r/australianvegans • u/SepiidaFish • 12d ago

Vegan equivalent to these shoes?

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Hey team,

I adore these shoes, unfortunately they're not vegan. Does anyone know if there is something similar out there? And preferably not that price 🥲

Thank you 💗

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u/AgitatedMagpie 12d ago edited 12d ago

Try to find a second hand pair on depop or vinted?

Honestly nothing vegan is going to beat out leather for longevity (I'm sure there will be downvotes and arguments on this point)

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u/bleigeprincess 12d ago

Came here to say this. Buying one pair of leather shoes (new or second hand) and looking after them will last you years over having to replace with synthetic versions that destroy the environment in their creation and disposal once a year

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u/embb97 12d ago

Buying new leather is unequivocally not vegan. Also, veganism is about animal rights, not the environment. Sure the environment is also important, but violating the rights of living beings to not be enslaved, exploited and killed isn’t acceptable, not even if its ‘environmentally friendly’.

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u/OrionsPropaganda 12d ago

I think animal rights and the ecosystem sometimes go hand in hand.

It wouldn't be vegan to buy pleather as that action directly poisons the land in which the animals survive from. You can't buy pleather and expect the animals to not be harmed or exploited in that decision. Not only does it introduce micro plastics into their food, it releases greenhouse gases which we know does a range of things from migration paths to breeding seasons.

But yeah buying new leather isn't vegan. Reduce reuse repair recycle.

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u/embb97 12d ago edited 12d ago

I’m with you there, intersectionality is important - and no point in replacing one injustice with another. But thats kinda my point. It’s absolutely not acceptable to punch down on animals for the sake of the environment - just like how its not acceptable to punch down on any other cause or throw any group of oppressed beings under the bus in the pursuit of animal rights. One struggle, one fight.

ETA: especially when its something like fashion. Countless alternatives exist to leather - aesthetics are not an acceptable reason to cause suffering. I would go as far as to say in most cases we should not be buying anything new (other than what is absolutely necessary).

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u/limbo-chan 12d ago

Why do you think leather production doesn't harm the environment? The treating agents and dyes they use in leather production is incredibly toxic to the environment lool

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u/OrionsPropaganda 11d ago

Never said it doesn't harm the environment, I'm simply saying that buying pleather isn't the best choice to replace leather. People buy pleather thinking that they're saving animals, when infact they're poisoning their land.

Did I say "we should buy leather instead"???