A dilemma a lot of new vegans grapple with is what to do with all the animal-derived products they have from their pre-vegan days — leather shoes, wool sweaters, down-filled pillows, etc. — and a question a lot of people ask is "is it vegan to wear / buy second hand leather, wool, silk, etc. In both cases, the harm has been done, but there are a lot of arguments for and against wearing these items, including

• being vegan means not wearing any animal products at all, so you can't be vegan and do so.
• even wearing second hand leather is giving tacit approval that it's okay to kill animals for their skin. 
• second hand leather is more environmentally friendly than new synthetic leather.

And so on. Enjoy!

 

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