23 April 2025
Michelle Wong is the Founder of MW Makes, https://www.mwmakes.co.uk/ a leather goods brand that brings together her background in architecture with a love for traditional craftsmanship.
This year Michelle will be supporting World Leather Day, celebrating the traditional crafts & skills at tanneries she works with in Italy and the UK. She also wants to use the opportunity to spotlight misperceptions about leather.
“One of the biggest challenges we face is the lack of awareness that most leather is actually a by-product of the meat industry – something that often gets overlooked in wider conversations about sustainability.
I believe better access to information and more transparency around sourcing and production would really help shift perspectives. When used thoughtfully and responsibly, leather can be a long-lasting, natural material that honours the resources we already have”.
Read more about the story of MW Makes here: https://lnkd.in/egNGvpGD and follow MW Makes here: https://lnkd.in/e9AdeS5J.
More information about World Leather Day here: https://lnkd.in/djfisTr7.
We bring leather, material and fashion businesses together: an opportunity to meet and greet face to face. We bring them from all parts of the world so that they can find fresh partners, discover new customers or suppliers and keep ahead of industry developments.
We organise a number of trade exhibitions which focus on fashion and lifestyle: sectors that are constantly in flux, so visitors and exhibitors alike need to be constantly aware both of the changes around them and those forecast for coming seasons.
