climate change!

I got a fur shawl once. I was so disgusted! And I couldn't re-gift it. I don't know anyone who'd want fur.

I won't wear fur - never, ever. I'm an animal lover. I wouldn't even wear faux fur. I prefer to go the cheap route and not shave my legs.