Better for Us and the Planet
Better for Us and the Planet
In recent years there has been an explosion of leather surrogates, often made from seemingly unthinkable sources such as mushrooms and pineapple. Even though they claim to be better alternatives to real leather, the sustainability of these materials is highly questionable since they contain petroleum, and ultimately, the lasting beauty, feel and recognizable quality of leather remain unrivalled.
Making leather a fully bio-circular material can give it back its crown as the choice material for fashion to come.
Ecotan leathers: lasting quality and beauty
Ecotan leather articles are more comfortable than ones made with synthetic materials, they will last years, not months, and will look better with use.
Ecotan leathers: lasting quality and beauty
Ecotan leather articles are more comfortable than ones made with synthetic materials, they will last years, not months, and will look better with use.
Product range expression
Product range expression
Leather today is made in a broad array of types, colours and finishes to meet brand needs and consumer expectations that span from novel to traditional.
Ecotan leathers are available as full grains, corrected grains, nubucks, suedes, reverse grains, and linings. This range includes ‘classics’ like distressed ‘crazy horse’, pull-up, calf, floater, split suedes and aniline to semi-aniline full grains.
These leathers come in a full spectrum of commercial colours, including saturated blacks, light pastels and white tones.
Ecotan leather can be readily supplied globally for immediate adoption.
Ecotan leathers have a positive impact on our life
Dry
Ecotan leather not only breathes but actively absorbs, then wicks perspiration moisture away from our skin. The technical term for this is Evapo-Transpirative.
Fresh
Natural tannins ensure the healthy microbiome of our skin by creating an unsuitable environment for the bacteria responsible for bad odors in shoes.
Comfortable
Footwear users accept as a given that after a few hours of use their feet will end up sweaty or clammy. On the contrary, Ecotan leather ensures a comfortable wearing experience.
Ecotan leathers combines performance and sustainability
In today’s shoe making factories, footwear materials may be rapidly stretched, heated, attached with adhesives, even set into high temperature molds. Cycle time and product consistency define most shoemaking today.
Established tests and minimum standards for a range of key physical requirements are used to gauge a leather article’s suitability. Ecotan leathers are engineered to meet these key physical requirements and to satisfy the demanding standards of contemporary shoe making, delivering sustainability and performance in the same package.
Weatherproof
Materials engineered to keep water out of a shoe over hours of continual use are mismatched to most consumer’s needs- we’re more likely to encounter wet conditions for 5 blocks on a city street, not 5 miles (9 kilometers) on a trail.
Although a fully waterproof material will not let any water in, it also will not let any water out. Weatherproof Ecotan leather keeps your skin protected from the elements while letting the moisture generated by our body out.