We transform grape marc from our local, organic and bio-dynamic, vineyards, in the South of France, into beautiful circular bio-materials for the fashion and the lifestyle industries.
We want to revolutionise the fashion industry through the creation of high performance grape based bio-materials that are made from the grape waste of our local organic, natural and biodynamic vineyards in the South of France.
Our raw materials originate from a country where wine making is an art form as well as a national obsession and now we’re incorporating them into another of France’s obsessions, Fashion.
We’re creating grape based bio-materials that doesn’t use any toxic or carcinogenic chemicals that are detrimental to Mother Earth, nor to the health of those working with them.
Our raw material comes from lovingly tendered and farmed organic, natural and biodynamic vineyards where the vines have often been here for decades and the vineyards passed on proudly from one generation to another.
We’re challenging conventional wisdom by introducing our innovative, circular grape marc based materials into the fashion and lifestyle supply chains.
We’re aiming to reduce the current amount of environmentally and socially damaging animal leathers produced, render exotic skins obsolete and replace pvc and fully petroleum based coatings with our up to 80% bio-based ones.
We’re challenging conventional wisdom by introducing our innovative, circular grape marc based materials into the fashion and lifestyle supply chains.
We’re aiming to reduce the current amount of environmentally and socially damaging animal leathers produced, render exotic skins obsolete and replace pvc and fully petroleum based coatings with our up to 80% bio-based ones.
We process the grape marc and transform it into a new raw material.
We air dry the grapeskins and seeds in the Provençal sunshine.
We upcycle the grape marc into our bio-based coating and leather alternative materials.
he bio-based coatings, leather alternatives and new materials can be bespoke or standardised in textures and colours.
Eventually the bio-based materials will be industrially compostable and for now they are designed for longevity so that it can be rented or resold as a loved piece.
We're collaborating with the future material scientists and chemists from the world exclusive leather engineering degree program at ITECH School of Engineering in Lyon, France.
ITECH'S reputation in the leather world is confirmed through their ongoing collaborations with the top French Luxury Houses.
We’re simultaneously trialling out our grape marc with the most sustainable coating technologies today to ensure that we can scale up our innovations.
We’ve moved on from handmade prototype A4 sized samples to 45cm x 12m and longer roll to roll materials.
Meet Samantha Mureau, a once upon a time fashion buyer & trend forecaster for international Blue Chip Fashion retailers, who is on a mission to clean up the disastrous fashion industry, with an incredible collective of people who kick butt and make change happen.
At the raw materials end of our eco-collective and seeking change for the grape waste of 35 vineyards is L’Association of Vignerons of Saint Victoire, led by future focused & vineyard expert Jean-Jacques Balikian.
On the Science side, Green Chemist Advocate, Steve Block, is mentoring & guiding Samantha.
Agnès Thomasset and her team of future material scientists are driving the R&D of the grape leather alternative at ITECH
Jane Shepherdson, CBE, Sustainable Fashion Industry Expert & Director of London Fashion Fund is advisory to Samantha and Planet of the Grapes.
BPI and French Tech have provided finance and recognition for our innovative start-up
We have been selected for the Bio-Materials Innovation table at London’s Future Fabrics trade show in 2023 and 2024
The Metropole of Aix-Marseille-Provence has approved our innovation and new technology and they're behind us on our journey.
Planet of the Grapes was 1 of the 28 Circular start-ups selected from across Europe by EU funded Fashion Revolution's Small But Perfect Accelerator program, led by Orsola Castro.
We have been awarded finance by Marseille’s Circular Initiative Up2Circ and the EU
We have been awarded finance and mentoring by Worth Project and EU finance
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See our first grape and bio-based material designed and made into a Luxury handbag – Odette!
Made in collaboration with @underhereyes_fashion who designed a stunning handbag that was handcrafted from our bespoke surface texture and purple and pink colour ways to remind us of their grape beginnings.
The collaborative project debuted in the Fashion Revolution Open Studios, London, during the 10th Fashion Revolution Week which marked the Anniversary of the tragic Rana Plaza collapse of 2013.
Enjoy the video and peek into the behind the scenes of the where the grape marc was collected in Aix en Provence, France, through to the creation of our bio-based material, and the handcrafting of Odette in the UK.
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“It is working with those outside of fashion that will help us move the industry into a cleaner and more socially and environmentally respectfully era. From collaborating with farmers, material scientists, through to Designers, we are going to make those significant innovative and technological advances.” – Samantha Mureau
