Watson & Wolfe is a premium brand of vegan leather belts and other accessories (like wallets), beautifully crafted in classic black or elegant brown, in beautiful embossed gift packaging.
These belts are crafted in Portugal using innovative eco corn-based vegan leathers (no PVC) to offer sustainable and cruelty-free elegant fashion. These belts are designed to last for years, and also make the perfect ethical gift.
Leather is not a by-product of the meat industry. Most leather goods are made in the Far East, an area with little or no animal welfare laws, and not good human rights welfare either.
It takes 17,000 litres of fresh water to make 1kg of leather, with 80% tanned with chrome that is toxic to tannery workers.
The vegan corn leather belts use non-food grade materials and are three times more environmentally-friendly than real leather, as well as being kind to animals.
Each belt has three layers: a faux nubuck, a lining and top layer of corn-based faux leather, bonded and securely stitched.
Some belts are also made from sustainable cork (no trees are cut down, they are simply tapped every few years to strip the bark, for a natural vegan leather).
Keeping the cork industry alive in a world of plastic wine corks, is a great way to preserve forests and native wildlife in the Mediterranean. Many belts feature rectangular bucks in polished silver, and are sold in 4 sizes.
You can also buy nice vegan leather belts (in zero waste packaging) from Will’s Vegan Shoes (also for women).
A Vegan Belt (made from pineapple waste)
1 People Berlin Vegan Belt is made from Piñatex®, nice with shirt dresses or wide-leg trousers, and adorned with a brass buckle.
Pineapple leather (piñatex) is a crinkly leather due to the long leaves that would otherwise be thrown away, as pineapples only flower and fruit one time.
This leather provides farmers in the Philippines with additional income from the harvest, with leftover biomass used as fertiliser. It’s biodegradable in controlled conditions, and the petroleum coating is hopefully soon to be replaced with natural resins.
