Things You'll Need:
- Internet access
- Tags on clothing items
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Step 1
Check the material tags on the inside of coats, and avoid material like wool, cashmere, angora, sherpa, silk, calfskin, suede, shearling, down, feathers, shells, pearl and horn.
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Step 2
Look for animal friendly material tags that say hemp, jute, bamboo, faux leather, faux fur, faux suede, pleather, cork, stretch fake suede, manmade satin, microfiber and cotton.
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Step 3
Research the outfits that the other models wear from this clothing line or the clothing owner. This will tell you some of the clothing designer's honest feelings about wearing animal-made clothes. You'll also be able to tell how seriously that clothing designer took the time to make animal friendly products.
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Step 4
Shop at discount stores. Some people find pride in paying the most expensive amount for a product, but chances are at a discount store, you're going to find the cheaper brand. And the reason vegan clothes or manmade clothes are cheaper is because of the extra expense of slaughterhouses, the "finest" material and the cleaning process (ex. put real leather in a washing machine and then put pleather in a washing machine, the results are extremely different). Cheaper does not mean less warm or less durable; it just means the material is different.
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Step 5
Visit online vegan stores. A simple Google or Yahoo search of the term "vegan clothes" or "vegan coat" or "vegan shoes" will bring up results for companies that dedicate themselves to only creating animal friendly products.
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Step 6
Talk to other vegan or vegetarian shoppers and find out where they bought their outfits from. Just like any other shopper, fashion conscious people usually have their own favorites. If you all are friends, take a browse through their closet to find out which clothes fit you most and make a list of potential vegan stores to visit.
