PLANT MONSTERS

Once upon a time, “vegan leather” meant plastic that peeled. Today, it means innovation that feels like luxury.  Designers, scientists, and sustainability rebels are reinventing what we wear — one fruit, fungus, and cactus at a time. Welcome to the new era of fashion materials — where plants are the new prestige. Piñatex: Pineapple Power Developed from the fibers of pineapple leaves (a byproduct of the food industry), Piñatex  is lightweight, breathable, and has that perfectl

This project is deeply personal. My own journey began in the unpredictable corridors of culture: first as a young woman working with the production team at Saturday Night Live , later as a filmmaker honored with a Peabody Award. Storytelling shaped me. It gave me the power to see the world’s invisible narratives—whose voices are heard, whose voices are silenced, whose lives are commodified. And it gave me the courage to reframe those narratives. With Plant Monsters, The Kind

For generations, luxury has been defined by leather. From the monogrammed trunks of European aristocracy to the gleaming handbags of Hollywood’s golden age, animal skins became shorthand for wealth, exclusivity, and power. The logic was simple: the rarer the hide—python, crocodile, ostrich—the higher the status of the woman carrying it. Leather wasn’t just material; it was a marker of belonging to a certain echelon. But today, that story is beginning to unravel. What once sym

Fashion has always been about more than fabric and form—it’s about what we signal to the world. For decades, the most coveted handbags were crafted from exotic leathers and treated hides, each one a glossy badge of status. But as the cultural conversation shifts toward ethics and sustainability, so too has the A-list. Increasingly, celebrities are choosing vegan handbags not only for their style, but for the story they tell. Natalie Portman has long been at the forefront of