Labante

LaBante sells women’s handbags, cross-body bags, totes, backpacks, small leather goods and jewellery, all 100 % vegan. Price points sit in the mid-range: bags £80-£180, wallets £35-£60, jewellery £25-£90. The brand trades only through its own UK website and ships worldwide; no bricks-and-mortar stockists are operated. Every piece is made from recycled or plant-based materials such as apple-skin, recycled polyester and vegetable polyurethane, stitched in audited factories that guarantee no animal products or by-products. The company offsets its carbon footprint and donates at least 10 % of net profits to charities supporting women and animals. Best-known lines include the “London” convertible tote-backpack and the “Westwood” apple-skin cross-body. Core buyers are 25-45-year-old professional women who want luxury styling without animal cruelty and who read ingredient lists as carefully as food labels. They value sustainability, minimal branding and versatile designs that move from office to weekend, and they are willing to pay for ethics rather than logos. LaBante competes in the crowded “accessible luxury” vegan accessories space against both fashion-led vegan labels and traditional leather brands launching eco lines. It differentiates by combining mid-tier pricing with premium construction, certified vegan materials, carbon-neutral shipping and a give-back pledge, positioning itself as an ethical upgrade rather than a compromise.