Now That I'm Vegan

kminty3

I’ve been transitioning to raw for about a year but it took along time until I could committ to vegan (cheese would be my once or twice a week treat). So now that I am trying to be vegan, I am curious what I should do with clothing I have that is not vegan like leather shoes. I won’t buy it anymore, but what about the stuff I have, do I have to get rid of it or use it until it wears out and then just not buy anymore

skizzy

i am not vegan so perhaps my views are different, but i think you need to make your own decisions about that and not worry about how “vegan” you are if you do this or don’t do that.

i personally would feel wasteful if i threw out a perfectly good pair of shoes. how is that helping anything? but i know other people who would feel hypocritical if they wore them. i really feel like it is up to the individual.

pianissima

there was this REALLY involved debate going on a few months ago that i wish i could find. does anyone remember what it was called? very interesting conversation about how “vegan” your life has to be to be considered “vegan”.

i totally agree with skizzy. i’m no longer buying these things but i still wear them SPECIFICALLY because i appreciate where these things came from and would think it was disrespectful to waste that life TWICE over.

kminty3

that’s what my gut was telling me.. but I wanted a “gut check”

alpdesigns

I have a leather sofa that I bought years before I went vegan. To get rid of it would cause further waste to the environment. I wouldn’t buy one now either.

rawrach

I agree with all of you. I feel it is disrespectful to the animal who died to produce the clothing or whatever, to just throw it out. But- for those who feel that it is hypocritical, you can always donate it salvation army or in my city they have a humane society thrift store. I know that would be alittle weird to donate leather or fur to the humane society thrift store, but at least the money it produces is going to help other animals.

Zoe

Each vegan has their own take on what to do about leather etc. I used to only buy leather if it was 2nd hand.
Now since being raw, leather has actually become a lot more repulsive to me. I couldn’t wear leather if I wanted to because I can’t get the dead animal out of my mind. Being raw has made me ultra sensitive to the suffering of others.

I find pretend leather shoes in the oddest shops. My latest pair of knee length non leather boots came from an outsized clothing shop. (Evans – for any UK peeps) They’re gorgeous and much cheaper than buying from specialist non leather shoe shops.

Now my mum has a full length fur coat that my gran left when she died…what the heck to do with that we really don’t know! To be honest, I really feel like burying it, don’t think Mum would approve though, let alone gran ;)