Cork is the natural choice for fashion venture

The Fashion Cork UK does not stop and has recently published an article in Bizcrowd (https://bizcrowd.com/Article/654).

Bizcrowd is the free on-line community for UK businesses powered by RBS NatWest.

Frank Germano, managing director of Fashion Cork UK, tells Bizcrowd why the natural material is perfect for eco-friendly fashion accessories.

Fashion Cork UK’s products include bags, umbrellas and footwear

Why are cork products good for the environment?

Cork is extremely light, impermeable to liquids and gases, elastic and compressible, an excellent thermal and acoustic insulator, highly resistant to fire, equally resistant to wear and tear, but above all cork is 100% natural, recyclable, biodegradable and hypoallergenic – three crucial attributes for a society that is seeking to become less polluted and more environmentally friendly.

The manufacture process of the products sold by Fashion Cork UK aims to protect the environment by taking the bark from cork oak trees that grow in Portugal, placing that bark in water for between three and six months and then baking it in the sun to produce cork fabric. The cork fabric is then taken to our factory in Portugal, where it is cut and prepared to produce fashion accessories that neither use any toxic products or any part of an animal.

What fashion products can be made from cork?

Most people associate cork with wine bottles and flooring products, but it has many other uses. Fashion Cork UK sells a wide range of hand-made, high quality items made from cork fabric and cork paper, including jewellery, handbags, purses, wallets, shoes, belts, umbrellas, mobile covers, stationery, hats, travel accessories and giftware. We have recently introduced a new line of business and office accessories, including a briefcase made from three layers of 100% natural cork.

How long has Fashion Cork UK been trading?

We started trading in May last year. Fashion Cork UK is the trading name of TechPrestige Ltd and the main and sole representative in UK market of Cork Design – a registered Portuguese trademark and market leader. The company group has been producing cork products for more than 20 years and has a presence in a number of countries, including Portugal, Spain, France, Russia, the US and Australia. In the UK, we sell our products online and through business-to-business outlets and business-to-consumer companies.

What challenges did you face bringing cork fashion to the UK?

The UK is one of the most high-profile fashion markets in the world. The greatest challenge I have faced has been creating a culture of green products. This is being achieved by promoting the message that environmental sustainability can generate economic gains.

Some people believe eco-friendly products do not last very long, but it took almost two years to develop our umbrella so it will stand up to the stresses and strains of the UK weather. All our products combine elegant, modern design with longevity.

What lies in store for Fashion Cork UK in 2014?

We are also exploring the possibility of introducing clothing, such as trousers and suits, made out of cork into the UK, and to work directly with UK fashion designers.

But in the meantime, we are continuing to recruit self-employed sales agents to supply the retail trade with our products and increase their availability.

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The advantage of Cork in Fashion world

We do not need to kill animals.

We are living today in a world that brought to our attention, various factors harmful to health. One of this factor and the most important to human health, is the use of artificial products, that despite defending the real cause of not killing animals, just because they can not reach the maximum level of protection from humans, but because of using chemicals to  support the development itself. It is clear that I am speaking of  synthetic skin.

Synthetic leather, artificial leather, leather vegetable, leather, etc… Are names given to products invented to replace the reduction of animal skins. 

However, we must pay attention to different types of materials used in production of these artificial skins, which are almost always plastic material or concealed.

Think for example "Vegetan" is a microfibre material, generated and used to replace the leather. This product is sold on our markets with different names and brands such as: synthetic leather.

There are other options made ​​from nylon coated with TPU or PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride), leading the customer to think that is leather, with main characteristics the product durability, stronger and more impermeable than the original product.

But unfortunately all these products, whose production turns out to be cheaper and harmless to the animal world, has its harmful side and whose first attribute distinguishes itself in the fact that these are not environmentally friendly. Most of these products require many different chemicals for their confection, which results very difficult to become recyclable products.

That is why this blog is concerned to call your attention to environmental problems and your daily comfort, whether it be leisure vacation, whether it in the workplace. Here, you have the ability to choose your own style, without worries whether or not you're being eco-friendly.

Better than leather - 100% Eco-friendly

Cork offers you multiple chances to choose from the simplest style, the most fashionable, and the most classic to the youngest, giving you the possibility to have products free of chemicals. Also, for each product purchased in Cork, is a contribution to a healthier planet, because it leads to plant more trees and save the animal life.

Visit our site www.fashioncorkuk.com and enjoys the wonderful offers to pamper you.

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