Even though real leather seems more durable and long-lasting than its imitators, those pleather baby backpacks and mini-skirts will sit in landfills long after were gone.

While they may not always make the best-dressed list, they do require a certain breed of celebrity to pull off.

Not only do you have to have the balls to risk a wardrobe malfunction, but you have to do it with enough confidence that you look fierce not terrified in the photographs.

The legendary model gracefully strutted down the runway in a see-through gown with a ruffle skirt.

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The girl rocked a completely sheer dress without a bra and later remarked that her only regret was not wearing a bedazzled thong to match.

Jennifer Lopez, above, bared her famous curves in a custom Atelier Versace illusion gown.

And Kim Kardashian West almost looked modest in comparison in her sheer Roberto Cavalli dress, because no ones getting naked without KKW joining in.

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The contents of the bag were orderly and sparse: a red leather wallet, an Este Lauder or Clinique lipstick, and car keys.

Youd rarely find a gum wrapper or an old receipt buried at the bottom.

The bag was something to be cared for; my mother didnt have the money to buy herself a new purse whenever she wanted, so when she did get a new bag, it had to last.

And for her, that meant it had to be leather a textile that awakened all five senses, that was a precious commodity itself.

I can still see her on Christmas morning, tidily unwrapping the present she had purchased and wrapped for herself days before (weve all done it, lets be honest), carefully lifting the bag from the box, running her hands down the side, holding it up to her face, and saying, Its real leather.

I can smell it. There were no visible labels (we were not a Louis Vuitton or Tory Burch family), nor airplane tickets for a tropical vacation tucked inside.

The leather itself was the statement, the status, and the ultimate luxury.

She hated the look, the feel, the sound of the fake thing: the swishy noise the pants made when I walked down the stairs in the morning, the cracks the boots would get after one Boston snowstorm.

It didnt matter to her that this was what every girl was wearing in the 90s inspired by The Craft or The Spice Girls, or if you were really cool, Riot Grrrl to her it just seemed like a cheap substitution.

On the designer end, Stella McCartney, Comme des Garons, and Maison Margiela offer vegan options that can easily swing over 1,000.

What all these brands have in common is that they have tapped into a very millennial take on what makes a bag special.

And when it comes to luxury leather handbags, its no longer about having the real thing, but making a conscious decision not to.

A 2009 report from the Center For Environmental Health found dangerously high amounts of lead in a number of faux leather bags from leading retailers, such as Forever 21, Aldo, and Kohls, just to name a few.

Historically, the majority of fake leather was made by coating a fabric such as canvas with polyvinyl chloride, more commonly known as PVC, which Greenpeace once dubbed the most environmentally damaging type of plastic, for the toxic chemicals that go into it.

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