Shoe project promises radical transparency
Copenhagen-based footwear brand NN.07 has used traceable Scandinavian leather in a joint project with Sebago, a limited-edition, hand-sewn version of the US brand’s Classic Dan loafer.
The partners teamed up with supplier of semi-processed, traceable hides Spoor for the project. Spoor’s systems provide documented traceability data for each hide, starting with the farms in Sweden that raised the cattle to the tanneries in Denmark that semi-processed and finished the hides.
Sebago and NN.07 have called the resulting shoe collection “a radically transparent and uncompromising loafer [with] the ability to trace each piece of leather back to its origin”.
Head of special projects at NN.07, Mikkel Hammershøj, said the brand’s aim was to create a shoe that could serve “as a testament to the exceptional quality of traceable leather and bring attention to the technology behind responsibly sourced materials”.
He added: “Quality isn’t just about durability and the tactile experience, it also extends to how the material is sourced and produced, about the responsible and ethical journey of how it is made.”
Spoor’s business development director, Birgitte Holgaard, explained that the Swedish provenance of the hides provided the two shoe companies with guarantees of high quality and high levels of animal welfare. She added that Spoor was “very pleased to be part of the very first loafers in the world in traceable Scandi leather”.
Only 300 pairs of the shoes have gone into production and, in resonance with NN.07’s brand name, will go on sale at select retailers on November 7.
