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Gawthorpe Textiles Collection

Sometimes it’s good to get out of the factory and visit some of the great museums and galleries in the area. In the summer I visited Gawthorpe Hall, owned and maintained by the National Trust. It dates from the early 1600s (Jacobean period) and is worthy of a...
Sustainable Leather Study: ELeather

Sustainable Leather Study: ELeather

ELeather – or ‘engineered leather’ – joins “vegan” leathers in the market for alternative synthetic materials to traditional leather. Customers often remark that ‘vegan’ leathers, though more attractive for...
Lab-grown leather: a new solution?

Lab-grown leather: a new solution?

If the future of fashion is sustainability, then could lab-grown leather be the solution to the industry’s environmental problems? VitroLabs Inc certainly believe so. The company is a startup based in California and fronted by CEO and co-founder Ingvar Helgason....
Manchester’s Street Art

Manchester’s Street Art

Perhaps an apt metaphor for the inconstant nature of any city is street art; just as buildings rise and fall, as people come and go, so too does the art that appears sometimes out of nowhere. MPLG Ltd was founded in 1976 in Salford, the industrial centre of the city....
Vegan Leather Study: Piñatex

Vegan Leather Study: Piñatex

As part of our ongoing series of articles about different materials that can used to make bags and wallets, we review Piñatex. Piñatex is another vegan leather growing in popularity amongst accessories brands. We have worked with this material on a variety of projects...
Vegan Leather Study: Viridis

Vegan Leather Study: Viridis

Viridis is one of the emerging mainstream vegan leathers on the market. We receive many enquiries at our Manchester factory about how to use vegan leather in accessory production. Let’s answer some questions! For clarity, the industry markets vegan leather under...