I'm no vegan, but this is a neat alternative to the usual leather belt.  Mostly black (there's some pre-existing lettering from the innertube), this belt hitches up my panats with ease.  Alchemy sells a pretty cool looking buckle for this, but my vintage Harley buckle fits nicely too.  It's slightly stretchy, but I don't think I'd ever cinch it up that tightly and do any permanent damange.  Only one minor suggestion for improvement: make the rubber belt "keeper" a little more robust.