Save the Duck, vegan outerwear alternative to Moncler and Canada Goose, and its eco-mission as it opens first Asia store
- Cruelty-free, animal-friendly outerwear brand Save the Duck launched in 2011 to little fanfare, but now produces 600,000 jackets a year
- Among its products are two collections made from recycled plastic bottles and other materials including nylon from fishing nets
Last year Nicolas Bargi, founder of vegan outerwear brand Save the Duck, was contacted out of the blue by Indian explorer and climber Kunthal Joisher.
Joisher had ascended some of the world’s highest summits and was looking for a company that could produce animal-free clothing that could withstand the elements while adhering to his vegan principles.
“It took about six months but we eventually did it. He wore the overalls to climb Mount Lhotse, and then Everest earlier this year. Not only did he achieve his personal goal but we proved to the world that our technology is just as good as any using animal products.”
Save the Duck recently opened its first store in Asia at the newly opened K11 Musea shopping mall in Hong Kong. Bargi, an Italian from a family of clothing manufacturers, launched the brand in 2011. Using his family’s expertise in sportswear, he wanted to create an outerwear brand free of animal products.