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?
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He’s thinking of polyurethane leather which got rebranded from PU leather to vegan.
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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.
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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.
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I specified petrolium based.
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Nobody said anything about the environment or it being better???
OP is trying to find clothing that doesn’t involve animal exploitation
How aren’t you exploiting animals when you’re destroying the literal environment they live in to cover up you weak fleshy human feet?
Read the community sidebar, particularly the “as far as is possible and practicable” in “What is Veganism?”.
Thanks 🙏
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Looks great, but how to buy?
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I can’t believe how much people arguing with the premise of the question has ruined this thread.
@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.
Highly recommend the WVS Dock boots. Have them a few years already and they still look like new!
They get recommended a lot!
I also have their hiking boots and theyre fine too. Only the sneakers I bought are a complete flop. Not durable (look shitty after only a year)…
I bought some boots from their store today :D
Right!? Seems like a good option
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I find a lot of satisfaction in not walking around draped in someone else’s skin like a ghoul but idk
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I actually think it’s weird as shit to kill somebody, peal their skin off of their corpse, soak it in noxious chemicals, and then like make a hat out of it or whatever.
Like seriously that’s fucked up, the only reason you don’t think that is because you don’t recognise the personhood of the creature who’s skin you’re using.
They feel just like we do, they have families and friends, they play, they explore, they get scared, they feel pain. I don’t think they’re things to use.
They do all of that. But they still make good boots. The world is brutal. Life is brutal. Everything isint daisy’s and rainbows. Ever seen a cat torture a lizard or a bunny for no good reason? That’s just life my guy. Life is death.
This sounds deep but actually is quite shallow thinking.
Life is many things, and can be many more further still. We could strug our shoulders at premature infants “life is brutual babies die” after all, or we could build incubators and give people hope.
We could drive past a car crash “life is death” why bother?
You can justify any monsterous act by looking for the bleakest things in the world and telling yourself it’s fine. That’s just faulty reasoning, I ask cats for moral guidance and you shouldn’t either.
Animal parts have utility. So we use them. You’re crazy to think otherwise.
I just hope you’re not like that in real life or otherwise have no friends bro. That thinking is so wrong. What do you even do in the vegan lemmy community with that thinking? 🤮 Where do we get as a society with people like you? It’s not even an option for me to use real leather! It doesn’t come to my mind! So don’t bring it up here. I asked for VEGAN boots! Lots of people suggested nice looking boots (thanks) and as they are sold, there is a demand for vegan boots. Also, I hope that most people buying boots with animal-leather just don’t know and need to be shown a brutal video to understand what’s actually on their feet.
Amazing justification for murder./s Please stay on topic next time someone asks where to buy clothes…
You know that’s not for “no reason”? They do it to stay alive. They don’t even kill the animals before they rip off their skin sometimes.
Plus I’ve seen videos of dogs still alive while they ripped off their skin. I mean they aren’t actually even dead before they get brutally hurt with pain no one should ever dare to describe.
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.
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Go ahead and make me into some boots when I die. The fuck do I care I’m dead better than just rotting in the ground
You know they don’t collect the leather after the cows die of natural causes, right?
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I’m very skeptical about its durability compared to some good leather, but maybe! I would think that an animal hide would be fully compostable though as well
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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.
Why is one of their styles called Trump?
Probably because it can also mean triumphant
Fair enough, I would have to look into the company to see when they opened. I’d just be a bit worried if they opened after 2016
I’m not sure, it sounds cool unlike that republican lol
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 :)
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.
it doesn’t as I am buying them online. Also how dare you decide I am a man. Ok, my name is haha
Then having them posted, presumably? I think that matters!
You’re right! I’ve added the German flag to my profile :D
https://www.avesuveganshoes.com/ also has a big selection
I also found these as another example but they are a little high
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 :)
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.
There’s always a reason given when comments are deleted. Afaik it doesn’t even need to be your comment but could be the comment you replied to but I’m a newbie
Well i commented on this post earlier, and now it is gone. I even have a reply notification that goes to no where.
Can you still provide the content of the message? Maybe I’ll remember if it was actually the comment that got deleted or a parent that you replied to :)
Nevermind I found it in the community mod log.
Sorry if posting this is a violation.
It is also false.
Studies and LCA analysis have revealed that leather products are far more damaging to the environment than even PU leather.
This is due to the enormous environmental impact of the cattle themselves, including land clearing, water use, direct emissions, etc.
Does that include all of the other products made with the cattle?
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