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What do you really think about fast fashion and sustainability?
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Camper decides against vegan products and gives a lifetime warranty for leather shoes.
In a recent interview with Fashionutd.uk Leticia Sandoval Godinez, Camper’s sustainability manager, said: “We are not completely convinced by the current alternatives to leather. When we started thinking about vegan alternatives, we realised that most of them are made of plastic. That didn’t seem like the right solution for us.”
Because of this, the company has announced that it will not be producing vegan shoes. Natural materials lead the way at the Spanish shoe company. Ms Godinez said: “We source wool certified by the Responsible Wool Standard and work with Leather Working Group tanneries to achieve better traceability of all our leathers.”
Leather is also much easier to repair than vegan alternatives, which inspired Camper to launch its new service—a lifetime warranty. It now promises to repair new pairs of the classic Pelotas design for ever. The service is free for the first repair and the company promises to carry it out within 24 hours.
Camper was founded in 1975 by Spanish businessman Lorenzo Fluxà. It recently signed a finance deal with BBVA to be used to further improve its sustainability.
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We have discussed sustainability and environmental impact assessments many times on this website, but here’s one simple way to change our behaviour to help the planet – make more use of the things you have.
Milan is the Art Director at international fashion magazine Rollacoaster, designer for Wonderland and judge for the 2021 International Student Design competition.
Despite the challenges of this year, the ‘Real Leather. Stay Different.’ design competition inspired such a volume of high-quality entries that it is to take place again next year and beyond.