As you’d expect from any designer brand, they still try to uphold a higher standard when it comes to quality and Burberry didn’t disappoint in this regard. The texture, of this wallet especially, was, as they called, grainy, which was both soft and supple with a strong durable feel in the hand. The leather had a highly durable feel, with a thicker hide and soft-touch feel to it. We found the leather to be highly attractive in both quality and overall craftsmanship when it comes to manufacturing. This effort can be seen with Burberry’s current use of sustainable leather with around half currently being sourced this way up from just 1% in 2018.īut what is Burberry Leather-like in reality? When we got our hands on one of Burberry’s Grainy Leather Card Cases to really test and see the quality of their wallets. Burberry has committed to sourcing 100% of its leather from tanneries with social compliance, environmental accreditation, and traceability. What we do know if they mainly reduce in Italy using premium full-grain leather, again with a sustainable edge, in producing all their leather goods – including wallets. Not much is known about the exact tanneries that Burberry use for their leather product.
With leather accessories accounting for more than 10% of Burberry’s total greenhouse gas emissions they are focusing on only using leather tanneries that focus on reducing the adverse impact of climate change within the leathercraft industry. It’s no secret that clothing brands account for much waste and continue heavy to increased carbon emissions, especially within the leathercraft industry. This can be equated to less-skilled workers and further cost-cutting practices implemented by the company.īurberry has jumped upon the sustainability bandwagon and started to change many of its values to fit more in line with helping combat global warming. I’m going to make a sweeping statement that the quality of goods has dropped over the course of Burberry’s move to overseas manufacturing. Not only that but the sheer audacity in the firing process of UK-based employees, where they dismissed over 600 of them, is something that really shows the true colors of any business where profit is more important than morals. From an ethical standpoint, I believe we shouldn’t be using brands that exploit cheaper labor, and underpay employees, whatever country their in, a wage less than what people can live on. It’s hard to say whether this move has had any impact on the quality of the goods sold. An uncommon business move by larger brands, Burberry wanted the freedom of cheaper labor, and laxer employee laws, to bring costs of production down increasing profits. Unfortunately, during the mid-2000s Burberry took it upon themselves to begin the process of clothing many of their UK Based factories. As a popular British brand, Burberry used to manufacturer all of its products within the United Kingdom sitting with its core values of being British made, helping with its reputation of luxury and quality.
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