Brands produce limited-edition runs for any number of reasons: to reinforce exclusivity, to build hype, to allow experimentation. A business can minimise waste while freshening up an otherwise predictable collection. Such runs can also be the basis of a business model for a brand whose materials are themselves limited editions. All of this is true for Roccamore, a label that relies primarily on the leather offcuts of other brands to create comfortable high heels. Handmade in Italy, the shoes are endlessly varied, ranging from the conservative to the whimsical, and almost always limited in number. Giving new life to leather waste The Roccamore business model is an example of how challenges of sustainability can push boundaries of creativity. The walls of the two shops in Denmark and the pages of its online store display a beautiful, rich range of ladies' stilettos, pumps and boots designed with other companies' waste.
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