ROOTS BAGS GO VEGGIE
Special process adds beauty and makes bags eco-friendlier
Adding to its already impressive collection of handcrafted leathers, Roots now features the best quality cowhide in the company’s history: Vegetable-tanned leather.
Although all of Roots leathers are imported from Italy, the veg-tanned ones take the longest to make. It entails a 200-year-old Italian artisan tradition that only uses natural vegetable extracts from chestnuts and Argentinian quebracho trees, giving the leather an environmentally friendly appeal. The first kind of veg-tanned leather to hit stores this spring was called Veg-Flex, and became an overnight hit.
Customers were willing to spend the extra money to upgrade to the stylish Veg-Flex bags because of their brushed gold hardware, tiny refined pores and extra-smooth finishes. Since then, Roots has come out with two new veg-tanned leathers, Zerum and Organza, which were introduced in August.
“Being able to share this age-old tradition of original tanning processes with today is something that we at Roots take pride in." says Leather Specialist Andrew ‘Andy’ McCurbin. "The natural feel, the natural smell and knowing that it’s not chemical at a time when we’re trying to be eco-friendly with the earth brings great quality to these bags. It just shows how much respect we have for environment”.
Veg-tanned bags come in assorted colours, but will mostly be featured in black, T.Moro (dark brown), tan and wine. They are available at select stores in: Small and Large Café Bags; Large Venetian Bag; Venetian Village Bag; Village Bag; Small Heidi; Melinda; and Satchel.
Adding to its already impressive collection of handcrafted leathers, Roots now features the best quality cowhide in the company’s history: Vegetable-tanned leather.
Although all of Roots leathers are imported from Italy, the veg-tanned ones take the longest to make. It entails a 200-year-old Italian artisan tradition that only uses natural vegetable extracts from chestnuts and Argentinian quebracho trees, giving the leather an environmentally friendly appeal. The first kind of veg-tanned leather to hit stores this spring was called Veg-Flex, and became an overnight hit.
Customers were willing to spend the extra money to upgrade to the stylish Veg-Flex bags because of their brushed gold hardware, tiny refined pores and extra-smooth finishes. Since then, Roots has come out with two new veg-tanned leathers, Zerum and Organza, which were introduced in August.
“Being able to share this age-old tradition of original tanning processes with today is something that we at Roots take pride in." says Leather Specialist Andrew ‘Andy’ McCurbin. "The natural feel, the natural smell and knowing that it’s not chemical at a time when we’re trying to be eco-friendly with the earth brings great quality to these bags. It just shows how much respect we have for environment”.
Veg-tanned bags come in assorted colours, but will mostly be featured in black, T.Moro (dark brown), tan and wine. They are available at select stores in: Small and Large Café Bags; Large Venetian Bag; Venetian Village Bag; Village Bag; Small Heidi; Melinda; and Satchel.
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