Archive for November, 2009
The Vegan Collection Store Shutting Down For Buy Nothing Day
As part of the international day of protest against consumerism, The Vegan Collection will be shutting down our shop on November 27th from 12:01 AM until Midnight in observance of Buy Nothing Day. We prefer to spend the day examining the issue of over-consumption rather than selling product and suggest celebrating the day by doing [...]
Harvey Levin, Vegetarian and Vegan Collection fan
[flv:http://blog.thevegancollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/tmz_VC.flv http://blog.thevegancollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/harvey.jpg 640 360] Someone tipped us off to this clip that was aired on TMZ on TV last week. Media mogul Harvey Levin takes out his Vegan Collection “Traveler” wallet and proclaims “Leather Free!” His staff gives him a hard time about it, but we think it’s great that Harvey’s standing up to his [...]
Vice Magazine Interview w/Pastry Chef Brooks Headley
One of the best and most influential hardcore bands to ever exist was Born Against and this month’s Vice Magazine has a great interview with their drummer, Brooks Headley, by their singer, Sam McPheeters. Brooks recently made the transition from punk rock drummer to head pastry chef at NYC’s prestigious Del Posto restaurant. In the [...]
Bold Native Advance Screening in Hollywood Thursday
The writer/director of the new film Bold Native, slated to be released in 2010, is looking for people to attend a screening this Thursday, November 5th and give feedback on the film and it’s topic. According to the IMDB description of the film, Bold Native is about Charlie Cranehill, an animal liberator wanted for domestic [...]
Find Our Belts at Herbivore Clothing Company
The Vegan Collection is happy to announce that you can now find our belts at Portland’s very own Herbivore Clothing Company! We started reading Herbivore Magazine way back at issue one and have had the pleasure of visiting their Portland store. So you can now stop by their shop and see the items in person [...]