Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse
Print Room Wallet from Elvis & Kresse

Print Room Wallet

£80.00

Available sizes:
One Size
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  • FAT
  • SUPLC
  • LOCP
  • MIL
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  • FAT Fair Trade
  • SUPLC Good Cause
  • LOCP Produced in Europe
  • MIL Eco-Friendly
Certificates:
  • B Corp
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Short description

More than the sum of its parts

The Elvis & Kresse Print Room Wallet is handmade by combining vintage printing blankets and genuine decommissioned fire-hose. The printing blankets are used in the offset print industry and are scrapped as soon as they develop any imperfections. After we re-engineer the material it has a beautiful and tactile matt black finish to it. The fire-hose, previously deployed in active duty for up to 25 years fighting fires around the UK, softens with use but doesn't lose its strength. The wallet is lined with reclaimed military grade parachute silk.

Available in red hose with black printing blanket body with or without a coin pocket.

If you choose the personalisation option, this is achieved by laser etching directly into the fire-hose. We recommend not more than 20 characters. The font used is Times New roman.

The Fire-hose Collection

We fell in love with London's decommissioned fire-hose back in 2005 through a chance encounter with the London Fire Brigade. We took this lifesaving material home determined to breathe new life into it and save it from its otherwise inevitable end in landfill, and vowed to donate 50% of our profits to charity.

For over a decade we have been rescuing all of London's retired fire-hose by lovingly handcrafting them into sustainable luxury bags and accessories. Every year since, Elvis & Kresse have donated 50% of the profits from the Fire-hose Collection to The Fire Fighters Charity. This heroic material, once used to save lives, gets a second chance to keep giving back.

Our Fire-hose pieces are more than just a collection, they represents a whole new kind of luxury. One that is sustainable, ethical, transparent, generous and kind.



Source: Elvis & Kresse

Brand
  • 50% of the profit is donated
Material & Fabric
  • Upcycled fire-hose
  • Upcycled parachute silk
  • Upcycled printing blanket
Production
  • Made in the UK

Features
    • Dimensions closed: H 9.5 x W 12 x D 1.5 cm

      • Exterior: Reclaimed black printing blanket
      • Interior: Genuine decommissioned red British fire-hose
      • Lining: Reclaimed military-grade parachute silk
      • Contrast red stitching
      • Divided section for notes and foreign currency
      • Sections for 8 credit cards or 4 credit cards and coin pocket depending on choice
      • Two additional pockets for business cards
      • Oyster card friendly
      • Presented in a reclaimed printing blanket pouch
      • Etched Elvis & Kresse logo
      • Handmade with hand-painted edges

      • Water resistant, Wipe-clean
      • Vegan
      • Repaired for life
      • International delivery
      • Personalisation available
      • 50% of profits go to The Fire Fighters Charity

About the brand

Since 2005, Elvis & Kresse have been saving raw materials, transforming them into luxury lifestyle accessories, and giving away half of their profits to charity. For example, Elvis & Kresse uses the leather scraps from Burberry in the United Kingdom, material that would otherwise be discarded.

Ethically produced: Elvis & Kresse bags are ethically made in England. They pay their employees above a real living wage and are an accredited Living Wage Employer. The label has its own production location and this is a certified social enterprise as well as a founding UK B Corporation.

Eco-friendly: Elvis & Kresse makes bags from niche repurposed material. They collect 15 different waste streams and reuse them. From fire hose to leather waste to tea sacks. The full list can be found on their website! The label also purifies their own water and is building a fully circular water purification system so that no water leaves the site. In a few years they hope to be completely self-sufficient with their own water. All packaging is made by hand in their workshop in Kent. Also made from reused materials, such as old printing blankets and parachute silk.

Locally produced: The collections are made entirely locally in England, from local materials.

Good cause: Elvis & Kresse donate 50% of their profits to charities. Their charity partners are the Fire Fighters Charity and Barefoot College.

Practical information:

Shipping fee: £3.50 and free for orders over £100 in the UK and €14.60 in the EU and free for orders over €170.

Delivery time: up to 3 days in the UK and 5 working days in the EU, express shipping is possible.

Address: No physical store. However, they do welcome visitors to their workshop in Kent, England!

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