During Fashion Week, Everything She Wants went to a preview for Laura de Waal's stylish vegan handbag line, Veggani . I'm a huge animal welfare advocate and appreciate the idea of swapping a leather handbag for one made with quality vegan leather. So I chatted with the Philly designer via email about what inspires her, her cool hometown, and more. Me modeling Veggani's 'Maya' bag./ESW Everything She Wants: How did you get started? Laura de Waal : I attended art school (SMFA) in Boston and then did an internship with a retail company which really started me down my path of design. I continued to design and work for other brands for the next few years. Throughout my twenties I shuffled back and forth between the design retail world and working for non profits. As a little girl, my best friend and I always thought that we would start a brand together. Unfortunately, due to literally residing on different continents now, my childhood B...