A vegan leather jacket from Rejina Pyo, available at Matches Fashion. “[Fashion] is one of the most harmful industries in the world,” McCartney told the South China Morning Post.

I get it. You want to walk around the city in comfy sneakers that look elevated and cool, and leather kicks are the way to go. But the thing is, leather isn’t great on the environment.

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