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Every year, PETA India honours Bollywood celebrities, fashion houses and brands celebrating compassion with the Vegan Fashion Awards. From gorgeous sarees made from vegan silk to handbags crafted from cactus leather, PETA India ensures the efforts are noticed and awarded. This year, the winners of PETA India’s 2025 Vegan Fashion Awards show that designers and brands are responding to the public’s growing demand for fashion that is kind to animals and the planet. From actor and filmmaker Riteish Deshmukh winning the Best Vegan Fashion Style Icon, Masaba Gupta’s makeup brand, Lovechild winning the Best Vegan Makeup, to Jacqueline Fernandez’s faux-fur ensemble in the song Money Money from Raid 2, styled by Jyotsna S Bisht winning Best Vegan Fashion Moment, to ace Indian cricketer Jasprit Bumrah-backed travel gear brand, Uppercase, winning Best Vegan Travel Gear, the 2025 Vegan Fashion Awards winners list celebrates innovation and cruelty-free fashion. “Cruelty is out, and compassion is in, thanks to the innovative designers and brands that make up PETA India’s 2025 Vegan Fashion Awards winners,” says PETA India Director of Corporate Affairs Ashima Kukreja. “The world has evolved past the cruel use of animal skins, and PETA India encourages everyone to seek out the abundance of modern vegan fashion available today.” Jacqueline Fernandez wearing animal-friendly faux fur for Raid 2 song, Money Money. Here is the complete list of PETA India’s 2025 Vegan Fashion Award Winners: Best Vegan Fashion Moment: Jyotsna S Bisht for styling actress Jacqueline Fernandez in animal-friendly faux fur, for the song Money Money, in the film Raid 2. Best Vegan Fashion Style Icon: Riteish Deshmukh for inspiring consumers through vegan fashion choices. Best Vegan Kids Fashion: Zip Zap Zoop for helping to advance animal-friendly children’s fashion. Best Vegan Sarees: Hand An Yarns for creating exquisite vegan silk sarees. Jasprit Bumrah strikes a pose with Uppercase travel gear. Best Vegan Personal Care: Plix for its animal-friendly skin and haircare products. Best Vegan Makeup: Lovechild By Masaba for its fabulous animal-friendly cosmetics. Best Vegan Travel Gear: Uppercase for its stylish vegan travel gear. Best Vegan Handbags: Allen Solly for its stylish animal-friendly handbag range. Masaba Gupta’s Lovechild by Masaba won the Best Vegan Makeup. Best Vegan Women’s Footwear: Disobedience for its exquisite vegan footwear. Best Vegan Men’s Shoes: Vegan Basics for its high-quality vegan shoes. Best Vegan Sneakers: Greensole for helping animals, people and the planet. Best Innovation in Vegan Leather: Eori Leather for developing unique animal and eco-friendly leather made from eucalyptus fibres. Dolly Jain won Best Vegan Fashion Digital Content Creator for her ‘vegan saree saga’ content. Best Vegan Fashion Changemaker: CSIR-NIIST (National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology) for developing technology to manufacture vegan leather made from pineapple leaves, banana stems, rice straws, and other plants and agricultural waste. Best Vegan Athleisure: Aastey for helping advance animal-friendly athleisure wear. Best Vegan Fashion Digital Content: Dolly Jain for featuring vegan saree styling and draping on social media.
