Founded in 2019 by the Francoamerican Emmanuelle Rienda, the vegan week of fashion is now reinventing a new appearance and a new name: the “luxury ethical summit.” Celebrated in Los Angeles since its origins, the event took place on Monday and Wednesday at California Market Center in downtown Los Angeles.
“The luxury ethical summit marks a turning point and a great evolution of the vegan fashion week,” said Ride. “Six years ago, nobody really was talking about vegan fabrics or sustainability. My personal trip, my encounters with emerging designers and our conversations about the use of fabric of recycled animals and materials produced ethically, helped our event evolving. Today, we are expanding our event to include ethical fashion. This new approach is now more attention to fashion houses and luxury brands and the opening of new damage.”
The highlight of the event, the “Golden Hour Fashion Show,” brought together a large number of guests, including the best -selling podcaster and author Jay Shetty; Actress Richa Moorjani; Norwegian Prince and Chaman Ruek Verrett; French actor and artist Romain Brau; and stylist Philippe Uter.
The famous Parisian school Ecole Duperré opened the show with the presentation of collections of two young designers of the school. “Our participation is linked to our curiosity and also our approach to sustainable fashion, which is in our DNA,” said Mathieu Buard, director of fashion studies and images of Ecole Duperré.
“The school has been working with recycled fabrics for a long time, even before starting talking about ecology and sustainability. This issue is in the heart of our educational program, and particularly our creative and design processes,” Buard added.
Seen by 400 guests, the mutant silhouettes of designer Victor Clavelly, enchanted to an Los Angeles audience, always in love with the stories of extraterrestrials. A few months ago they were scored for his collaboration with Rick Owens around extraordinary feathers boots, Clavelly presented short dresses and looked with poles, pixelated tops and printing monkeys of plants scored by long hands that remind the alien anatomy.
This was followed by another talent, Guy Chassing, also graduated from Ecole Duperré, and now part of the Alaïa fashion house. “Eight bulky silhouettes inspired by my desire to recycle and my grandmother, who used rags, pieces and scarves to assemble looks and outfits,” said Chassing.
“This is the starting point for my collection, which is created from pieces of wool with a tip by one in silk ornament. A technique that requires a lot of time, which requires more than 250 hours of work for each dress, but a way of composing new creations from new textures and textiles.”
The second part of the show presented OUED in an ultra colorful collection full of nods to Morocco and California. A manifest collection created by four designers: Mina Binebine, Nadia Chelaoui, Youssef Drissi and Angeline Dangelser, and produced in collaboration with Balmain, provider of fabrics.
“Since 2023, the OUED label has gathered Moroccan designers and helping them to shine internationally,” said Dangelser, former designer of Parisian luxury houses, now based in Casablanca.
“In addition to traditional knowledge, we encourage them to be interested in textile innovations and offer a fast fashion alternative. Collaboration with Balmain and textile manufacturers such as Subliwear has given rise to this original collection, which kidnaps Moroccan symbols and plays in Californian codes.”
Together with the show, the luxury ethical summit also organized six rounds and round conferences that explore the relationship between luxury fashion and ethical fashion. Among the topics discussed were “Is Ethical Fashion the new luxury?”; “AI, fashion technology and transparency in luxury products”; and “the role of crafts and cultural heritage in modern luxury.”
The event also invited about 20 international brands and ethical designers to present their collections and stories in their designer gallery. Among them were local brands and made in Los Angeles such as Tanaka, the recycling brand founded by British designer Ana Tanaka; and bags made of cactus or apple fibers by Carter Wade.
Represented by the Los Angeles headquarters, Maison Privee, from Florencio, released the label “Rockstar, Streetwear and Futuristic” founded by Nino Cotraro and completely performed from Stocks Dead in Los Angeles. A label worshiped by the Tik-Takers and influential who went to Melrose Trading Post, where the brand regularly presents its collections.
In a completely opposite genre, Atelier 7474 of the Parisian haute couture and its founder Audrey Geschwind presented their supra vip creations. He used to collaborate with the big luxury houses, from Balmain to Loewe, creating costumes and outfits for Paris Opera, and for the main international stars such as Rihanna, Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga, the designer presented in Los Angeles her creations reviewing the traditional tutus.
“We just returned from Las Vegas, where we present unique attire at the Magic Fair. A kind of inverted tutu for men, every piece that requires more than 100 hours of manual work, “Geschwind said.” As the US market is crucial for our company, we are also taking advantage of the luxury ethical summit to present my collection of modular jewelry dresses, made of dead actions. “
A few steps from Atelier 7474, the Zingales Italian footwear brand revealed its vegan models of Richelieus and Derby. “The US market is crucial for our development and particularly open to vegan footwear,” explained the founder of the brand and vegetarian, Vincenzo Zingales. “Our shoes are made of an alternative suede of the future, manufactured with ultra microfibers without PVC. Even Vibram's sole is made of 90%non -petrochemical ingredients, to the color made of natural pigments.”
The first edition of the Ethical Luxury Summit, organized with the support of MMGNET Group, concluded with a raft collection gala of the California Market Center, where the cocktails and vegan snacks of the French pastry chef French François Daubinet delighted the audience.
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