Have you ever wondered where the bags desirable from all fashionistas come from? Who is sewing them and what are they made of? For many years I had my eyes closed, not wanting to know what a pair of new sneakers or a bag are made of.

I have read so many interviews with the celebrities who, although do not eat animals, or they just say so, march proudly with the new “It bags” each season. The fashion is cruel, does not care about animals, continually soaping our eyes with another deceptive campaign like – Let’s stop using plastic straws or granting some eco prizes awarded this week in Milan. At the same time, millions of animals which were born and raised only to become the desired bags for us are kept on farms.

A few fashion houses have lately decided to stop promoting natural furs, while bags, leather goods or shoes which contribute to over 80% of their revenues are still presented on catwalks all around the world.

So how to combine life in harmony with nature with the high fashion? How do you want to follow fashion and at the same time do not kill animals?

It is true that each of us craves for the new Birkin, we look with envy at the girls posing with its next versions on Instagram. The same is with glossy magazines which continuously encourage us to buy, buy and buy the best version of ourselves. It is as if we were still not perfect, as if a pair of shoes or a new piece of clothing was able to lift our spirits and carry us to an extraordinary caste, inaccessible to others.

I am beating myself in the breast because my wardrobe is so vast, full of leather bags, shoes and accessories. What should I do with them? Should I throw them away? But the animals they are made of had to die, only so that I could boast my new Chanel 2.55. Should I keep all the staff out of respect for them? I talked to my friend who told me that if I were still to carry my leather bags around or wear my leather shoes, other women would see and desire them. This is a holy truth, I have been buying things seen on women passing me on the street many times. So what have I decided to do in the end? I made up my mind to keep them, and let them make a private and beautiful exhibition.

But on the other hand, when choosing some vegan staff, you must also remember not to turn them into non-biodegradable anomalies unable to break down for thousands of years. Now you can buy beautiful bags that are biodegradable. However, by doing this and not wearing my leather goods, will I still be in fashion? Do I want to be perceived as a fashionista for the price of contributing to farm animals, only kept so that I can show off my new Birkin? Are the fashion weeks in which the horrified animals are in the background my world? Not anymore! The Fashion Intruder is my farewell to high fashion. I can be totally unfashionable, but free, aware that behind my clothes there are no factories where beads are sewn on by children who work for the so-called one dollar, or animals that are convicted to die and butchered only so that I can have new sneakers every season. Thank you for such fashion!