Long ago in 1990, Robin Webb, a caring man decided to develop such vegetarian shoes that have absolutely nothing to do with slaughtering of animal. He knew a lot of what we use today is made from animal skin. Hence he wanted to help the poor animals through this way. This resulted in a dilemma for him as much of leather was being manufactured from slaughtering of animals specially cows. And the idea of vegetarian shoes did not go well with people.
Once he came across synthetic micro fiber material which was mainly used by yachting industry for upholstering yacht seats, this made him realize that he had an answer to his problem. The material was more supple just looked like leather but was definitely not un-breathable like other materials which were plastic based. Continue read about same material and much more at submit free articles
He started manufacturing all vegetarian shoes all by himself and hand made. Once comfortable with the material he started to make not only shoes but also boots, belts and sandals as well. The vegetarian community came to support his cause and he rose in popularity as a guy manufacturing animal loving footwear.