MATERIALS OLD
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PIÑATEX® a.k.a "pineapple leaf material"
If you've spotted our sparkly silver bags, then you've spotted Piñatex. It's an innovative natural textile made from pineapple leaf fibre. It's produced by a company called Ananas Anam, based in central London.
Here are answers to the most frequent questions we receive about Piñatex:
- Swatch cards costs 27€ + shipping and are available to purchase here.
- Anyone can buy the swatch card, but to purchase anything from 1 linear metre, you will need to be approved by the company. To become approved you need to fill in the contact form on the Piñatex website.
- Minimum Order Quantity ("MOQ"): 1 linear metre per colour (1 lm = 1 m x 1.55 m)
- Price: from 45€ / linear metre.
- Wear + tear: In our experience, with everyday use, Piñatex wears well. Over months we notice the corners buff back a little bit, but this happens with all sorts of materials - leather, canvas, plastic. As you can probably tell, we love our bags and therefore we treat them pretty well. So please note that we cannot vouch for really rough and tumble everyday use!
- Contact: When we first started with Piñatex, it took a long time to receive a reply as their material is in such high demand. Our advice is to persistent in contacting them and you will get through soon enough!
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AppleSkin™
Many people ask us about the difficult-to-find AppleSkin™ (a.k.a "apple leather") material with which we work.
Here is the production flow chart explaining how AppleSkin is made:
FRUMAT is the name of the company that has created AppleSkin. Hannes Parth is the founder of Frumat but he's difficult to get a hold of. His email is: hannes.parth@frumat.it
The price of AppleSkin ranges from 12 - 50 € per linear metre, depending on the finishing. It comes in a roll and the Minimum Order Quantity is 300 linear metres. Smaller minimums of 150 linear metres are available however they carry a +30% surcharge.
Width is 140 cm and thickness is approximately 1 mm. Further technical specifications for the material we use (called "RIND APPLE") is visible here.
Finally - we do sell from our own stock of black and burgundy AppleSkin. We sell in 10 metre lengths. If you would like more information, please email us at: hello@luxtralondon.com.
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FRUITLEATHER ROTTERDAM a.k.a "mango leather"
Our latest collection is made from an embossed mango "leather" - a vegan and highly sustainable material that is made in the Netherlands from discarded mangoes.
We purchase the material from a company called Fruit Leather Rotterdam. The founders Hugo and Koen hand make every sheet, transforming discarded fruit into durable, leather-like material. The guys put it best, saying: