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Vegetable 'Ivory' Offers Accessory Alternative for China's Green Fashion Advocates

Button makers are placing bets on China's relationship with Ecuador to ensure it's easier to source "vegetable ivory" from South America's tagua palm.

Vegetable 'Ivory' Offers Accessory Alternative for China's Green Fashion Advocates
Yee Fung Hong showcases a tagua nut at the Intertextile Shanghai trade fair. (Courtesy Photo)

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