Following is a transcription of the video. Narrator: This is said to be the world's oldest leather-making tradition. It's called vegetable tanning, and it's a process that has been perfected over ...

Shopkeepers near the entrances often hand visitors fresh mint sprigs to mask it, though after a while the smell simply becomes part of the atmosphere around the tannery. Nothing feels hidden or ...

The fashion industry has seen a rise in alternative leather options from fish skin to pineapple leaves to cork leather. High-end fashion brands like John Galliano, Prada, and Christian Dior have ...