Socialite Starts Vegan Bag Line

New York socialite Cornelia Guest is already a vegan baker, cookbook author, board member of the Humane Society of New York, and actress, and now she can add handbag designer to that resumé. A vegan of six years, Guest has decided to launch a line of cruelty-free handbags to create more options for those who want to look chic without the use of animal products. The bags will be sold at Bloomingdales this autumn, and are made from high-quality, eco-friendly materials. Additionally, all of the items in the collection will cost less than $300. “I want to give people an intelligent alternative,” Guest tells The Telegraph. “Everywhere now people are watching what they eat and what they wear. It is becoming more and more important to the consumer that fashion is cruelty-free.”