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Elvis & Kresse

Elvis & Kresse is a UK brand that makes bags, belts, wallets, travel goods and other accessories from reclaimed materials. Its main materials are decommissioned London fire-hoses and rescued leather. The range includes crossbody bags, totes, backpacks, briefcases and wash bags for women and men. The brand is built on three pillars: rescue, transform and donate. It gives 50 percent of its profits to charity, including the Fire Fighters Charity. In 2021 it moved its operations to a farm in Kent to work regeneratively. There it built a straw bale workshop powered by renewables, created a wetland system to treat its own wastewater and is setting up a vineyard that prioritises soil and biodiversity. Elvis & Kresse is a certified B Corp. Good On You rates it Great overall, with Great for planet and people and Good for animals. The rating notes that pieces are made in-house by a small team and that final-stage workers are paid a living wage. It also says the leather and any other animal materials the brand uses are recycled before ever reaching consumers.