PETIT H BY HERMES
Bracelet by Petit h (2017) France In 2014, Pascale Mussard (1957), great-great -great-granddaughter of saddle maker Thierry Hermès, launched the first Petit h collection. For Petit h, the craftsmen use discarded materials generated at the Hermès workshops, including unused leather, broken porcelain or discarded silk. Any kind of leftover material is used and transformed into beautiful new pieces, ranging from toys to jewellery. Every item is unique, creative and produced in a sustainable manner. This bracelet, for example, was made from remnants of 100% silk fabric and lambskin leather. Petit h merges sustainability with creativity. The brand stands for sustainable luxury by providing an alternative model of using waste materials to create beautiful products, and generating value by putting forward environmental stewardship and craftsmanship.
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Did you know... ...every second, the equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles is landfilled or burned? An estimated value of € 400 billion is lost every year due to clothing that is barely worn and rarely recycled. If nothing changes, by 2050 the fashion industry will use up a quarter of the world’s carbon budget.
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