Many little girls daydream about their weddings: swept off their feet by Prince Charming, doves holding the train of their dress, champagne flowing, oodles of bright flowers, hundreds of guests… and a bamboo dress?

When transitioning fully to a vegan lifestyle, usually the last thing to alter are wardrobe goods. First changes are most frequently food-related, then perhaps analyzing the added ingredients in toothpastes and hair products. The final transitions are often in the clothing, shoes, and accessories.

So many vegans, vegetarians and animal lovers take a stance by not eating meat, avoiding animal by-products, banishing fur from their closets (and often protesting it on the runway), and trying to be ethically minded in their shopping endeavors, but how often is it that we believe we can’t get around the fact that leather [...]