Seven young designers from around the world. Seven capsule collections in vegetable-tanned leather. “Craft The Leather”, the international creative competition promoted by the Genuine Italian Vegetable-Tanned Leather Consortium, is back for its 9th edition. This collections were exhibited at Lineapelle 101, but are still visible and can be voted on the Consortium’s social networks.
The seven capsule collections
The capsule collections are made by male and female students from the world’s most prestigious fashion schools. Lea Katrin Ellemann from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (Netherlands), Gonçalo Camboa from Central Saint Martins in London (UK) and Mirko Michelacci from ISIA Design (Florence, Italy). Then: Marie With from the Kolding School of Design (Kolding, Denmark), Hannah Andergassen from NABA in Milan, Wout Speyers from the René van den Berg Academy in Hoofddorp (The Netherlands) and Jennifer Sims from the Royal College of Art in London (UK).
The competition
Craft The Leather is the training and promotion project of the Genuine Italian Vegetable-Tanned Leather Consortium. Which thus selects talented designers from international schools and institutes. The competition is divided into two phases, and included a training workshop in the summer of 2022 in the Tuscan tanning district to learn about the qualities and potential of vegetable-tanned leather. In the second part, each designer created a three-piece accessory collection using this material exclusively.
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