• How Leather Became Desirable

  • May 3 2022
  • Length: 31 mins
  • Podcast

How Leather Became Desirable

  • Summary

  • Susie asks the fashion historian Judith Watt to explain the significance of leather throughout history and how it came to be seen as a luxury material, and chats to Alexander Fury, the fashion journalist and vintage aficionado, about Mulberry’s evolution from British heritage brand to fashion tour de force to the progressive global luxury brand it is today. She also chats to Amy Hunt, a raw materials technologist who works at Mulberry’s factory in Somerset, about changing attitudes to leather production.

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