RZA Is Manufacturing Vegan Leather Wallets Made From Pineapple Leaves

The longtime vegan announces the newest item in his 36 Chambers menswear line.

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“I’m alive, I have a life, my flesh is alive," RZA wrote in his 2009 book The Tao of Wu​. "Why should I eat something that’s dead?”

Taking those thoughts to heart, the Wu-Tang Clan member has been vegan for years, but he's taking the dedication a step further with the latest release in his 36 Chambers menswear line. The newest product is a debossed vegan leather wallet that uses leather made out of a natural and sustainable textile called Piñatee (made from pineapple leaves).

"We have various reasons for why we forgo animal leather," writes RZA's business partner Mustafa Shaikh on the company's website. "For RZA, it has to do with animal cruelty first and foremost. Speaking for myself, the deleterious environmental effects of raising animals (in particular cattle) is what drew me into looking more into vegan leather options."

See photos of the wallet (debossed with a dragon pattern) below and find them on the 36 Chambers website here.

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RZA Vegan Wallet detail

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