Leanne Hilgart

Recently I had the pleasure of chatting with Leanne Hilgart, founder of Vaute Couture, a conscientious fashion house based in Chicago that specializes in high style, high performance fashion coats and outerwear using no animal derived materials.  Named one of Seven Top Emerging Green Designers of 2009 by Ecouterre.com, Leanne has also been featured in Daily, VegNews Magazine, Entrepreneur and other major publications.

Among many other things, like what Leanne does for fun…(trumpet anyone?), I was shocked to learn that Leanne has been a champion for animal rights from a very young age, a mission that continues in her lifestyle and innovative cruelty-free sustainable apparel.

Listen as we learn how Leanne went from high fashion model to creating art inspired eco-fashion that is sought out by celebrities like Alicia Silverstone, Emily Deschanel and…me of course!

Vaute Couture

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Jaszy McAllister

Jaszy McAllister is the woman behind the curtain of Modern Hippie Mag. She is also the host for ModernHippieMag.com video and podcast interview profiles. She is a self-taught jewelry designer featuring her eco-conscious jewelry designs at www.Jaszy.com. She is also a Green Guru for TheGreenGirls.com. Find her on Twitter, @msjaszy. Read more articles by Jaszy.

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Jaszy McAllister is the Head Honcho of Modern Hippie Media and the driving force behind MHMag. Her desire to give voice and document her own personal eco-journey and discovery was the basis of creating Modern Hippie Mag. Outside of being the Editor in Chief, Jaszy is a spokesperson, host, model, actress, and self-professed workaholic, computer junkie. She enjoys good food, good company and dancing her tushy off at local Latin dance clubs.