Traceable Fashion

This clutch features traceable ostrich leather vegetable tanned by Pergamena in New York. The material was traced back to the farm the ostriches were raised, which is a regenerative farm in North Carolina, Misty Morning Ranch. At Harkin, working with non toxic vegetable tanned leather is the standard material. And working with leather that can be traced back to a regenerative farm is a normal practice for most Harkin products but it is a goal for it to be an expected standard for every single product. Traceable materials ensures that there are no mysteries at any step of the process. Partnering with regenerative farmers who care for the animals, the soil, the food, the people—this is connecting farm to fashion. It allows reverence and honor for the history of the material, the life the animal lived, the hands and hearts that have been a part of the process. And when this bag has lived its full course, it will be able to be brought back to the soil again. This is circular fashion.