A NEW LIFE FOR CUTTING WASTE
CLIO PELLETTERIA
Excess leather from bag production
Waste put to use with cooperation
A seven-person team of skilled artisans transforms our trash material into true treasures. They also have other production at their factory and some leftovers are born from that. This valuable resource is being used for our treasures. In addition to founders Fulvio Galbiati, Jenny Bolschio and Luisella Checuz there are four people working at Clio, each possessing decades of experience in working with designer bags. Instead of a work community Fulvio himself describes them more as a family, where everyone looks out for each other. This does not only mean the practical things, such as ensuring a safe working environment, but also creating a gentle and open atmosphere. In this setting, excess materials get a second chance at life as unique bag designs, and from here their fourney to new homes may begin.
EST. 1983
EMPLOYEES: 7
LOCATION: SEREGNO, ITALY
How do we work with Clio factory's excess materials?
We share the same values with the Clio team on sustainable and transparent fashion. To them transparency presents not only as a key value, but a practical lesson in bag production. “When you have worked in the industry for long, you learn to see through the materials. You learn to identify whether details have been crafted carefully and skillfully. The true quality of a bag is revealed under the surface,” Fulvio explains.
Fulvio and his team are true professionals whose work we trust. They work for several other brands too and we noticed that there is cutting waste left from those productions. Together we wanted to find the solution to utilize the material and this is why the use of this cutting waste was a natural next step in our co-operation. Making sure the valuable excess material from our trusted partner gets used to full potential aligns with our core values.
Greetings from the Seregno factory
We want to give the makers of our bags a chance to have their voice truly heard. Here we gathered some greetings and bits of their everyday, just as it appears at the Seregno-located factory.
“Our collaboration with Lovia is based on mutual trust and I feel that my work as well as personality is appreciated. We talk everyday through email or Whatsapp about the production and samples.”
- Fulvio Galbiati, founder of Clio factory
We do a lot of good but nowhere near perfect
We are already doing amazing things together with the Clio team, creating a process to utilise the excess material in our bags. Still, looking at the production from an environmental standpoint, there is always room for improvement.
Our bag designs are constantly under development, in order to better enable even the smallest of material strips to be put to use. Still, even our own production as well as the factory's own production creates cutting waste. Our goal in the future is to create a sort of kibble from this resource, that could function as a raw material for a newly produced recycled material for our bags.
Also in material transportation we find a point of development. The bags are made in Italy, but most of the excess leather and textile pieces are gathered in Finland, so the process requires their transport to the Milan area. Our goal in the future is to also find more streams of material within Italy in addition to Clio Pelletteria, to minimise the emissions caused by logistics.
CLIO PELLETTERIA
Excess furniture leather
Waste put to use with cooperation
A seven-person team of skilled artisans transforms our trash material into true treasures. They also have other production at their factory and some leftovers are born from that. This valuable resource is being used for our treasures. In addition to founders Fulvio Galbiati, Jenny Bolschio and Luisella Checuz there are four people working at Clio, each possessing decades of experience in working with designer bags. Instead of a work community Fulvio himself describes them more as a family, where everyone looks out for each other. This does not only mean the practical things, such as ensuring a safe working environment, but also creating a gentle and open atmosphere. In this setting, excess materials get a second chance at life as unique bag designs, and from here their fourney to new homes may begin.
EST. 1983
EMPLOYEES: 7
LOCATION: SEREGNO, ITALY
How do we work with Clio with excess materials?
We share the same values with the Clio team on sustainable and transparent fashion. To them transparency presents not only as a key value, but a practical lesson in bag production. “When you have worked in the industry for long, you learn to see through the materials. You learn to identify whether details have been crafted carefully and skillfully. The true quality of a bag is revealed under the surface,” Fulvio explains.
Fulvio and his team are true professionals whose work we trust. This is why the use of their deadstock was a natural next step is in our co-operation. Making sure the valuable excess material from our trusted partner gets used to full potential aligns with our core values.
Greetings from the Seregno factory
We want to give the makers of our bags a chance to have their voice truly heard. Here we gathered some greetings and bits of their everyday, just as it appears at the Seregno-located factory.
“Our collaboration with Lovia is based on mutual trust and I feel that my work as well as personality is appreciated. We talk everyday through email or Whatsapp about the production and samples.”
- Fulvio Galbiati, founder of Clio factory
We do a lot of good but nowhere near perfect
We are already doing amazing things together with the Clio team, creating a process to utilise the excess material in our bags. Still, looking at the production from an environmental standpoint, there is always room for improvement.
Our bag designs are constantly under development, in order to better enable even the smallest of material strips to be put to use. Still, even our own production as well as the factory's own production creates cutting waste. Our goal in the future is to create a sort of kibble from this resource, that could function as a raw material for a newly produced recycled material for our bags.
Also in material transport we find a point of development. The bags are made in Italy, but most of the leather and textile pieces are gathered in Finland, so the process requires their transport to the Milan area. Our goal in the future is to also find streams of material within Italy in addition to Clio Pelletteria, to minimise the emissions caused by logistics.
