Because the goal of this site is to review a broad range of veg*n products, I thought I'd better start branching out from the food-y stuff. And sooo today we have our first clothing review! This is the Vegetarian Shoes X Belt. No, I don't know why it's called the "X Belt" (maybe I'm missing something obvious), but do you really care? Good, neither do I. Let's move on.
When I made the choice to stop eating dead animals, I automatically extended this to the rest of my lifestyle choices as well. No more leather, no fur (not that I would have had any to begin with... oh wait, there was my Dynasty-inspired collection of mink stoles, *raooooowwwwrrrr*), nothing containing gelatin, etc. I did keep what leather items I had (a belt and some shoes), because I didn't see the sense in wasting what I owned already. Well, when the cow-belt did finally wear out, I had to do a little searching to find a cruelty-free replacement.
Thank goodness for online shopping, because it is much harder than many people realize to find a nice, good quality, non-leather belt at the mall. Sure, I could have gotten that sparkly pink plastic thing at Walmart, but now that I'm growing up and sit at a desk all day I should probably shy away from things I would have drooled over in high school. Also, damn the Wal-man.
So I eventually made it onto the Vegetarian Shoes website. They are based in the UK but ship all over the world. They have lots of shoes and belts and clothes and other goodies to choose from. I wanted a chocolate brown belt with a silver buckle, and they had a few belts that fit this description, all reasonably priced! I liked the shape of the X Belt's buckle the best, so I chose it, paid, and went on my merry way. Yessss I had to wait a little while (I think a couple of weeks) for it to reach me, but come on, it had to swim all the way across the North Atlantic.
I was pleasantly surprised by how nice the belt really is. It looks good with jeans and with dressier pants. It has proven to be very durable. It hasn't shown any real signs of wear and tear, actually. It is made of "vegetan micro", which the company describes as "the toughest, hardest wearing and most water resistant breathable material that we use." Just be warned that the sizing is a little small. I am on the skinny side but decided to play it safe and go up a size, and yet when I tried it on with my favourite jeans, I still had to use the second-to-largest spot on the belt. Regardless - the belt was absolutely affordable (under $25 Canadian), shipping was inexpensive, and I am very happy to support a company that takes a stand against killing animals. Highly recommended. Hooray!
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