Vegan leather

[Mik]

Seriously. I just saw vegan leather handbags advertised on tv. WTF is vegan leather. It’s gotta be plastic.

FFS.

[George K]

Pleather.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Mik said in Vegan leather:

Seriously. I just saw vegan leather handbags advertised on tv. WTF is vegan leather. It’s gotta be plastic.

FFS.

Been a thing for awhile. I mean I get it, but why not call it something new? You're never going to convince people it's a better option by referring to your product as an alt to the original.

[LuFins Dad]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Vegan leather:

@Mik said in Vegan leather:

Seriously. I just saw vegan leather handbags advertised on tv. WTF is vegan leather. It’s gotta be plastic.

FFS.

Been a thing for awhile. I mean I get it, but why not call it something new? You're never going to convince people it's a better option by referring to your product as an alt to the original.

Like Tofurkey.

[Copper]

@Mik said in Vegan leather:

plastic

Made with the finest fossil fuel.

[Mik]

Which is made of….

[89th]

Reminds me of a company called “modern picnic” that makes vegan leather insulted lunch bags and other “yeti products but for women”. Heard them on The Pitch, a fun podcast I listen to that has startups pitching for investor capital.

https://modernpicnic.com/

Podcast episode: https://www.thepitch.show/109-modern-picnic-surviving-the-adpocalypse/

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in Vegan leather:

Like Tofurkey.

How Corinthian of you.

[Axtremus]

@Mik said in Vegan leather:

Seriously. I just saw vegan leather handbags advertised on tv. WTF is vegan leather. It’s gotta be plastic.

May be plastic, may be plant-based cellulose.

There is real concern about whether such leather imitations have more or less adverse impacts on the environment. See, for example, https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/fashion-news/a30640996/vegan-leather-sustainability/