#vegan leather

[martysimone]

Scantilly | Tough Love • in barb wire embroidery + sheer mesh + vegan leather

#Scantilly #scantilly by curvy kate #curvy kate #lingerie #UK30-40--DD-HH cup #leather lingerie #vegan leather

[hometoursandotherstuff]

#leather alternative #cactus leather #vegan leather #other stuff

[berryvegan]

What everyone on the internet refuses to understand for some reason, is that pleather is vegan in the same way oreos are.

It isn't made for us. We are not the target nor leading consumer. The average nonvegan uses more pleather because it isn't always easy to tell if it's animal or not in the first place. And just like oreos are a cheap and easy product that technically we can consume too, there is actual vegan leather made out of more sustainable products with that goal is mind.

Like all you're doing is literally making posts saying "Pleather (plastic leather) is plastic" and dusting off your hands as if you made the biggest brain post when you quite literally just defined a word and any moral context actually is pointing back at you so idk what you're getting at

#When I use pleather it's because I'm poor and there's no other options wtf are you trynna do #vegan #veganism #Vegan leather

[wachinyeya]

#vegan leather #plastic pollution #plastics #pleather #leather alternatives #leather #environmentalism #good news #science #environment #bacteria #microbiology #genetic engineering

[zegalba]

Yohji Yamamoto Pour Homme: Saeko Tsuemura Vegan Leather Jacket, Spring/Summer 2002

#Yohji Yamamoto #Yohji Yamamoto Pour Homme #YYPH #Saeko Tsuemura #fashion #illustrations #japan #leather jacket #vegan leather #jacket #red #runway #ss02 #2002

[stefaniamodel]

Sporting this gorgeous plastic free vegan leather handbag by Lost Woods https://lostwoodsvegan.com

#stefania ferrario #model #vegan leather #vegan #curvy #blonde

[ramonahatesromance]

Cozy goth for Crosses ✝️✝️✝️ tonight

#me #goth girl #alt girl #goth #cozy outfit #cozycore #cozy goth #leather #leather pants #vegan leather #faux leather #goth shoes #corp goth #Corp goth no more #I am my own boss #ootd #concert outfit #crosses

[acti-veg]

What is vegan leather?

Well everyone likes to pretend that plastic is the only thing a leather alternative possibly can be made from, but that’s only true if you desperately want it to be. Pleather is what people are generally talking about; but the idea that plastic jackets exist because of vegans is laughable.

Vegan leather is just any material that vaguely resembles leather in form or function but is not made from animal hide or byproducts. You can make it out of plastic sure, but also cork, recycled materials, leaves, pineapple fibres, mushrooms, pinatex - there are many options. There are seldom reasons you would even need to imitate leather outside of a working context anyway, so you also have just about every other textile in existence to choose from.

#ask #leather #vegan leather #pleather

[aluhnim]

Autumn Sky - Ginkgo Bag

Limited release on January 13th, 2023 at 12PM PST

https://chanchauart.com/store

Thank you to everyone who has been waiting for this release. It’s been a delight to work on and I hope every bag finds a nice new home.

#ginkgo #ginkgo purse #purse #bag #merch #merchandise #vegan leather

[disease]

DEMONIA | “GRAVEDIGGER-250”

#demonia #boots #vegan leather #goth #fashion #u

[rufskin]

@rufskin leatherette

#rufskin #vegan leather

[berryvegan]

I wake up

I log on to the internet, really any platform

I see a NEW "vEgAn LeAtHeR iS pLaStIc" post

I sigh deeply and put down my phone

#Every damn day FOLKS #I'm SoOoOoO tired of it it's such a dumb fucking take how do we have SO MANY POSTS AND ARTICLES ABOUT IT #AAAAAAA #vegan leather #Vegan #veganism

[adhd-hippie]

Straight up blocking anyone who pretends vegans are the only people buying fake leather. I'm sick of y'all. Target doesn't stock 50 different shoes made with "man made uppers" aka fake leather for vegans who make up something like 2% of the population in the USA.

Yall just really don't want to face facts (neither fake leather nor leather are sustainable). So, instead, you scapegoat vegans and blame us for the failures of sustainability in the supply chain.

Again WE MAKE UP LESS THAN 2% of the world's population.

I can guarantee you that unless it's specifically marketed as vegan we are not actually the target demographic...YOU are.

