Vegan Dr Martens

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Happy Monday!

This post was meant to go up during the weekend, but I decided to hold off until today. Not only did I  not want to rush myself, I also had a really exciting weekend!
First I just want to say I’m not the biggest social butterfly in the world understatement alert but I had an amazing time at the MTB event in Amsterdam this weekend. The idea of going to a conference of just bloggers made me quite anxious at first. I didn’t feel like I would belong and I thought there would be a major “competition” vibe.
I could NOT have been more wrong.

I’m always afraid that I give off an “arrogant” vibe to people, so I made extra effort to approach others. I did go with my sister, which helps, but everyone was so inviting and friendly I felt like you could have gone alone without a problem. I learned various things about different aspects of blogging and got inspired on many different levels. If you get the opportunity to go to these kind of events, you really should.
Getting out of your comfort zone is good.

But anyway, let’s get on with the actual post!

As I’ve previously mentioned, I recently decided to clear out all of my leather clothing items from my wardrobe. Unfortunately for me, that meant about four of my most worn and most beloved shoes.
Including my Docs.
Living in a place where the winters can get pretty chilly, sturdy boots really are a neccesity.  Therefore, I invested in these last year:

Sturdy? Yep
Comfortable?  Well yeah, after you break them in
Leather? Unfortunately, yes.

With winter around the corner and me having zero knowledge about the vegan boot world, I played it safe and got the same pair. However, I found it extremely difficult to find a good review on these boots, let alone locate them online. Dr. Martens is an established brand and I trust that what they sell is of high quality, so I bought these boots blindly. From Amazon.

So far so good! I was very impressed at the feel of the shoe. You get what you pay for with these!
I was a little worried about them being Cherry Red Rouge, but they’re dark enough where you can still wear them with pretty much anything.

Side by side comparison. I wear a size 38EU/ UK 5/ US 7.5

Cherry red rouge in the back, real leather in the front

One thing that struck me is that the inside of the vegan boot is very soft and bouncy. I remember first getting into my leather docs and already knowing where I’d get blisters. So far I’ve not had any  in the vegan ones, but then again I’ve only worn them out once. I’ll let you know in the future how they break in.

I got the shoes from Amazon; Cherry Red Rouge Dr Martens 1460.

VERDICT?

Honestly, these come down to personal preference.
The vegan 1460’s fit exactly the same and probably even slightly better, but the boots differ in their look. Obviously the yellow tag is a dead giveaway that you are wearing vegan docs, but I don’t particularly like advertising that on my shoe. I get why they did it, I just like the tag better on the originals.  Again; preference.
Major downsides are price and availability. It sucks you can’t try them on in store.

I should mention that I did not like my original docs at first, as they were very stiff and uncomfortable. Over time, leather will sag and ‘drop’ into these creases you can see in the pictures above. Call me a bad person, but I kind of like that look. It will be interesting to see what the vegan ones will look like in one year.
In the end, I’m very happy with these shoes and looking forward to styling them in the upcoming seasons 🙂

So what do you think?
Would you choose the vegan Docs over the leather ones? Why? Let me know!

 Thanks so much for stopping by 🙂
Have a great week!

Lots of love,

Lizz

xo

Cardi: Similar, similar both from Forever 21, mine was Zara.

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