Vegan Boots
Vegan Boots
I'm searching for boots similar to these but vegan for obvious reasons. I love boots but haven't had them for years because I couldn't find any cool-looking.
Isn't Vegan Leather just a fancy name for plastic?
No, mushrooms
It depends, I think the marketing has recently shifted to putting the word vegan in a bunch of things in the hopes that it would get more sales. The cheaper stuff seems to be plastic, but some of the higher quality stuff seems to use better materials. There's more people buying the cheaper stuff so that's what comes up when you search for "vegan leather" these days
Even plastic is better for the environment than leather.
Better plastic than ripping off skin of pets huh?
I mean sure, that's your choice, but using intentionally extreme, almost misappropriated, verbiage is a bit much no?
Ripping the skin off implies living when it occurs, and "pets" is largely fabricated for shock effect (as is the term "ripping"). It's quite cold & "surgical" compared to the image you're painting of my dog having their skin ripped.
To be clear, I'm not anti vegan or anything, nothing here has implied that, I'm just calling out the verbiage for what it is.
@pabloscloud
I have boots from here and they're great (I personally got the WVSport Insulated Waterproof Hiking Boots, but they also have other types of boots):
https://www.wills-vegan-store.com/Thanks for recommending them again! Seems like they are very likeable xD
Will's Vegan Store has great color options for dock boots as well as an option for insulated boots for winter. I have the blue dock non-insulated and love them. I haven't had issue with them or anything else that I've ordered from the website.
What about these: https://www.nae-vegan.com/en/unisex/shoes/boots_702-656.html
I bought a pair of etnas last year and I like?them a lot, comfortable, warm, non-slip most of the time.
very nice! Thanks for sharing! Stylish, one customer said they are not for hiking tho which I wanted to buy them for. I go for walks with my dog a lot. But again, thanks for sharing and I'll take them into consideration :)
If you need steel toe boots you choose from the selection of STC.
My partner has had these ones for a while and they're stills going strong. https://www.vegetarian-shoes.co.uk/all_products/travis_boot_tan/18431_p.html
Thanks for the tip! Sadly, too small. I need 41 or better 41 1/2 :)
https://www.avesuveganshoes.com/ also has a big selection
Hey, why didnt I get a notification about why my comment was deleted?
You can check the modlog of any community on lemmy. It's the green button by the community sidebar. It shows who, when, and why, when something gets removed.
The button should be by the member / post counts
Thank you, this helped me find it.
Petrolium faux leather is not only less durable, but more damaging to the environment.
Source on these claims? Leather production isn't exactly easy on the environment, nor the health of (typically third-world country) workers involved in the process.
Personally I've been wearing the same pair of synthetic leather boots to my job which has me walk ~20k steps a day for 5 years now, and the only part of the shoe showing signs of wear is the rubber sole, which I had to glue back on.
That claim could be easily debunked with a five minutes Google research. 🙄
E.g. https://interestingengineering.com/lists/plant-based-leathers-environmental-impact
I can't believe how much people arguing with the premise of the question has ruined this thread.
But do they taste like the real deal?
I think I found some good looking ones :D
https://vegan-store.eu/products/vegan-insulated-dock-boots-mens?variant=39808850690234
Not exactly the same color but it's the look not the exact color I was looking for ;) I'm still open for other suggestions and maybe someone else benefits from suggestions as well :)
Depends where you are, Mr. Posting-from-lemmy-dot-world. There's a shop in Amsterdam where I bought vegan work shoes with the steel toes, cushioning etc two years ago, still going strong through various kitchen jobs. These are the ones actually: https://www.vega-life.nl/i/vegan-werkschoenen-en-vegan-veiligheidsschoenen/eco-vegan-shoes-easy-walker-advanced-swiss-fabric-safety-s3-src-jeans
I have a pair of the vegan Dr. Marten's but honestly they take a while to dry out after heavy rain, otherwise they're spot on.
I also found these as another example but they are a little high
Nothing beats real leather.
True. I can't imagine a material that is more horrific than skin that isn't yours
Weird. I couldn’t imagine wasting a good hide on nothing.
Your dog’s skin would look good on my feet.
Haha I hate dogs, I’d buy some dog leather boots. I always said I’m gonna make a hat out of my cat when it dies though.
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Too bad you skin is not made of it huh