Tomato Leather Is On The Way For Our Jackets & Accessories

We are intent on engaging retailers to work with us in getting the sustainable options out there for the increasingly eco-conscious customers to buy. Nothing but opportunity for all and the environment.  

James&Co began its business journey in 2012 tailoring classic style jackets which were traditionally made in leather - ie moto jackets and such - in non-leather vegan materials.  The only available leather-look material then was polyurethane.

We had terrific growth in the vegan and synthetic leather market and expanded into ranges of accessories for fashion and lifestyle products.  Our focus was on e-commerce and selling B2C with B2B as the add-on.  We set James&Co out to be the true women's fashion and lifestyle brand that effortlessly combined style + sustainability + doing good (ie cruelty-free). 


James&Co products in leather look 

As awareness of the toxicity of the materials used with the descriptor ‘vegan leather’ grew and wonderful innovator manufacturers started to develop leather-look alternatives made with plants not synthetic plastics, we stopped our jackets and accessories made with plastic leather-look materials.  

We have focussed on introducing new and emerging sustainable organic fabrics in our products to the Australian market: cork leather fabric, washable paper, cotton and hemp.

Many of the organic fabrics are not yet of suitable dimensions to be used in the tailoring of apparel. The break-out fabric now is the plant-based leather-look fabric made from tomatoes - tomato leather

James&Co is excited about tailoring our classic style leather alternative jackets and leather look accessories in tomato leather.  You can register your business interest in partnering as a wholesale partner with us by submitting the form below. We look forward to driving this innovation in Australia as a global leader. 

Tomato Leather Register Form. 

 

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