Why designers especially love to incorporate croc skin into their creative design? Because the pliability, durability and natural beauty make the croc skin an impeccable material for luxury goods. Croc skin is a unique product. The patterns are never exactly the same and color varies on different hide. You are feeling cozy and warm when touching it, and the rich texture exudes luxury and elegance. The supreme flexibility makes croc skin very easy to be crafted and comfortable to use. High quality croc skin is wearable and last for long. There is a crocodile handbag dating back to World War available online.
It is well-known that croc skin is widely used in making various leather goods including belts, shoes, toiletry bags, suitcase, handbag, even desk lamp and furnishing. In recent years, fashion accessories, particularly handbags are much in demand, so croc skin is in short supply. Actually, due to the extinction of some crocodile varieties, the crocodile leather industry calls for a convention to restrict illegal hunting since its emerging in 1980. Crocodiles live mainly in Australia, Asia and Africa. Australia is a major exporter of crocodile skin. In Queensland, northern and western Australia, there are 18 crocodile farms. The famous Australian saltwater crocodile supplies the finest quality skin in the world. Many top grade handbags, briefcases, luggage, belts, boots are manufactured of Australian crocodiles. The croc skin in trade is only from farms in the countries that have signed the Convention on International Trade and Endangered Species of World Fauna and Flora treaty (CITES) in 1973. This convention implements strict policies to restrict capturing crocodiles and processing their skins.
Apart from the restriction factor, what else causes croc skin so limited? It will take at approximately 3 years to wait a baby crocodile grown up to big enough one with skin measuring 40cm across the body. Traditionally, an entire croc skin is divided into two parts, one from back and the other from its belly. The precious skin results in sky-high price, however, croc accessories become more popular among celebrities and wealthy people. Here are the top three regions where croc skin fashion accessories are much favored. The first one is Japan where shoes and handbags of wild colors are especially popular. In America, custom made crocodile handbags and boots are considered to be the ultimate luxury items. The last place is European where most of croc products are released from Italy. Russia, Germany and Spain are the main importers of Italian croc fashion products.