The story behind the name - Vakigrad
In the early 1970s, my parents immigrated from Montenegro in the former Yugoslavia to Denmark. Almost a decade after their arrival to...
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The woman who made me understand sustainability
Words matter. One of those I hold most dear is sustainability. For that reason I feel obliged not to use the word in vain. And for the...
Consumers, not people, impose danger to the planet
It is not the number of people on the planet that causes a challenge to the planet, but the number of consumers and their consumption....
Why zippers are essential to product quality for longevity
Through our sustainable principle product quality for longevity, Vakigrad aims at increasing the lifecycle of our products. Zippers have an
The horror of making water a luxury good
Water creates a provoke-awakening dilemma that we at Vakigrad have put a lot of thought into. According to the United Nations access to clea
This is why slowing fashion cycles is key
The fashion industry symbolizes - perhaps more than any other sector - today’s buy-and-throw-away-consumerism. Slow fashion makes an...
Chrome-tanned leather is bad for the environment
For more than 150 years, chrome-tanning, has been the most wideused process to produce leather. Today 90 percent of the world's leather pro
Vegetable tanning is worth its price
To make leather, first the skin needs to undergo a tanning process in which its proteins are converted into a stable material. It is the tan
What organic carrots and sustainable fashion have in common
Since the postmodern emergence of the organic movement, retailers have felt the need to differentiate organic products from their...
How the fashion industry can ease its ecological debt
Are you one of those who believe that luxury customers are people swearing to a hedonic lifestyle? You are partly right. But if you believe
Luxury customers appreciate social values
Are you one of those who believe that luxury customers are people swearing to a hedonic lifestyle? You are partly right. But if you believe
Sustainable fashion pioneers reject aesthetic sacrifices
Until recently, the sentiment of sustainable behaviour suggested a puritanical approach to ethical consumption. One that sees sustainability
90% of leather causes risk to human health
Remember Erin Brockovich? Known by many from the biographical movie in which she was portrayed by Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich fought agai
Superior sustainable leather goods
Vakigrad’s ambition for superior sustainable leather goods rests on three pillars: timelessness for style; product quality for longevity; an
Timelessness for style
At Vakigrad we design superior sustainable leather goods with an objective to keep style relevance capable of enduring changes in fashion. W
Cleaner materials
At Vakigrad we continue to develop and search for materials for our sustainable leather goods that have less damaging impact on the environm
Product quality for longevity
By developing leather that looks beautiful year after year of proper usage. By finding materials, such as quality zippers, that last longer.
A sustainable lesson for the price of 4500 liters of water
That's far from sustainable and why I have come to learn that cleaner materials won't make it alone to fulfill Vakigrad’s quest for superior
Oneskin bag - designed for work, for everyday and for a night out.
Source: Bloomberg By Moti Ankari Call it the 'Carry Case' and consider it your new best friend, Moti said. Vakigrad agrees that men dont ne
Whispering has more impact than shouting
Coco Chanel once famously stated: “Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.”...
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