Currently 95% of all leather is tanned using chrome, a heavy metal that is potentially carcinogenic. Terra Plana makes shoes from chrome-free leather for the uppers, recycled foam and latex sourced from the sap of the lactae hevea trees. Recycled materials are used as a matter of course and include leather car seat scraps, coffee [...]
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Fashion graduate Henrietta Rose Samuels set up her footwear label Hetty Rose in 2007. Her shoes are made from vintage fabrics for the uppers, wooden heels and recycled leather soles. For the moment she makes every pair herself in her small workshop in Essex. www.hettyrose.co.uk
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