The craft brands that are members of the cluster will exhibit their leather articles at Adoberia Bella

REC.0 Experimental Stores will take place from 8 to 11 November. REC.0 is the transformation of Igualada's Rec district into fashion pop-up stores. For four days, major local and international brands and independent and emerging fashion designers sell their stock and sample collections there at unique prices.

The festival, which will celebrate its 25th edition, has become Catalonia's benchmark fashion, heritage and culture event, with some 100 brands taking part and more than 100,000 visitors.

The collaboration between Leather Cluster Barcelona and the fashion festival began in 2019 with children's workshops to discover and play with leather, and since then the cluster has been part of the REC.0 programme with various cultural activities: guided tours, talks and historical routes.

In this edition, Leather Cluster Barcelona is taking this cooperation a step further with the aim of giving leather greater prominence than ever at REC.0. The cluster will take part in the fashion event with its own space, la pell del Rec, where the craft brands that are members of Leather Cluster Barcelona will exhibit their leather articles and accessories at Adoberia Bella.

During this REC.0, designers and artisans of leather pieces and accessories will take part with a space on the ground floor of Adoberia Bella, the headquarters of Leather Cluster Barcelona, where they will be able to sell their handcrafted leather articles.

The craft brands that are members of the cluster and will exhibit their leather articles are:

• Evegé Leather
• LeatherHug
• Nquart Leather
• Nubuckcuir Leather bags
• Puntotres

Through this space, la pell del Rec, Leather Cluster Barcelona wants to highlight the people who work in the design and handcrafted creation of leather articles, championing the potential of craftsmanship and giving visibility to the considerable network of leather designers and artisans that exists in our country.

In this way, the cluster also champions leather and its application in craftsmanship and design as an original material of the circular economy.

Leather Cluster Barcelona calls on people to visit Adoberia Bella during the days of REC.0 and to buy the leather pieces of the brands that are members of the cluster, brands inspired by values such as quality, craftsmanship, proximity, authenticity and sustainable fashion. Choosing leather means investing in articles that can be used for many years. A leather article can last a lifetime.

Leather Cluster Barcelona is an environment of competitive cooperation for promoting cross-cutting, transformative strategic projects with the aim of driving the ecosystem of the Catalan leather sector. The cluster is an entity accredited under the Catalonia Clusters programme and is supported by Acció.