Vegan shoe brands UK that you will love

We all know about well-known shoe brands like Clarks and hush puppies. However, can you name any vegan shoe brands UK? We want to learn about what retailers offer veganfriendly shoes? Or even veganfriendly shoes and boots.

Our questions are:

What are vegan shoe brands UK made from?
Are vegan shoe brands’ material better than non-vegan shoe brands?
What shoe brands are vegan?
what vegan brands do I use?

I would also like to link you to amazon vegan shoe brands UK that I recommend, which you can check out here. The page is full of different vegan shoe brands from men’s, women’s and kids’ for all different occasions.

If you love vegan shoe brands, then you will also love vegan bags; I have a great blog post all about vegan bags, which you can check out here.

What are vegan shoe brands UK made from?

Shoes that are labelled vegan are made from all kinds of materials. When shoes are labelled vegan it means they do not contain any materials that are from animals. Vegan shoe brands can use materials such as:

Synthetic microfibres
PU and EVA
Recycled and virgin rubbers
Canvas
fabrics and faux-leather
Corn leather
fruit leather

Even though these materials are vegan some of them are not biodegradable, which can be harmful to the environment.

Are vegan shoe brands UK materials better than non-vegan shoe brands?

The short answer is yes. Vegan shoe brands UK are better; they’re better for you and the environment.

Also, vegan shoe materials don’t have to be expensive and they are less hassle to make:

People often that vegan footwear”…will be expensive, but they can sometimes be more affordable than leather boots or sneakers. That’s because leather relies on a long and expensive farming enterprise, followed by an intensive tanning process. Meanwhile, vegan leather is quicker and cheaper to create. The cost savings are passed along to the retail price…” (Baggs .D, 2022)

Normal leather you need to wear them in for them to be comfortable. You don’t need to do that with vegan footwear. Overall vegan materials are durable and waterproof. However faux-leather is more likely to scuff and break badly over time so I recommend going for a more natural material like cork, it’s more comfortable.

Biodegradable materials for vegan shoe brands UK

I recommend shopping from Vegan style as they have a wonderful range of vegan footwear, and they care about the environment. They use a great “waste management system that collects, recycles and reuses and 500 tonnes of material per year!”. They use microfibre just like listed above.

I love that they focus and care about making their shoes biodegradable by making sure the materials they use are as natural as possible.

“According to the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, cow skin leather is the third most environmentally harmful material to produce after silk and alpaca wool. ” (Baggs .D, 2022)

just remember to try and avoid buying faux-leather shoes as faux leather takes about five hundred years to decompose so it’s not biodegradable and isn’t that great for the environment.

Let’s try and keep it as natural as we can and recyclable.

What shoe brands are vegan?

Is Nike a vegan company? Unfortuantely no they do tend to use animal leather. So are any popular shoe brands vegan? Yes, Puma has turned vegan after they launched their first vegan football boot and they have announced that they will continue to use animal-free materials from then on, which is fantastic news.

From doing my research I have discovered a lot of individual vegan footwear brand questions that I am going to dive deep and answer these questions here.

Is Adidas vegan and cruelty-free? I can’t confirm that all of their products are 100% vegan and cruelty-free, however, they do have a great range of vegan brand shoes such as Stella Mccartney. I will leave a link to that page here.

Are Zara boots vegan? Unfortuantely not as Zara tends to use wool and cow leather. However they are trying to be more vegan frindly and cruelty-free for the future which you can read about here.

One of my favourite brands to shop from is Killstar as they are a vegan and cruelty-free brand. They do sell faux-leather material products but I do tend to avoid those.

What shoes can vegans wear? Vegans can wear any type of shoe they want you just need to read the labels on the shoe to see if it’s made from non animal materials.

What are the best vegan boots uk?

Vegan food living have rated Dr. Martens Unisex’s Vegan 1460 Classic Boots, 3 UK US Men their number one best vegan boot. They are durable as they are made out of synthetic leather. However because they are made out of a non-biodegradble material I would sugget number six on the vegan food living list as the Blowfish Malibu Women’s Roben Chelsea Boot as it’s made out of recycleble material algae-based material called BLOOM Foam.

The best m&s vegan shoes

Unfortunatlly when I went onto the M&S website they only had two pairs of shoes in their vegan section which is quite disapointing and they’re not even in my style.

Hopefully in the future when I revisit their vegan shoe section their will be a whole range of vegan footwear, or they can do one better and make all their shoes vegan-friendly.

List of the best vegan shoe brands uk

If you would like to discover more vegan brands then check out:

Blowfish Malibu
Grendene brands
Eco vegan shoes
Ration

Find out more on the Vegan Society.

Newlook vegan footwear and clarks vegan shoes

I have done my fair share of shopping from Newlook as it is where I have bought my vegan bag from. You can check out Newlooks vegan range here.

If you are familiar with Clarks and don’t want to change brands as you like what you are familiar with then check ot Clarks vegan shoes uk here

Conclusion

So to conclude. We have learnt a lot about vegan shoe brands uk. We have discoved that a lot of brands do have vegan footwear or a section of vegan footwear. We have leant about the materials that vegan shoe brands uk use and what are the most biodegradable and the best materials for recycling. You have learnt that I like to shop from killstar for my vegan footwear. (I like to dress in quite gothic/alternative clothing). If you enjoyed this post then please check out my other vegan related posts such as:

If you have any questions then please email me on my contacts page.

Vegan shoe brands UK that you will love | 2023