Elvis & Kresse have redefined sustainable luxury, turning 315 tonnes of landfill-bound waste into handbags and belts – and it all started in Hong Kong
Wesling had recently started her own biodegradable packaging company, supplying multiple branches of Pacific Coffee with environmentally friendly toilet paper and bin bags. Now she was trying to win over The Peninsula – and succeeded. In fact, she’s taken the concept of sustainable luxury further than perhaps she thought possible. To understand Wesling’s latest venture, Elvis & Kresse, I visit her and her partner James “Elvis” Henrit’s workshop, in a quiet corner of Kent, in southern England.
A low-slung workshop edged by fields, only the stacks of coiled, decommissioned fire hosepipes at the gate hint that something unusual is happening here. Step inside, and you find two interns bent over sewing machines while more experienced hands sort through supple Burberry offcuts. A giant wooden table, riven with score marks, is covered in scraps of old tea sacks. Joan the dog bounds over to greet visitors until she’s called off.
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