PRESS RELEASE, January 2012 - Home textiles in collaboration
with Anne-Claire Petit, bags in ecologically tanned leather
developed with leatherware experts from FERRICI and new products
designed by Piet Hein Eek. At Ambiente 2012, the international
tradeshow for Dining, Giving and Living from 10 to 14 February in
Frankfurt, Fair Trade Original will again be presenting some
striking design primeurs. You can find us in Hall 11.0, Stand
B18.
Fair Trade Original by Anne-Claire Petit: home
textiles
At the invitation of Fair Trade Original,
Anne-Claire Petit worked together with the weavers in Guatemala.
Together they created a collection based on the traditional Faja
belt. Anne-Claire: "Mayan women in Guatemala are famous for the
vividly coloured, hand-woven fabrics they make on wonderfully
simple hip looms. Each village has its own colours and patterns,
which they work into the clothes they weave. A wealth of
inspiration for me". You see the Mayan culture reflected in the
Fair Trade Original by Anne-Claire Petit collection, as well as the
stripes and colours so characteristic of Anne-Claire Petit.
Fair Trade Original by FERRICI: Ecologically
tanned leather
A unique cooperation between Fair Trade
Original and the FERRICI bag brand has produced some great designs
in ecologically tanned leather. For this Fair Trade Original by
FERRICI collection local Indian skins and a more
environmentally-friendly pre-treatment are used. Only a fraction of
the usual quantity of chemicals and heavy metals is used in the
tanning process.
Over the past two years, Fair Trade Original has taken a big step
forward in India by developing ecologically tanned leather.
Together with an enthusiastic tanner in Calcutta and European
leather experts, Fair Trade Original has developed tanning and
working with ecological leather as the primary criterion for
purchasing. The result is currently the closest thing possible to
the environmentally-friendly production of leather in India.
FERRICI is helping Fair Trade Original and the tanner in further
developing and marketing ecological leather. FERRICI is supplying
both the Indian fair trade manufacturer and Fair Trade Original
with a wealth of knowledge. Ferrici is an expert when it comes to
leather and the leather market. And Ferrici knows better than
anyone what appeals to women in handbags and leather
accessories.
Fair Trade Original by Piet Hein Eek: baskets,
crockery and vases
This is the third year that Fair
Trade Original and Piet Hein Eek are marketing products under the
label Fair Trade Original by Piet Hein Eek. The successful
cooperation is being continued with new designs for palm wood
baskets from Vietnam. Fair Trade Original is also presenting
Vietnamese vases designed by Piet Hein Eek and his Thai FAT
crockery.
International
Dutch and European
international retailers and wholesalers have been showing growing
interest in the wide range of Fair Trade Original's fair trade
products. With its presence at the international arena offered by
Ambiente Fair Trade Original has the opportunity to further expand
its clientele. The objective is to increase the volume of orders
for producers in the developing countries, creating more jobs,
raising the incomes of the people who make the products and
providing more training facilities.
Fair Trade Original
Since the very
beginning, when the organization was established in 1959, Fair
Trade Original has applied the pioneering principle that economic
development is the key to fighting poverty in developing countries.
Its concept of fair trade has since been embraced by many other
organizations and companies. Fair Trade Original imports 600 Gifts
& Living products and 150 food products from 60 trading
partners in 30 developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin
America, which it then markets throughout Europe. The trading
organization offers its trading partners fair-trade conditions and
supports them in their economic and social development. For the
people who make the products, that means work, an income and a
better way of life. Fair Trade Original is a non-profit foundation.
The organization is based in Culemborg in the Netherlands.
Ambiente
Ambiente is a leading
international Dining, Giving and Living tradeshow. The show
attracts more than 145,000 professional visitors from 90 countries
who come to compile their product ranges. 4,500 international
exhibitors present their new products and collections at the
show.
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Katrien Kloos or Paula van de Kamp,
tel. + 31 (0) 345 545 151, e-mail address k.kloos@fairtrade.nl or
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