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Therefore, Silverstone urges consumers to opt for plant-based leather, such as mushroom and pineapple leather. In a sentiment that would no doubt be shared by her “I Don’t Get It” character Cher Horowitz, she hopes that such products will one day be embraced by high fashion as well.
“I like to think that Cher would be perfectly fine with being vegan,” she joked in April. “Because she finally woke up, stopped being materialistic and began to understand, with the help of [Paul Rudd’s character] Josh, that the world could use a lot of healing and love. So I like to think he would have evolved into a person who would have been on my side.”
