Knowledge Of Leather

Vegan leather is often made from polyurethane, a polymer that can be made to order for any designer’s whim. It can also be made from innovative and sustainable materials such as pineapple leaves, cork, apple peels, other fruit waste, and recycled plastic and used to create products that put animal skins to shame.

For example, PETA Business Friend Desserto’s vegan leather is stylish, sustainable, and made of cactus. Yes, you read that correctly! Desserto makes beautiful vegan leather out of cactus. It’s good for the planet, good for animals, and good for your soul.

Banana Leather

Banana leather is made from fibers of the banana plant stem that would normally be discarded. When fashioned into a leather-like material, it becomes super-durable and waterproof while remaining biodegradable. That’s why the vegan lifestyle brand 36 Chambers chose it for its Cloud Camo Bifold wallet, which features a Japanese-inspired bamboo camouflage pattern… Read More

Pineapple Leather

The material, known as Piñatex, is “an innovative leather-alternative created from pineapple leaf fibres.” Because the leaves are a byproduct of harvesting the fruit, no additional resources are needed to produce the material, which means that farmers receive an additional source of income… Read More

Apple Leather

Apple leather as “a substitute to conventional, fossil fuel derived textiles.” Her company is the first supplier of this new material, that is also edible and 100 percent biodegradable… Read More

Paper, Wood, and Cork

Nothing says sustainable, luxury style like wearing trees. The use of reclaimed wood and cork oak (made of water-resistant cells on the outer bark of cork oak trees that naturally grow back) makes these products that much more appealing and helps the planet, too… Read More