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'Pineapple leather' offers vegan fashion alternative
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 734" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-environment-pineapples/pineapple-leather-offers-vegan-fashion-alternative-idUSKBN1OI1B6" target="_blank"><strong>'Pineapple leather' offers vegan fashion alternative - Reuters</strong></a></p><p></p><p><em>Pineapples aren’t just good to eat. A Spanish businesswoman is on a mission to convince us they’re also good to wear. </em></p><p></p><p>Carmen Hijosa has created Piñatex, a textile woven from the long fibers in the fruit’s discarded leaves that she hopes will give the fashion industry a sustainable alternative to leather.</p><p></p><p>A clothes designer by trade and having abandoned leather on environmental grounds, she spent eight years developing her alternative textile. </p><p></p><p>“Because of their characteristics - they’re very fine and strong and flexible - my idea was what if I make a mesh with these fibers, not unlike what leather is,” Hijosa told Reuters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 734, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.reuters.com/article/us-environment-pineapples/pineapple-leather-offers-vegan-fashion-alternative-idUSKBN1OI1B6'][B]'Pineapple leather' offers vegan fashion alternative - Reuters[/B][/URL] [I]Pineapples aren’t just good to eat. A Spanish businesswoman is on a mission to convince us they’re also good to wear. [/I] Carmen Hijosa has created Piñatex, a textile woven from the long fibers in the fruit’s discarded leaves that she hopes will give the fashion industry a sustainable alternative to leather. A clothes designer by trade and having abandoned leather on environmental grounds, she spent eight years developing her alternative textile. “Because of their characteristics - they’re very fine and strong and flexible - my idea was what if I make a mesh with these fibers, not unlike what leather is,” Hijosa told Reuters. [/QUOTE]
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