23 April 2025
Simon Neifer writes on LinkedIn: One of the biggest lies in fashion? That “vegan leather” is better for the planet.
In reality, PU and PVC leathers take centuries to degrade, releasing toxic chemicals and microplastics into the environment.
Real leather?
It’s biodegradable. It breaks down like any other organic matter—because it is organic.
The UN Environment Programme warns that:
“Microplastics have now been found in human blood, lungs, and even the placenta.”
https://lnkd.in/dmiE9fbx.
When we choose fake leather, we’re not avoiding harm—we’re just delaying it, and passing it on to the next generation.
Real leather, made responsibly, isn’t the problem.
Plastic marketed as ethical? That is.
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.
