Texans are no strangers to exotic leather, with our crocodile boots, python purses and ostrich accessories. The latest trendy material in this line is shagreen, made from the skins of sharks and ...

A crocodile bag or a python clutch is the ultimate luxury, but throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, consumers were dissuaded from buying these products for fear of harming endangered species. But ...

Although exotic leather has been around for thousands of years, its production causes substantial harm to animals, humans and the environment. The leather industry produces a high carbon footprint and ...

Like fur coats, handbags made of crocodile leather or exotic skins do not necessarily garner the best press. In recent years, some fashion brands, such as Burberry, Chanel, Hugo Boss and Paul Smith, ...

If you can dream it, you can have it,” says Louis Vuitton Philippines exotic leathers expert Keon Tan, as he holds a navy croc skin Minaudiere V, custom-made for a client. Louis Vuitton Greenbelt is ...

Name a major designer handbag brand – Hermes, Gucci, Vuitton, Prada – and Suzan Paek has it in her walk-in closet. But alongside the famous names on the shelves are clutches, totes and top-handle bags ...

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia recently conducted a reality prank where they created a pop-up store full of exotic leather products - handbags, jackets, shoes, etc. - but ...

Daniel Natusch is a practicing research scientist and conservation biologist. He is affiliated with the Macquarie University and consults for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature ...