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Rewind Documentary: Episode 1 Is Now Live

Rewind – the new documentary series, funded by Real Leather. Stay Different. - releases its first episode and takes us back to the farm. Watch the full episode here.

Real Leather. Stay Different.: When Leather Meets Traditional Chinese Arts

In this new series, Real Leather. Stay Different. explores Traditional Chinese Culture, combining the two ancient arts of bamboo weaving and leather craft.

Real Leather. Stay Different. Launches Rewind Documentary

Here to provide some balance in the raging debate about the use of our land, fast fashion and our future – Rewind is a new documentary series. Courtesy of The Wine Show and Blue Juice’s award winning Director Carl Prechezer, and funded by Real Leather.

What happens to leather at the end of its useful life?

Longevity is leather’s strong suit. The beauty is that it can be repaired, restored, enjoyed for a lifetime, and passed down through the generations. Despite its durability, though, people still throw their leather items away.

Back to basics – tools you need to start leather work

Cut, stitch, finish – here’s our rundown of the tools you’ll need if you want to start crafting leather designs.

RLSD’s 2020/2021 Annual

Welcome to The Annual, a celebration of the 2020/21 Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Design Competitions.

How much water does it really take to produce a burger?

According to the Water Footprint Network (WFN), it takes 15,400 litres on average globally to produce a kilo of beef, which works out at 1925 litres for a pure beef quarter-pounder. But what does this really

Taiwan Region’s Student Design Competition 2022: Making The Samples

Taiwan Region's third annual Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Design Competition received 460 entries from students from 18 colleges and universities. The five judges selected 20 finalists who had the opportunity to make prototypes of their designs- and

If we stopped using leather, would fewer cattle be reared?

There are often claims that wearing and using leather leads to the rearing, and therefore the killing, of more cattle. Here’s why these claims are

International Student Design Competition 2022 : Category Winners Announced!

The Real Leather. Stay Different. International Student Design Competition, in partnership with ArtsThread, has confirmed its category and People’s Choice winners for this

Pulling a fast one – How sustainability programmes can enable throwaway fashion

The rush to legislate for sustainability in the clothes industry could end up doing more harm than good without an internationally-agreed, non-partisan method of calculating environmental impacts – and the recent suspension of the Higg Index has highlighted

Leather and deforestation

Leather is made from cowhide, a by-product of the meat and dairy industries and as such does not encourage the production of more cattle. So, by definition, leather is not responsible for deforestation. That said, we as an industry can help the fight to end

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