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Sustainable shoes go on show

01/02/2008

British footwear designer Fiona Campbell recently presented a new collection of shoes made entirely from sustainable materials at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

Designed as part of her MA (Master of Arts) course at the London College of Fashion, the collection, called Renew, includes materials such as recycled luggage, vintage and E.leather — a new material that is produced from leather offcuts, 30% of which would normally go to landfill, and which consumes less water during production as a result of close loop recycling.

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