Vegan Fashion for Men
Posted on Saturday, June 25th, 2011 at 10:30 amThe fact that the pickings are generally a little slimmer for guys when it comes to fashion isn’t news. As you can imagine, things get even bleaker when you add a vegan filter (btw, by “fashion,” I don’t necessarily mean high dollar couture. I’m talking shirts and shoes here).
To make things just a little easier on this front, enter Brave GentleMan. Launched just this month by Joshua Katcher (the brains behind the long-running, popular vegan blog “The Discerning Brute“), Brave GentleMan is an online shop that aims to provide a high quality selection of attire and lifestyle supplies for vegan men.
In addition to pants, tops, shoes, outerwear, accessories and products for personal care and the home, Brave GentleMan will also soon be offering custom tailored suits.
At the moment, the selection is a little light and it looks like the pricing here is going to be on the high-side, but as the store continues to grow I think it could become a really great resource for high quality men’s vegan clothing and shoes. In any case, it’s a fantastic concept and I hope it inspires more designers and retailers to produce and sell vegan fashion for men on a widespread basis.
Go check it out!
It’s great there are more places now! My guy still relies on levis & any shirts……he is good about vegan shoes as he has a couple “Vegetarian Shoe” brands & some Earth Shoes. And through the years I have gotten him many hemp shirts. The good thing about “Vegan” being “trendy” now, is that vegan fashion is no longer some “exclusive” club but marketed for the masses.
And I think Veganism is a natural transition to wearing more natural fibers and eventually considering where and who made your clothes. Much to everyone’s surprise, I find that most vegan folk actually do think beyond whether there is casein in their soy cheese. It’s a natural bridge to thinking about the health & well being of all of the living creatures that inhabit earth. I like the more manly man vegan clothes, as I am an old lady and missed the “metrosexual” years. So sometimes I pass over some of the vegan men’s stuff out there……….(he still gets vegan but more flannel than pink stripes