Materials

  

The Apple Skin

All of our bags are made from plant-based materials. Straight from South Tyrol in Italy, Apple Skin is an innovative material due to its manufacture from apple waste, such as skins, cores and seeds from the production of apple juice or compote not used in the food industry.

Once collected, this apple waste will be reduced to powder and used to create Apple Skin.

Every year, 30,000 tonnes of apple waste are reused to create Apple Skin. As an indication for 1m of Apple Skin, 8 apples are used.

This powder will then be mixed with an insulator and pigment before being coated on a woven undercoat, allowing it to have this final texture. This resulted in a robust, flexible and durable fabric.

The benefits of Apple Skin

The Apple skin has many advantages especially from a sustainability point of view:

  • It uses food waste, which would otherwise be disposed of and further increase the carbon footprint;
  • It does not involve animals and therefore avoids the problems associated with breeding and slaughter;
  • It is water-repellent, lightweight, easy to maintain and waterproof .

Recycled suede hide

All of our bags are lined with hide suede. This is a type of leather whose soft , velvety texture is achieved by a special tanning and finishing process. The term "suede" refers to the inside of the leather, which is often softer and more supple than the outside of the leather.

We take into account the ecological and sustainable aspect, which is why we have chosen to use recycled materials for the manufacture of our bags.

Recycling at the heart of our process

Recycled suede hide is a material made from scraps of leather recovered from the production of leather goods. These scraps, which would otherwise be thrown away, are carefully collected, sorted and then transformed into new items.

This process not only limits waste , but also avoids the environmental impact of producing new materials. We reduce the consumption of natural resources such as water and chemicals used in tanning leather. We also reduce our carbon footprint, as recycling requires less energy than producing new leather.