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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....