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"The latest must have guilt free handbag comes from  Antonello . Shedding light on Italian textiles and putting localised Italian handiwork and the importance of its preservation back on the map, designer Antonello Tedde prides himself on only working with experts in accessories production and ultimately bringing Sardinian production methods back into the global consciousness," LFW

The new italian luxury. The results are unique, coloured naturally using age-old herbalist remedies, decorated with typical Sardinian geometries, enriched at times with thin blades of grass, to further embellish what takes weavers in Siligo, a little town in the heart of Sardinia , between 20 and 30 hours to make. VOGUE PELLE - Lina Colsanto

Eco News - Stitch in time. For centuries, women in the village of Siligo , Sardinia made and embroidered fabrics. Now, Siligo-born London College of Fashion graduate Antonello Tedde, helped by his mother, has revived the ancient home industries with a line of chic, organic bags. MARIE CLAIRE - Lisa Grainger

Eco fashion doesn't have to mean toning it down. At the luxury end, Antonello mixes bold textiles handcrafted in Sardinia with recycled materials, to create chic handbags. BBC THREAD Tamasin Doe

Dossier Sardegna, "Il Giornale" interview (PDF)

    Luxury eco-conscious handbags        
     
 

The brand name Pibiones by Antonello (www.pibiones.com) will change to Antonello, from the next season Autumn-Winter 2009/10.

Antonello luxury eco-conscious handbag ranges are designed in London - UK and hand crafted in Sardinia - Italy. Materials and production processes are carefully selected to offer you the most exclusive eco-luxuries.

Antonello eco-friendly claims:

  • Manufacturing techniques. All the fabrics used are hand produced on traditional looms, this tend to use less energy. Every factory and workshop has a few fabrics on display, weaving is generally done to order. As well as the classical styles, fabrics can be done in any design and in any colour a client submits.
  • Local natural wool . These fibres come from organic farmed sheep (conventional farming is a huge consumer of non-renewable fossil fuels. Sardinian farmers have been using organic farming for generations, this tend to use less energy).
  • Wools dyed locally with Sardinian plants. Antonello exclusive 'luxury eco' line of accessories also uses sustainable yarns made with Sardinian sheep wool dyed locally with Sardinian plants.
  • Regenerated Cotton. Hand-woven recycled and regenerated cotton yarns are also widely used in the Antonello collections.
  • Production processes. Fabrics and handbags are hand produced in ethically managed factories - workshops are entirely managed by women: all the companies are inspected regularly by government officials to check compliance to European legislation.
  • Recycled linings and care bags. The Antonello handbag linings are made of beautiful ends of rolls and off cuts recycled new fabrics from Sardinian textiles factories. These fabrics would usually end up in skips and landfill, to be incinerated.
  
                   
"The latest must have guilt free handbag comes from Antonello" London Fashion Week - Estethica
 
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