Leather is pretty important for the quality of belts and shoes.  Do you own any leather products?
I still wear a leather belt that I have had for over a decade. I think it is cattle skin. But other types of animal skin is used for certain items.
It is often really important in cultures to use every piece of an animal after slaughter and leather is a tough material.  I know that people also use alligator and snake skin for shoes and purses.
For really fancy items, lamb and deerskin is used because it is so soft.  Those are items I probably would not be able to afford.
Yeah I definitely do not have the budget for lamb or deerskin.  I do have a faux snake skin purse that I really like.
Snakeskin
Snakeskin may either refer to the skin of a live snake, the shed skin of a snake after molting, or to a type of leather that is made from the hide of a dead snake.
Skin of a living snake.
Skin of a living snake Display.
Skin of a living snake Display Pattern formation.
Snakes can be ornately patterned. They can be striped, banded, solid, green, blue, yellow, red, black, orange, brown, spotted, or have a unique pattern all
, shearling, cashmere, angora, mohair, and a number of other fine wools), fur, feathers, pearls, animal-derived dyes, leather, snakeskin, and any other kind of skin or animal product. Most leather clothing is made from cow skins. Vegans regard the purchase of leather, particularly from cows, as financial support for the meat industry. Vegans may wear clothing items and accessories made of non-animal-derived materials such as hemp, linen, cotton, canvas, polyester, artificial leather