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New social responsibility-inspired collection from Pikolinos

25/05/2016
New social responsibility-inspired collection from Pikolinos
Elche-based footwear brand Pikolinos has launched a new collection inspired by social responsibility to add to the Maasai Initiative it launched in 2014 to bring employment to Maasai women in Kenya and Tanzania.

Its latest venture, Pikolinos Solidarity, supports a project much closer to home. Comprising two styles of each of the brand’s Alcudia and Madeira sandals and one style of its Wha handbag, the products in the collection are the work of artisans from Defora, a specialist footwear project founded in Elche by a local shoemaker, María de los Ángeles Brotons.

The people who work at Defora are adults with learning difficulties. Pikolinos said at the time of the launch that it regards its support of Defora’s work with this special collection as “an example of sustainable fashion in its purest form”.


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