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THE DARKER SIDE OF LEATHER

For centuries, leather has been and still is today synonymous with quality and durability. But confronted with globalization and more intensive production in China and India, leather is no longer a quality product. Neither is it a harmless product. Animal cruelty aside, it is still the cause of too much damage to the environment and to humans in producer countries, Asia in particular. Dubious traceability and quality, pollution, toxicity... the leather industry is quite grim in reality.

Almost 90% of the leather used around the world is produced by chrome tanning, a heavy chemical treatment often carried out in precarious conditions with severe consequences for the tanners’ health. The toxic wastes are released in nature, pollute aquatic environments and human living spaces. This is the case in Kanpur on the banks of the Ganges River, where 400 tanneries produce half of all the leather exported to Europe.

Artisanal tannery in the Medina, Fez, Morocco
 

DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY?

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Perfection may not exist when one transforms a material, but today it is possible to do so in a much better way than with leather. And it is with the desire to “do better” that the idea of Alixane came to be. The vegan aspect is key to the brand, but there is more to it: it offers choices. The choice to consume more ecologically. The choice to know where and in what conditions products are made. The choice to wear products that exclude any harm to animals. In other words, the choice of respect. 

The Alixane materials, equal aesthetically and in quality to leather, are eco-sourced in Europe and guaranteed free of toxic additives (phthalates, mutagenic compounds). 30% of these come from recycled synthetic textile fibres and vegetal fibres. They are Eco-label certified and designed with a neutral carbon footprint. Alixane makes each of its products with attention to the human aspect and provides fair remuneration to the craftsmen who make each model. And they are never exposed to toxic compounds, whether in making the material or the finished products.

 
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