Following on from the post dedicated to the Leathers the final installment of “A story to tell” is based around all the other “ingredients” which contribute to make each ZANACCO product a unique blend of artisanship, luxury, innovation and sustainability.
Vegetable Tanned Leathers and Water Based Glues are applied across the whole production, Wooden Nails are used on the construction of the “Lavorazione Goodyear” for the more classic styles.
However more specific and innovative materials are used to manufacture the more casual part of our collection, the sneakers. For the production of the insole, ZANACCO use a remarkable material, made of 50% Natural Latex and 50% Coco Fibres.
This resilient material based on natural cocos fibre is curled by means of a spinning process followed by steaming. The fibres are bonded with 100% natural latex to form a sheet. Due to the natural fibre this product has excellent properties such as good ventilation, temperature and humidity control, and most importantly no harmful chemicals and no solvents are used in the process.
Inspired by the need of innovation for environmental protection, we have substituted the traditional petroleum based plasticizers with bio-degradable oils to produce the soles of our casual shoes. Therefore reducing the violating effect which man-made products often have on nature.
Furthermore, to ensure each product complies to our manufacturing guidelines, we only use nickel free eyelets and zippers for the shoes and nickel free metal on all other elements used for the accessories. Each item is carefully designed to guarantee its functionality and respect towards the environment and for this reason we have chosen organic cotton lining for the document cases and travel bags.
Our commitment to luxury and sustainability goes beyond the product itself, it stretches throughout the collection and beyond, and it influences every aspect of our business. It is omnipresent, therefore dictating the choice we make when designing also the packaging or the marketing material.
Be it a shoe, a belt or a travel bag, each item in the collection comes with its own protective bag, in which the inside is softer than the outside, offering extra protection to the leather. The protective bags are made of 100% organic cotton, the strings are manufactured using waxed cotton and water-based inks are used for our branding.
The packaging is made with 100% recycled paper which is also used to produce all the marketing material.
When we decided to start “A story to tell”, our aim was to offer you an insight to the story behind our brand, the heritage that shaped our present and will continue shaping or future.
We wanted to give you the opportunity to learn about our project by sharing our ethos, the information on the materials we use, the processes that shape are collections and most importantly the reasons why we do things the way we do.
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