{"id":32033,"date":"2019-02-13T10:47:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T15:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/creator\/?p=32033"},"modified":"2020-02-26T14:28:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:28:32","slug":"vegan-fashion-and-beautys-transparency-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/vegan-fashion-and-beautys-transparency-problem","title":{"rendered":"Vegan fashion and beauty\u2019s transparency problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The<\/em><\/span><\/i><em> <\/em><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> uses its voice\u2014to educate, to advocate, to forewarn\u2014people listen. That&#8217;s why the newspaper of record&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/09\/opinion\/cosmetics-safety-makeup.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recent editorial<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the cosmetics industry ruffled feathers in the beauty industry. Titled \u201cDo You Know What&#8217;s in Your Cosmetics?,\u201d the piece sheds light on the toxic chemicals in the world&#8217;s most popular personal-care products. For the most part, consumers have no idea what goes into their cosmetics.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2009, then-beauty magazine executive Wendi Berger\u2019s doctor advised her to stop wearing traditional perfume during her pregnancy. Berger learned then that many fragrances may contain trace amounts of dangerous synthetics\u2014and that she couldn&#8217;t necessarily rely on perfume brands themselves to keep her and her baby safe.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After nearly four years of development, Berger launched an elegant, safe alternative in 2013 with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pourlemondeparfums.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pour le Monde Parfums<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an all-natural fragrance company based at New York City\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/buildings\/349-5th-ave--new-york-city--NY\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WeWork 349 5th Ave<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Pour le Monde is also vegan, which means that it contains no animal-derived ingredients. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berger explains that it\u2019s one thing to call your brand vegan, but it&#8217;s quite another to do vegan \u201cright\u201d\u2014to not only comply with the strict definition of the practice, but also to embody its spirit. This disconnect, and concerns about safety in materials, is not unique to cosmetics, where carcinogens like asbestos and formaldehyde hide in products like blush and hair straighteners. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such concerns are associated with the fashion industry as well, which has seen an explosion of purportedly cruelty-free brands in recent years. The vegan-izing of leather has been particularly popular, with innovations cropping up to make it accessible.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historically, though, leather alternatives haven&#8217;t been so peachy for the planet (or people). The most commonly used vegan leather is polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a widely produced synthetic plastic polymer, and polyurethane (PU), a polymer created to mimic the appearance of animal hide.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While PVC may be inexpensive to source, it often contains lead and phthalates, substances that in high enough concentrations can damage the liver, kidneys, lungs, and reproductive system. PU leather, meanwhile, isn\u2019t quite as dangerous, but has a tendency to crease about a year into use\u2014not a great selling point.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Stephanie Li developed luxury vegan handbag label <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jwpei.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JW Pei<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with her husband, Yang, in 2016, she set out to find a more eco-friendly alternative to PVC and PU. Enter ultra-microfiber, a lightweight, nonwoven fabric made from blended fibers of polyester and polyamide that is at least five times more durable than PU. JW Pei is the very first to use it in handbags. But for Li, finding a factory to manufacture with it presented a challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFactories that produce high-quality vegan handbags simply don\u2019t exist,\u201d says Li, a member at Pasadena\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/buildings\/177-e-colorado-blvd--los-angeles--CA\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WeWork 177 E. Colorado Blvd<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cThe ones using synthetic materials always produce low-quality bags, and the ones of high-quality always use genuine leather. To use ultra-microfiber requires a whole new range of different equipment, processing, and skills.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So the brand aimed high: Li recalls doing \u201ca lot of hustling\u201d to persuade premium factories to adopt JW Pei\u2019s vegan materials. Eventually, they found a facility that agreed to improve its technology and craftsmanship, and a partnership was born.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-32036 size-full\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/wework-creator-vegan-fashion-beauty-pour-le-monde-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32036\"\/><figcaption>&#8220;I&#8217;ve always said this is not a fad,&#8221; says Wendi Berger, president of all-natural fragrance company Pour le Monde Parfums. &#8220;This will become the norm, as we&#8217;re seeing every single day.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In vegan manufacturing, JW Pei&#8217;s production challenges are often the rule, not the exception. When Gabriel Silva founded vegan footwear and accessories brand <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.useahimsa.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahimsa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Brazil in 2013, he quickly realized how difficult it would be to ensure that his shoes were being ethically produced at a third-party factory. Just six months after launching the brand, Silva opened his own production facility in Franca, a footwear hub in southern Brazil. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe were the first, and we still are the only 100 percent vegan shoe factory,\u201d says WeWork member Silva, a former airline pilot who became vegan following a Type 1 diabetes diagnosis. He soon decided to embrace a cruelty-free lifestyle beyond diet. \u201cFrom the very beginning when I was looking for outside alternatives, I couldn\u2019t find any.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Could this dearth of vegan-manufacturing facilities come down to something as simple as price? Berger thinks so. Much of the world\u2019s manufacturing is still ruled by conglomerates that must answer to shareholders, she says, and synthetic materials are radically less expensive than natural ones. At least right now. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt&#8217;s lot cheaper to make something in the lab than it is to recycle and make something out of nature,\u201d says Berger. \u201cSometimes it&#8217;s just cheaper to do the shortcut: \u2018We&#8217;ll buy the cheapest vinyl ever and we&#8217;ll just say we\u2019re vegan, but we\u2019re not going to tell everybody that the vinyl is dipped in the worst, most toxic dyes.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Food and Drug Administration\u2019s Office of Cosmetics and Colors does not have enough power to adequately regulate vegan and cruelty-free claims, according to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The<\/em><\/span><\/i><em> <\/em><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For that to change, Congress must conduct a radical overhaul of the department. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But consumers are getting savvier and researching the brands they buy. And they\u2019re also seeking retribution: As of December 2018, nearly 12,000 people had sued Johnson &amp; Johnson claiming asbestos in the company\u2019s talcum-powder products had caused them to develop ovarian cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This autonomy is more widespread among millennial and Generation Z shoppers, who make up more than 60 percent of the global population. A study by&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ecosphere.plus\/blog\/millennial-consumer-driving-force-corporate-sustainability\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">87 percent of millennials<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would be more loyal to a company that helps them contribute to environmental issues. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This young and powerful demographic will force the fashion and beauty industries to appeal to their buying preferences. It\u2019s already happening: In August 2017, personal-care giant Procter &amp; Gamble announced plans to disclose every single fragrance ingredient, down to 0.01 percent, of its roster of household brands in the U.S. and Canada by the end of 2019. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But where does that leave vegan brands like Pour le Monde, JW Pei, and Ahimsa that have been transparent with their consumers all along? Or companies that have moved mountains to deliver a product that is both high-quality and completely cruelty-free?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berger suspects that as the demand for clean, transparent, and cruelty-free products increases, a vegan reckoning is on the horizon.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s growing at a very fast rate,\u201d says Berger. \u201cI&#8217;ve always said this is not a fad. This is a total movement. 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