Fashion, Food, and No Animals Were Harmed

I kicked off New York FashionWEEK last night at Moo Shoes, who hosted a great event with great vegan food and fashion. By 7pm the boutique was packed, it felt like a Christmas party with good cheer! Sorry to be chiche but everyone was so nice and no one was elitest in the slightest. Everyone was just excited to be meeting new people, sharing work, and supporting the designers.

 I met the designer and brains behind Love Is Mighty. Every ballet flat and heel is made by hand in India from waste materials like candy wrappers. The workers are paid fair wages and the materials are sourced form a school program in which the children bring them to school, as a sort of educational experience. of course all workers are paid fair wages. The designers hopes are to preserve the tribes' crafts before the people are all sourced for jobs, like construction which is a more stable income in their modern economy.

After my sample of raw thai from Rawlicious I had to the mini raw cupcakes from Sherry's Short Cakes which were so yummy and pretty. I mean who doesn't like gold flakes in their chocolate! Their was also bits of Rescue Chocolate from Brooklyn, one of the vendors on forAnima !! I love Resue Chocolate! The founder and dog lover, is adorable and a portion of the profits go to various foundations.

I also met the designer, Joshua behind Brave GentleMan. He had his loafers, boots, bowties and ties for men on display. All men's shoes are men under fair wages in the European Union. They were so handsome. I wished that I had a brother or boyfriend to buy them for! But alas, I could "pet" them in awe and when you see then shoes up close, you will want to as well. I hope that one day forAnima can work closer with Brave GentleMan and Novocas.