Capri Holdings shops in Tuscany and buys footwear manufacturer Sicla in Levane, Montevarchi (Arezzo). The company has been making shoes for Jimmy Choo (in photo), which along with Versace and Michael Kors is part of the American group. A cluster that will officially join Tapestry if regulators allow it. Capri Holdings revealed in 2019 that...
“A temporary stop is manageable, but never before have we had a stop to orders this massive: it’s impossible to manage”. Voicing the struggles is Marco Pandolfi, owner of Giuni’s Wallet in Scandicci, which is a manufacturer of leather wallets and keychains. His company is just one of the many being negatively affected by the...
“The system is sick, and we must face the situation to cure it”. Scandicci’s leather goods system is suffering, and according to Paolo Brogi, spokesperson of CNA Toscana, the problem is structural. “The production processes must be reviewed – he explains -. Timelines demanded for delivery don’t contemplate a stop to production. The forecasts don’t...
Orders down, redundancy funds used at double rate and unsustainable demands for SMBs and fashion artisans in Tuscany. The leather goods’ district in Florence sounds the alarm, especially on the basis of the picture shown by CNA Firenze Metropolitana, which has presented the segment’s situation in Scandicci on January 23rd 2024 in a workshop titled...
The number of requests to use redundancy funds from Tuscan companies of the fashion segment is increasing. This peak is just the last alarm being sound by a system that, especially when it comes to third-party manufacturers, feels “the whiplash effect of the fashion industry”, as written by McKinsey. The slowdown of business for large […]
First of all: they are “many”, from the socioeconomic conditions of the market to technology and legislative aspects”. Second, they need to be faced head on, because “if we won’t be able to face them and adapt, we would find ourselves with a competitive disadvantage”. Thus: “This must not and cannot happen, and I am...
It is called “Breath for the Planet”. It is the latest green campaign that Cuoio di Toscana has launched from Florence during Pitti Uomo 104. It is an urban forestation project that will see 50 plants planted in Florence’s San Bartolo Park, with an independent irrigation system, next autumn. Cuoio di Toscana presented the initiative,...
The year 2023 really seems to confirm for footwear a rebound towards more classic and elegant solutions. Both in design and (therefore) in the use of sole leather, a protagonist in particular in the high quality segment. A reassuring return to the past that, today, seems to have taken reassuring root, as we witnessed last...
How much should the work of luxury third-party manufacturers cost? More. That’s the summary version of the message communicated on February 8th in Florence by CNA Federmoda Toscana. The latter organized the roundtable “Moda ed Etica: modelli di imprese per una filiera della pelle economicamente sostenibile, sicura e innovativa”. The appeal is a call to...
The president and CEO Pietro Beccari had just announced it: “We will make integration across its chain in Italy and France”. Just a week after saying so, the brand moved from words to facts, because Dior bought Art Lab, Tuscan company specialized in digital prints and manual finishings on leather. Art Lab has expanded its business this...
“The strength of a company is knowing how to adapt“. For tanning group Vecchia Toscana, founded in 1957 in Ponte a Cappiano (Fucecchio), this is the secret to reaching 65 years of age and remaining competitive on the market. “My grandfather Guglielmo founded the company together with his brothers, then in ’81 my father took […]
Bye bye Tuscany. Hugo Boss decided to close its Scandicci plant and to layoff 22 employees. According to information from labor unions, the brand has chosen to delocalize the prototype-creation process as well. Additional concerns have since then been rising regarding the other production site the brand has in Italy in Morrovalle, Marche. Hugo Boss...
Three internationally renowned artists to interpret Cuoio di Toscana‘s sustainable mission. Stage: Pitti Uomo. Result: three projects. First: a capsule collection in synergy with artist-designer Augusta 1923. Second: a video installation by Lapo Quagli. Third: a live performance by Greg Jager. Common denominator: the consortium’s Green Statement based on authenticity, durability and timeless beauty. Cuoio […]
20 artisans from as many regions of Italy were called to re-interpret Fendi’s Baguettes, the iconic leather good designed by Silvia Venturini Fendi in 1997. The Hand in Hand exhibit aims at giving value to Italian know-how by offering fame to those professions that risk of being forgotten by the public. The exhibit opened to the public on October […]
The setting of the first stone, or rather “the first tree” dates November 11th, 2020. Fendi planted a symbolic Oaktree in the site that should become the brand’s next factory in Bagno a Ripoli. So close to completion, in fact, that the site will open its doors in less than a year: September 2022. A...
Three creative minds for an exceptional collaboration. Cuoio di Toscana launched JCM, sustainable collection born from the meeting between stylist Nick Cerioni (in photo), Rossella Jardini and singer Marvely. The artistic universes (image, fashion and music) joined forces to craft a collection of accessories for the 2022 summer season presented at the latest Milano Fashion […]
Special guest effect. We are at Pitti, which recently closed the doors of its 100th edition, reopening the season of physically present fairs. And we are here to talk about designer Thebe Magugu, special guest at the Florentine salon. Here, Magugu presented his first men’s collection, in which boots and bags stand out. Accessories all […]
“We have to go back to putting the quality of materials in the foreground”. Antonio Quirici, president of Consorzio Cuoio di Toscana, illustrates the concept behind the project developed with Naturino. An exclusive collaboration with the brand specialised in children’s footwear, unveiled at Pitti Bimbo, which began on Tuesday in Florence. And not only. Cuoio […]
Cuoio di Toscana makes its debut at Milan Fashion Week. And it does so with Twenty21, the consortium’s creative project on the catwalk on February 24. It is a real collection that enhances leather: an exclusive selection of garments, shoes and accessories dedicated to famous heroines of recent Italian history. From Oriana Fallaci to Anna […]
The increasingly fashionable leather. After participating at Dolce & Gabbana’s fashion show in Florence, Cuoio di Toscana announces its debut at Milan Fashion Week. On the first day of the event organised by CNMI, Tuesday February 23, the consortium will present digitally a “sustainable collection”. Taking care of the creative direction is Simone Guidarelli. Milan […]
