• Always 100% dog-free—guaranteed.

• Designer Ty Bowers calls pleather "the wild kingdom of synthetic fabrics. It can look like snakeskin [and] can be dyed any color."

• As the L.A. Times says, pleather "beckons to budget-conscious trendoids who want to save money and animal lives." A pair of leather pants can cost $500 or more, while pleather pants can be found for under 100 bucks.

• These days, it's easy to accessorize and save lives. One quick trip to the mall (or online shopping spree), and you can score tons of great synthetic shoes, bags, belts, and more—in stylin' brands like Steve Madden, Unlisted, and Mudd.

Click here for a huge list of companies and stores that sell nonleather goodies.

Leather

• While most leather comes from cows, it can also be made from ... dogs and cats! In the Philippines and Korea, dog leather is routinely marked "cow skin" for export purposes. When you wear leather, you can never be sure whose skin you’re in.

• To make real snakeskin bags and shoes, reptiles are ripped from their jungle homes, often skinned alive, then left to suffer for hours, or even days, until they die.

• Buy leather, and animals pay the price—with their lives. Production lines move too fast for slaughterhouse workers to ensure that all animals are dead before being skinned and having their legs cut off.

Add pop princess Britney Spears to the growing list of stars, including Pamela Anderson, who are singing the praises of pleather.

In her “Oops ... I Did It Again” video, she slipped into a skin-hugging, scarlet pleather bodysuit.