#Vegan #Vegan leather #Misinformation #Sick of it

[zegalba]

Yohji Yamamoto: Saeko Tsuemura Vegan Leather Jacket Spring/Summer 2002

#yohji yamamoto #Saeko Tsuemura #vegan leather #leather jacket #orange #japan #jacket #2002

[sapphicteaparty]

i've NEVER seen a single good faith discussions about pleather on this website and i want ppl to think critically for one second about the way businesses talk about their products. "vegan leather" is purely a marketing term and nothing else. it was invented by the fashion industry and it has nothing to do with vegans or veganism.

"vegan leather" is basically made of polyester (a type of plastic), but crucially a lot of clothes nowadays are made of polyester either fully or partially because it's cheaper to produce. so of course clothing companies are going to be producing and marketing things that make them more money.

these products are not even targeting vegans, they're making an average customer feel better about their purchases, same way they are now putting "eco" labels on some of their organic cotton clothing. it's just greenwashing. NOTHING in fast fashion is eco friendly in any way - this whole industry is extremely wasteful an exploitative on every level. when are ppl going to realize that these companies just say anything they can to make it seem like they care about anything other than their profit margins. because they don't.

my wish is that ppl that talk about how bad pleather is and how vegans are apparently responsible for all of the microplastic pollution in the world also talked or cared even a little bit about the absolutely horrific abuse and exploitation that happens in the clothing and fast fashion industry. talk about how this industry consistently fails (or outright refuses) to pay its workers a living wage or how they don't provide them humane working conditions - and how that led to thousands of garment workers dying and getting injured when a garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh (and that's not the only tragedy this industry is directly responsible for).

also microplastics are only the tip of the iceberg if you want to talk about the pollution that the clothing industry is responsible for (toxic chemicals and pesticides used in cotton production, garment dyes, the disposal of textile waste etc) - all of which has direct human costs tied to it.

but if your only concern ever was microplastics that clothes can shed then great! avoid all polyester and plastic clothing. but did you know textiles aren't even the primary microplastic contaminants? it's plastic bags, bottles and fishing nets by far. most ppl can't always avoid these plastic items in daily life. but do you eat fish? vegans don't.

i'm just so tired of the pleather discussion focusing on the wrong thing (vegans) when there are so many more aspects about the clothing industry and plastic pollution that never get addressed when they should. and the amount of misinformation on these topics is just laughable at this point. ppl sure enjoy reblogging posts that confirm their biases and free them from having to critically engage with complicated issues because it's so easy to just blame a group of ppl for it.

anyway if you're concerned about ethical clothing (i hope you are) then basically these are your best options:

wear what you already have and don't buy new clothes unless necessary

get second hand clothes

get upcycled clothes

this may seem a bit extreme but these are the only options that don't result in new clothes and textiles being produced because there is an overproduction issue in the clothing industry which is why over 80% of clothes end up in landfills. obviously these options aren't viable for everyone all the time but if the goal is sustainability then that's just the reality of things for now.

you can also do things like mend your clothes so they last longer, learn to sew to make your own clothes etc all of that is better than buying new clothes. donating clothes to a thrift store is also not ideal since they get so many donations that a lot of it ends up in a landfill anyway and recycling clothes is also not straightforward or even possible in a lot of cases. so not buying new/more clothes is the most environmentally friendly option. and before you go no ethical consumption under capitalism blah blah yeah we know. doesn't mean you are powerless and have no choices in anything ever.

please learn more about microplastics, the clothing/textile industry and veganism before you uncritically reblog another misinformed post about "vegan leather" or microplastics. also please don't uncritically believe what i wrote here either. if you're seriously interested in these topics then your source for this information shouldn't be some tumblr post in the first place. there are lot of studies, documentaries and articles about all the things i mentioned. i'm not a researcher or a scientist, so don't ask me. i'm just tired.

#vegan leather #veganism #pleather #fast fashion #long post #not interested in discussion tbh #i'm just venting #do ppl that are obsessed with pleather even read clothing labels #do you know where your clothes were made #do you know who made them #and do you know how much they were paid for their labor? #why aren't you mad about that

[martysimone]

Honey Birdette | Chhaya sets • in croc leatherette + tulle + slinky chains + snake charms | ph Ellen von Unwerth 2023

#Honey Birdette #Ellen von Unwerth #Luxury Lingerie #vegan leather #Leather Lingerie