Saucony Utilizes Pineapple Alternative to Leather For Eco-Friendly Capsule
Comprising the Jazz Court, Shadow 6000 and Jazz 81.
This season Saucony is taking its sustainability efforts to the next level by unveiling its “Saucony RFG Pack”, an eco-friendly footwear capsule comprising updated takes on the Jazz Court, Shadow 6000 and Jazz 81.
The label — which recently dropped a tropical-colored Grid Azura 2000 — has utilized nature’s waste, and created each sneaker in the “RFG Pack” with Piñatex, a by-product of pineapple farming that’s been transformed into a plant-based alternative to leather.
Each upper boasts Piñatex® panels which have been fused together using recycled fabrics, along a partially plant-based mesh and hemp laces, resulting in an earth feel to each style. Arriving in shades of “Sage” and “Artichoke”, each sneaker is rounded out with a pineapple on the tongue — a nod to the roots of Piñatex®.
The Jazz Court RFG is available to buy now, while the Jazz 81 RFG and Shadow 6000 RFG both look set to drop via the Saucony webstore on June 17.
