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BLK-ED is Hot! Check out these Cruelty-Free and Vegan Leather Handbags

Mazaajiya • Nov 01, 2020

BLK-ED is back! This Black-owned Black girl backpack brand launched in the Spring of 2020. These designs are hand drawn by independent Black artists and artists of color all over Canada and the United States. The unique collections of Black-owned handbags, wallets, crossbody bags and more quickly sold out.


BLK-ED is Hot! Check out these Cruelty-Free and Vegan Leather Handbags and Black Girl Art

Being sophisticated and stylish with safe, cruelty-free and Black-owned vegan leather handbags are more affordable than you think.


Cruelty free fashion brands are trending styles. Popular fashion trends are unsustainable and expensive, but does it have to be that way?


BLK-ED focus on sustainability and quality of their products that does not sacrifice affordability. Black designers and Black owned custom design brands continue to grow in vegan fashion industry with a growing demand in vegan leather handbags, vegan crossbody bags and vegan wallets.


BLK-ED is a Black owned handbags brand made by African-American serial entrepreneur, Renee Ashman. She now lives in the Greater Toronto Area and her products are available for sale in Canada, UK and the United States.


Renee was inspired by her daughter to believe that anything is possible.


Before school started, Renee Ashman and her daughter were shopping for a school backpack. The BLK-ED founder was shocked that there were no Black Girl Art or Brown Girl Art backpacks that her child wanted! It was unbearable to see the disappointment in her daughter's eyes. So she took the matter in her own hands. Renee designed a custom Black Girl Art bag for her daughter and she now carries it everywhere.


When Renee Ashman went to the park, mothers approached them to compliment and ask where did she get her daughter's Black Girl backpack. She realized these Moms were going through the same struggle she felt before. There were no backpacks that represented a Black or Brown girl, Black boy art, designs for Muslim girl or Christian girl!


BLK-ED is Hot! Black-owned backpack brand with Black boy Young King Art. BLK-ED Founder and CEO Renee Ashman

"Finding a Black girl backpack was such a challenge !" - BLK-ED Founder, Renee Ashman


The term entrepreneur is ever growing, and what it defines is a person who fulfills a demand for  a product or service that people want. They are problem solvers, bring value to the market and remain in a state of gratitude.


Renee Ashman put on her entrepreneur hat and BLK-ED was launched. A brand was born to empower people of color.


BLK-ED, like some Black owned designers and custom designer brands in fashion, lean towards ethical and sustainable fashion and production. Vegans and Black culture lovers are looking for vegan wearables by Black owned vegan fashion brands.


Renee Ashman not only brings ethical fashion with vegan handbags and vegan wallets, but BLK-ED also partners with independent artists of color to bring unique designs. The vegan leather custom design handbags and Black girl art backpacks are hand drawn by Black artists and artists of color.


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When a collection is made, they are made in limited production and when they sell out, That is it!


New designs roll out and the sold items become exclusive to those who own a BLK-ED hand drawn art backpack or wallet.


This limited production for the Black girl art backpacks and vegan handbags brings a custom feel to buying from BLK-ED.



Remember the first day of school when many children had that same Spiderman print t-shirt or Disney princess character from that summer's blockbuster on the backpack?


BLK-ED is Hot! Black-owned backpack brand with 3 Black Sistas Ballet Art. Find BLK-ED on AfroBiz Marketplace


BLK-ED combines fun and wearable accessories highlighting Black and Brown girl or boy art in style with hand drawn art selections. For people of color, by people of color. BLK-ED is hot!


A collection of wearable art vegan handbags set or crossbag by BLK-ED comes in limited edition.


BLK-ED did more than just bring Black and Brown girl art school backpacks and collaborate with independent artists of color. The founder of BLK-ED maintains a vegan lifestyle with love for sustainability and driven by gratitude and the motivation to give back.


BLK-ED brings ethical practices to production with collection of vegan leather handbags, vegan wallets and vegan crossbody bags, with a giving-back program for environmental sustainability coming soon.


Whether you're looking to buy Black children's backpacks, vegan leather handbags and accessories like wallets, crossbody bags or makeup bags, grab a Black-owned wearable art before they sell out on BLK-ED.



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