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Covid-19 pass-time turns into a leathergoods business

14/01/2026

A mother-and-daughter start-up in Uruguay, LanaMara, is using leather to produce fashion products in the country’s interior.

Patricia Gigena and María Sara Rodríguez started making waistcoats, tops, hats and caps out of leather, wool and other materials during the covid-19 lockdown and have now turned a way of passing the time into a business.

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