How to find vegan friendly fashion shops in London

If you want to find leather and fur alternatives look no further than Camden Town in London. Usually alternative and gothic style stores will have pleather, non leather and other alternatives plus faux fur and wool alternatives. Here are a few shops I found that I loved. Even Doc Martens has vegan docs! So rad. Rock your badass style cruelty free.

Are tattoos vegan?

I have had people ask me if tattoos are vegan because some of the ink is not. You can certainly request a tattoo artist who does vegan tattoos and uses ethical and organic inks. If you ever set up a consultation be sure to ask about what inks they use and if a shop doesn't use vegan ink you can always request it. You are the customer after all. Some tattoo products are made with animal products so be sure to do some research and make sure ink that is used is ethical and free of bone char etc.  My artist, Ally Lee of Hot Rod Alley Tattoo in Santa Cruz is one of the best artists around and she uses all organic all vegan ink called Fusion Ink. It heals extremely bright and Fusion Ink has beautiful colors. You can check out facts about them below as well a a list of other vegan tattoo inks. I have found some cool links on youtube and the internet. I know a lot of tattooed and alternative people are vegans so don't feel bad if you got inked before you adopted a vegan lifestyle. 

Vegan Tattoo Inks

Happy vegan weekend ;)

Going to go for a nature walk, eating tofu and hang out with my pup this weekend. There is a Hitchcock Festival this weekend and next if anyone in the Bay Area gets to see that. I am moving in the next few months. I will be a few hours from L.A area. So stoked. There are tons of yummy vegan places there. 

Vegan comfort food: Grilled cheese

Whenever I am feeling down I make myself vegan hot chocolate with some dandies marshmallows or a vegan grilled cheese. I love melty vegan cheeses like Daiya or Chao slices. Sometimes I will have a non dairy tomato soup which I make creamer with almond milk or soy and sometimes I just make a small spinach or mixed leaf salad on the side. 

Cute goth items to throw my next vegan dinner party

My mom got these for me for Christmas a while back. So cute. I just had to share. I love the little bats and all the crows and snakes. Loveeeee! 

Vegan Pizza!

We all love pizza? who doesn't like some vegan comfort/junk food. There are several awesome vegan pizza places but if you find yourself not able to find a vegan place don't despair. You can always call and check if the dough is vegan and if it is you can order a vegan pizza. I know Dominos and others have vegan options and if you have extra time and would rather stay home and make a pizza here is a great recipe by Minimalist baker Favorite Vegan Pizza I personally love getting together with friends and making a pizza but sometimes I order out. 

Here is a list of helpful article to find vegan pizza: 

Peta article : Pizza Places with vegan options

A rad place in the Bay Area if you ever travel there is Plant Based Pizza based in San Jose. It has such delicious pizza. My friend turned me onto this place. Here is the link: Plant Based Pizza  At places like Silicon Valley or Portland ,Oregon and Seattle and L.A there are always awesome vegan options but if you live somewhere where they don't have many options, like I said you can always order out. If you don't know what to ask for here is a helpful guide: How to order vegan pizza

Vegan fashion and vegan food alternatives

Finding leather, fur and wool alternatives has never been easier. Today most alternative, goth and metal type stores have tons of vegan selections. Places like Hot Topic, Lip Service and many other shops have faux fur, faux leather/pleather etc. I am going to show you some of my finds below.

These boots I actually got online a while back.

I think I got these at forever21 they have loads of non leather items.

I always get Hot Topic boots and I have some Pennangalans which had a non leather option and I had them special made a while back. I will post those in another post. 

Most corsets do not use leather but some do. This one is a lace one I got and the skirt was a hand me down from a friend. I think it is Tripp. 

I model for Arsenic Fashions and she uses clay for some of her necklaces. 

Below are pics of my vegan Tim Burton themed wedding. You can request a caterer who isn't even vegan to do vegan items. The majority of people are very chill about it that I have met. 

I think this was the first time my caterer had done an all vegan wedding spread. It turned out amazing and I would definitely use her again in the future. 

vegan Beetlejuice inspired cake pops :D

                               Yum Yummmmm look at all that delicious vegan food :D