AWARD YEAR
2019
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Responsible Consumption & Production
KEYWORDS
Give Back, Reuse, less waste
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
DESIGNED BY
Kresse Wesling, Elvis
WEBSITE
https://www.elvisandkresse.com/
Elvis & Kresse
LUXURY ACCESSORIES MADE FROM RECLAIMED MATERIALS
Our first goal was to save London's decommissioned fire-hose from landfill; this was just the beginning. We create stunning lifestyle accessories by transforming seemingly useless wastes and combining them with highly skilled, traditional craftsmanship. We love to share, it makes the world a better place. This is why 50% of profits from our Fire-hose Collection are donated to The Fire Fighters Charity. No matter how carefully patterns for leather goods are planned, high quality, unused, freshly tanned and dyed leather falls to the cutting room floor as seemingly unusable pieces. Our system transforms leather fragments from the production of Burberry leather goods into components which are then hand woven, piece by piece, into whole new hides.