Lisbon shopping: Pelcor, welcome to the beautiful world of cork
New in Lisbon’s Baixa district: Pelcor (’skin’ & ’cork’), located Rua da Pedras Negras no. 30. From beautiful handbags, hats, sophisticated accessories to stamps (!), all products in this shop are made from cork oak skin. This 100 % Portuguese outfit has won various eco-design awards and distinctions for innovation, potencial and creativity.
Products in cork stand out for their quality and beauty. They are practical, malleable and pleasant to touch, as well as easily cleaned and long-lasting.
Shop owner Natalia Silva shows a client how to clean a product made of cork. Even Natalia’s business card is made of cork skin….
Beautiful handbags and much more… all products are made from a raw material of nature.
History: Everything begins with Novacortiça, a company specialized in the production of natural cork disks for champagne…Sandra Correia, the manager of the company , decorates a stand during an event with an umbrella produced entirely in cork oak skin. So popular was it, that it spawned a company in 2003, Pelcor. Based in the Algarve, in São Brás de Alportel, a city known as the cradle of cork industry in Algarve, Pelcor was born as a trade mark of products in cork, represented in about 80 stores in Portugal.
Portugal produces about half the world output of commercial cork, and its exports over recent years have accounted for around 70 percent of world trade.
Pelcor, Rua da Pedras Negas 30, Baixa, Lisbon. Open Monday to Friday 10h – 19h. Saturday 10h -13h. Tel. (00351) 21 304 9727. Email: loja.lisboa@pelcor.pt
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