Winner 2022 / Sustainability / OTHER SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING PROCESS

Michone Carob

Photo Credit: Marita Moreno

 

 

  • Company
    Marita Setas Unipessoal Lda / Marita Moreno
  • Lead Designer
    Marita Setas Ferro
  • Client
    Marita Moreno
  • Prize
    Winner in OTHER SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, Winner in NATURAL MATERIAL/VEGAN FOOTWEAR
  • Expertise
    Brand

Michone Carob are the brand's 100% vegan proposal in the sense of innovation with natural bio-materials. Carob is a Mediterranean fruit, very common in Alentejo and Algarve with great resistance to drought, it is the main “actress” of this register model of the brand. The main component is Alfarroba Tex - a bio-material developed by a Portuguese designer. The remaining materials are the Portuguese organic cotton twill with mineral dyeing and the rubber sole with coffee husk remains, produced in Portugal; the lining is antiperspirant and ecological, using the recycling of the material itself.

Bio
Marita Moreno is a Portuguese brand of fashion accessories created with a unique and ethical perspective - the history of the products is fundamental for its definition as a "slow fashion" brand. We use local and national endogenous resources, artisanal and industrial. We are constantly in search of how to create and produce sustainable design objects with history that are used in everyday life. Ethics, transparency in production and social responsibility have always been intrinsic values to us. We care about the creative process and our models have a unique design and are made to last.

Other prizes
•Global Footwear Awards - International> April 2022 - Professional Category - Silver in Sustainable Manufacturing Processes, Bronze in Mules, Bronze in Support to the Local Footwear Business, Bronze in Manufacturing with Biomaterials, Bronze at the Salary Footwear Trade Fair. •Green Product Award 2021 - Berlin> December 2020 - International Award for Concept and Sustainable Product - the only Portuguese nominated finalist in the fashion category •“Fashion, Sustainability and Business” - MOMAD Sustenible - Madrid> September 2019 - Winning brand. The award was given to Marita Moreno for a number of factors: the image of the brand and the product, taking into account the design of the collection, the raw material used, the place of production and the character of social responsibility as a brand. •FOMA (Fashions of Multicultural Australia) - SYMBOL OF HARMONY AWARD - Sidney - Australia> March 2018 - as recognition for the work of disseminating the cultural elements of Portugal through our products.