Leather goods do better than footwear within a struggling German market. A crisis that is also impacting stores in Italian tourist spots. Retailers buy less, as they believe there will be fewer German visitors with lower purchasing capacity. These are some of the signals from Germany, where Shoes Düsseldorf closed on March 5th. Sadly, the...
NI-DO is a young brand: Domiziana Bertelli and Nicola Massardi founded it in 2018. Even more, it is a bridge between worlds: design and art, fashion and sustainability, male and female. NI-DO starts from design and product research, the founders explain, that adapts to the availability of leather, and does not follow the frenetic pace...
Conceria Junior is 60 years old. The company was founded on 1 April 1964 in a small shed on the outskirts of Arzignano, from the initiative of Olinto Girondi and brothers Elio and Franco Castaman. Since then, the tannery has grown and developed, specialising in the tanning of high quality calfskin. Since 2008, the Veneto-based...
Next gen materials’ companies collected 500 million from investors. This means an 8.6% increment on 2022, a year of crisis. Yet, the amount is not even half what the segment had collected in 2021, meaning 1.1 billion USD. Moreover, compared to 2022, the number of deals dropped (-30%) along with the risk capital (-42%). The […]
“Luxury should be fun”. This is how Kim Jones and Silvia Venturini Fendi presented the Fall-Winter 24/25 collection during the last Milan Fashion Week (20-26 February). A collection that included a “lollipop bag”, a pure expression of funny fashion: the new Fendi x Chupa Chups leather lollipop holder. And this was not the only “object...
Low, comfortable and made of leather. One only has to look at the latest collections to realise that the iconic Mary Jane model is back. Having become recognisable over time with their black leather upper, rounded toe and an instep strap, the Mary Jane has its roots in childlike aesthetics and school imagery. But the […]
On Friday, 1 March, La moda italiana@Almaty closed with positive chimes. The trade fair calendar does not stop, but proposes, from Sunday 3 to Tuesday 5 March, Shoes Düsseldorf in Germany. Then eyes will be on Obuv, in Moscow from 12 to 15 March. A trade fair tour that started off on the right foot […]
If not to provide clarity to readers, at least to remain in line with the history of the news source, which always cared for the choice of words and quality of expressions. It’s an appeal made by Mike Redwood, English journalist and author with a long career, as well as a member of the Leather […]
Luxury is there. Closing on Monday (26 February) is a Milan Fashion Week in which the world of haute couture has asserted its position. The brands seemed to respond to the climate of expectation and scepticism about their future by showing off their best. Without any particular excesses, it is true, but not even closed...
Paris Fashion Week (running from 26 February to 5 March) is underway. The first to show their autumn-winter 2024 collections were Dior, with a collection inspired by Gabriella Crespi, celebrating the plural feminine and independence. And YSL, which presented a study on purity and nudity, inspired by the founder of the French fashion house. While […]
The 2023 revenue of 9 brands and groups shows that last year, also due to inflation (which raised prices), the real challenge wasn’t revenue but marginality. From Lanvin to Borbonese, we report on them one by one. The challenge of maintaining margins Lanvin Group 2023 was a “transition year”, says the group: preliminary revenue shows...
A deal to protect the leather goods system of Florence, which is currently suffering due to the slowdown of the luxury industry. A “System Pact” with the goal of minimizing the impacts on the chain, “to safeguard the know-how that makes the Florentine system so special”, explained in a press release Confindustria Firenze. The entity...
“The market will resume with new rules, dictated by the consumer-actor, who is increasingly the protagonist, and capable of preferring one good to another because it is produced in a circumscribed territory where ethics, sustainability and other values are at home. Some sort of PGI bag”. Luca Bortolami (in the photo), CEO of Tigamaro, a […]
Quality doesn’t (always) pay up. That’s the case for Italian shoes in Germany, which went from European powerhouse to sickly nation only focused on price. Germans have closed their wallets a while ago. They don’t spend and prefer saving. The result? The retail system is struggling, as chains go into crisis, bankruptcy and close their...
The winner of the 10th edition of the Craft the Leather contest comes from New York. The project, promoted by Consorzio Vera Pelle Italiana Conciata al Vegetale, involves international design schools and aims to foster innovation and artisanal production. Of the 8 participants this year, Balbina Brunell (in photo), from the Parsons School of Fashion […]
A new chapter for Italian Leather Group, tannery based in Monopoli (Bari). The local court has approved the Restructuring Agreement procedure started on May 4th 2023, which is a fundamental step to avoid the laying off of 70 employees in June 2024 (out of 200 total). Restructuring Agreement is approved Owner Kulch (active in the...
Starting April 15th, Zalando will remove its generic sustainability tags and claims, such as the images of leaves and trees. In their place, the e-commerce will need to provide detailed information regarding the product, such as percentage of reused materials. The push comes from the EU Commission, which proved to be determining in making a […]
The last round of trade fairs is over #Greatify. Micam, Mipel and TheOneMilano were held in Fieramilano Rho together with Milano Fashion & Jewels from February 18th to 21st of February: they closed with 40,821 visitors from all over the world. A “positive” result, according to organizers. Lineapelle, held at the same location (February 20-22)...
Fashion focuses on seduction. On Milan fashion catwalks, female sensuality is a common denominator that is expressed and declined in different forms. From the extreme elegance of Tom Ford to the gritty unruliness of MM6 Maison Margiela. From the revolutionary tailoring of Prada to the fun naïf mood of Moschino. Milan Fashion Week (20-26 February)...
Gucci’s second women’s collection, designed by creative director Sabato De Sarno, took place in the Carlo Macchi foundry in Milan. Sensuality returns, declined in materials and volumes. With a coup de grâce, the designer tries to go beyond last season’s quiet start, and gives life to a collection of lush petticoats, leather jackets, biker shorts […]
