Since turning vegan, what have you done with your leather goods?

Question

I'm totally sorted with not eating animal products and not buying any more, but what did everyone else do with their leather, wool, silk etc goods - I don't want to wear them as the first thing people do when you say you're vegan is scan you for leather!

Answer 1

I still have some but as they wear out I replace them with other(non-animal) products. I do not have the luxury of replacing everything right away. EXCEPT Walkers, I have found NO Walkers outside of New Balance for Narrow, flat feet in non-leather. If I don't wear proper shoes my back, & knees kill me & I spend a lot of extra time & money at my Chiropractor.

If the products are in good shape pass them on:

good resale shop, GoodWill, Salavtion Army.

Answer 2

Donate them to charity or throw them away.  I never really had a problem with that when I became a vegetarian because I was never really in to that type of fashion.

My shoes were my only problem.  I just wore my shoes until they wore out (I didn't have the money to buy new ones at that time) and the next time I bought shoes I made sure they were made of man made materials.

Answer 3

I took some of it over to Goodwill and Vietnam Vets picked up the rest.

Answer 4

ask yourself why you are vegan, for health or animal rights. if its for health, who cares, you dont have to announce that you are vegan and you can keep the cloths for nice occasions. if you are really going to support animals, you need to get rid of it. the rest of the animal is rotting in the ground, why isnt its fur and skin?

Answer 5

Some things I use until they are no longer usable, and others (such as leather coats) I have donated.  I may not want to wear leather, but there are plenty of poor people who can't afford anything at all that still need shoes and coats.

Answer 6

As I do not believe in waste, nor do I care for the opinions of others regarding my personal choices, I use them.  When they need to be replaced, I purchase vegan alternatives.

Answer 7

I understand that people may want to attack you for wearing leather, but it's important to ask yourself the very reason for turning vegan. Is it for animal welfare? Environmental reasons? Whatever it may be, how does your wearing leather that you previously bought years (or months) ago contribute to that reason? For example, I have leather couches that my parents gave me almost ten years ago. Since turning vegan and being aware of what's happening to animals, I know that having the old leather couches doesn't contribute more to animal cruelty.

What's done is already done. It's irreversible. What's important is to not do any more harm by not buying more leather/wool/silk products, thus boycotting the cruel industry.

I am keeping my leather products that are necessary (i.e. shoes) until they are worn out or donating to non-profit organizations (esp. animal welfare ones) as I can replace them with non-leather goods.

After all, throwing those away would mean a costly waste to the environment, for the toxic process that the leather products have gone through. You can watch EARTHLINGS if interested in this process. http://www.vegtaste.com/main/posting.php...

Also in dealing with non-veggies, please refer to How to tell others you are a vegan: http://www.vegtaste.com/main/posting.php...

Don't worry too much. Congrats to your new veganism! Good luck! :)

Answer 8

I use them until they are unusable.

Answer 9

I pretty much wore it until it wore out, then replaced it with vegan options.  Anyone who scans me for leather and determines that I'm "not vegan enough" because I'm carrying a purse I bought three years ago is of no concern to me.  It's usually non-vegans who do that anyway.  I don't see any reason to be wasteful.

Answer 10

Donate them to someone else. I'm not going to go throw them away and make more trash in the environment, which I'm trying to help in the first place, by being a vegan.

Answer 11

take them to a second hand store if you want.. DO NOT throw them in the trash..

at least if somebody else wears it.. less suffering will occur as you dont need to make new..

really remember manufacturing of ANYTHING is cruel... Cotton production in Russia destroyed a whole sea (Aral Sea)..and killed millions of fish and other animals

here soy production kills and displaces millions of animals.. so nothing is cruelty free..

this link is on living cruelty free

http://www.socyberty.com/Lifestyle-Choic...