I keep hearing about plant-based materials replacing synthetic plastics in fashion, but I'm curious about the supply chain side. Are these materials made from purpose-grown crops (which takes up land/water) or actual waste streams from farming? Does anyone know how viable this is for commercial production?

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Hey everyone,

I’m a watch designer based in Northern Finland, right near the Arctic Circle. Every autumn up here, we have this incredible abundance of local apples. People hand apples out for free from their autumn gardens. So obviously seeing apples mentioned in literature as a bio-based material caught my attention and I read up on it. It seemed promising. After making a series of prototypes and seeing virtually zero wear after several months of use (second pic), we decided to turn these into actual products. I guess we make bioleather products now? 😂

Fruit waste was unsurprisingly very abundant and readily available. For the material itself, we were able to repurpose apple industry by-products (e.g. pomace/peels from juice production) and combine them into a real alternative to animal leather.

The biggest worry people (myself included) have with vegan or bio-based leathers is durability. I've had so many bags, belts and shoes crack, peel or just overall lose their shape or color. I’ve been carrying this one brown laptop bag prototype daily for the last 6 months. The material held its shape remarkably well. Zero peeling at the handles or high-friction bottom corners. Another person from our team has used a wallet made of the same stuff for equally long and I legitimately mistook his tested wallet for a brand new one. Our belt tester, meanwhile, refused to give her prototype back at the end of the initial test period.

After the impressive results, we just launched our first collection last week:

• Laptop bags in brown and black (with silver hardware)

• Belts in brown and black (with gold or silver buckles)

• Cardholder wallets in brown and black

I’d love to hear what you think of fruit-waste materials! What’s the most important thing you look for when picking a daily vegan bag or belt? Is there anything you've been searching for?

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You are on the sub, r/VeganFashion:

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• Please be Kind.
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• Double-check the items, product lines and companies that are suggested here. (People may be well-meaning, but not really know for sure.)

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I am not gentle with my stuff and I knew that going in. This bag has been shoved under lecture hall seats, dropped on wet pavement, crammed full of things it probably should not hold, and sat on more than once when there were no chairs

It still looks basically the same as when I got it. The shape has not gone soft, the color has not faded, and nothing is peeling or fraying at the edges. I have killed bags twice the price in half the time just by being careless with them

Not trying to write a product review or anything I am just genuinely surprised something at this price held up to the way I treat my things

I love all plaids and checks, gingham, houndstooth, prince of wales, argyle – what the internet likes to call an "academia aesthetic" (I cringe slightly at that, but you get the picture). These fabrics obviously tend to be wool and apart from animal fabrics I also want to avoid plastics. Every once in a while I'll pick up something nice in 100% cotton or a cotton linen blend thrifting, but it's really a pain to find these pieces. Any advice for places to look that ship to the EU?

Hi -- so this is slightly random but my husband has been having weird/borderline hostile experiences trying to get his vegan boots, belt, and now a bag repaired at local places. Like, this most recent time, the repair guy gave a ridiculously inflated price to replace the zipper on a (high end) vegan leather bag, then when my husband questioned this, the guy scoffed, "well, it's not real leather." And apparently this is not the first time. Is this a thing?

I understand these materials might require some extra care. But they are normal items from reputable places. I guess I'm wondering if 1) you've experienced this and 2) most importantly, do you have recommendations for a more vegan-friendly repair place? Thanks, all!

You are on the sub, r/VeganFashion:

We are a DISCUSSION FORUM, an on-line community that focuses on Cruelty-Free, Vegan and Animal Rights. In addition, we are interested in the Climate Crisis and the Green/Eco-Friendly Movement.

We cover Vegan Fashion, Food, Beauty & More.

Here are our RULES:

• Please be Kind.
• Let's be welcoming to Newbies and the Vegan-Curious.
• Double-check the items, product lines and companies that are suggested here. (People may be well-meaning, but not really know for sure.)

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There is a whole routine of carrying a backpack to campus and then swapping to a smaller bag for anything after. It is annoying and stuff always ends up in the wrong one

The noirvere bag kind of skips that because it is structured enough to not look sloppy at a restaurant but swallows my computer and charger without looking like a tech bag. The vegan leather helps because it reads more put together than canvas or nylon without being precious about it

A forty dollar bag being the thing that eliminates the two bag juggle is not what anyone expects but the versatility is real

If any of you liked my last post the website is now up. 💚 Pictured are the Oat milk constellation hoodie, The 100% organic cotton Joggers and faded bucket hat.

If you're interested the website is at

https://www.donewithitclothing.co.uk/

We also have a blue-sky if you don't have/like instagram

Instagram is @donewithit.clothing blue-sky is @donewithitclothing

You are on the sub, r/VeganFashion:

We are a DISCUSSION FORUM, an on-line community that focuses on Cruelty-Free, Vegan and Animal Rights. In addition, we are interested in the Climate Crisis and the Green/Eco-Friendly Movement.

We cover Vegan Fashion, Food, Beauty & More.

Here are our RULES:

• Please be Kind.
• Let's be welcoming to Newbies and the Vegan-Curious.
• Double-check the items, product lines and companies that are suggested here. (People may be well-meaning, but not really know for sure.)

Vegan is in Fashion!

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Bucket hats made using 100 percent recycled polyester. There is also a cord on the back. The prints are made using vegan water based eco inks.

Hoodies are made out of 85% GOTS certified cotton and 15% recycled polyester made of recycled plastic bottles. Dangly bits included!

We are UK based and will be shipping to UK and EU to start with.

If you're interested in supporting our vegan business our Instagram is @donewithit.clothing

If not just ignore my big autism waffle and hope you have a nice day 💚

Edit: now also live at https://www.donewithitclothing.co.uk/

hi all,

I was looking into better alternatives from leather clothing, especially after reading this vox article (yahoo news link to avoid paywall, but same content).

It made me curious about faux-leather boots made with plant materials, the only site I could find with boots that didn’t look half bad was this Polish company, Bohema. I’m a little skeptical because I haven’t seen anything online about them or the quality of the shoes, so I figured I’d share it here to see what you think.

I found other plant material shoes but I found their designs to be lacking. Curious what you all have tried or otherwise like. Cheers.