Vegetarian Shoes

The original Animal Friendly Footwear, established in 1990. Made with high-tech breathable synthetic materials instead of leather. Worker friendly manufacturing, include UK, Portuguese, and Spanish factories.

The following are some of the materials they use:

Vegetan Active

A lightweight breathable Polyurethane/Cotton material. Soft to touch and with a light grain, this leather-looking material is ideal for sports footwear and women’s dress shoes. Like the Vegetan uppers this fabric has a built-in cotton backer which gives added strength and makes for being more environmentally friendly by being more biodegradable. Clean with a damp cloth and proof with polish, dubbin or spray on proofers.

Vegetan Bucky

A hard wearing breathable microfibre that looks and feels amazingly like supple leather. Wipe with a damp cloth to clean. Use spray-on waterproofer or our dubbin. This material will darken slightly with the use of shoe care products.

Vegetan Micro

The toughest, hardest wearing and most water resistant breathable material that we use. Like all our materials it takes little ‘breaking-in’, is exceptionally like high quality leather in performance and has a distinctive grain. Use polish or dubbin.

Vegetan Smooth Grain

Hard wearing, breathable upper material with classic smooth finish. Creases just like the leather equivalent. Use polish, dubbin or spray on proofers.