Despite the crisis, major brands continue to invest in French manufacturing chain. Chanel is expanding its production capacity by working with the Camille Fournet company, which on June 18 inaugurated a new leather goods factory dedicated to the brand. Meanwhile, Hermès is laying the foundations for a new site. Investing in French manufacturing Camille Fournet...
Understanding how Artificial Intelligence can serve as a genuine tool for enhancing the competitiveness of Italian SMEs in the leather supply chain. Debunking myths. Opening up new avenues for discussion and future perspectives. After its March stop in Fermo, the project “Lineapelle on the road – Trame Intelligenti: Weaving Fashion and AI” arrived on Wednesday...
In the first quarter of 2025, international trade of hides and leather shows mixed signals between Europe and Latin America. Spanish tanning declines, ad in the Iberian country the tanning sector shows a worsening export balance, especially in the segments of raw and tanned leathers, while only semi-tanned leathers grow. Imports, on the other hand,...
“Excluding hides and leather or greatly simplify the EUDR“, because the obligations imposed by the Anti-Deforestation Regulation are heavy and, in many cases, unworkable burden on Italian and EU tanneries. And because they are an undue burden, since leather is not a driver of deforestation. This is how one can summarize the message that Antonio […]
Cuoio di Toscana marks its 40th anniversary during a prolonged economic downturn. How is the leather sector responding to this challenge? The sector is undergoing a period of transformation. However, the tanneries within our Consortium are tackling the challenge with the determination and resilience built over forty years of hard work. We are focusing on...
The perfect location for an event that promises to be the first of a long series. On Friday, June 13, the first edition of the Italian Leather Research Summit 2025 was held at the Engineering History Library of the Federico II University of Naples, organized by SSIP, aka the Experimental Station for the Leather Industry....
Fashion is seeking substance. There’s a buzz in the air at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence, among the booths of Pitti Uomo (17–20 June). The menswear fair got off to a strong start, with particularly high footfall on the second day. “It’s the key day, when the largest number of visitors come through”, they...
Jonathan Anderson’s appointment as creative director of Dior had been rumoured for some time, yet still managed to catch many by surprise. Not just for the timing, but for the scale of the decision: it marks the first time the maison has entrusted women’s, men’s, and haute couture collections to a single creative director. Explaining...
“Price increases? No problem. We’re not expensive”. In other words: we cost what we’re worth. So says Gildo Zegna, CEO of the eponymous group (pictured right in the Imagoeconomica photo), in an interview with MF Fashion, given during an event in Dubai where the brand recreated the Oasi Zegna in the foyer of the Opera...
Chanel has appointed a new creative lead for handbags, small leather goods, accessories, and eyewear — an important addition to the team supporting Matthieu Blazy, who has been at the creative helm of the French fashion house for nearly six months. The new designer Blazy has chosen to join him is, like himself, a former […]
For the past 15 years, Bandit Manchot has been using surplus leather from designer labels for its products. The French brand, which manufactures exclusively in Graulhet, is run by three women: Marie-Christine Frison (pictured left), Marie-Laure Bisond (centre), and Anne Duquesnoy (right). The name Bandit Manchot refers to the one-armed lever used to operate a...
“Leather is natural and circular. The sustainability of the material is a value to be supported and communicated”, said Manuel Ríos, owner of Inpelsa and president of Cotance (in photo at the center), at the opening of the proceedings. “Especially when the Commission is so attentive to the green economy, but then rules based on...
The fact that Western auto brands suffer competition from those in the People’s Republic doesn’t necessarily mean OEMs are suffering from the same problem. On the contrary. Big components’ suppliers can make friends with the Chinese, and a glance at first-quarter 2025 results says that it’s from emerging businesses like BYD, that the resources to […]
The results of Colombia’s footwear exports in the first quarter of 2025 are encouraging, according to the industry association ACICAM. Foreign revenue rose by 3.8% year-on-year, with a strong performance in the United States, which is also a key buyer of leather goods. For this reason, ACICAM is calling for investment in the leather sector’s […]
Chanel has launched Nevold, a company dedicated to developing solutions that give a second life to waste materials, as well as unsold or outdated products. Among its first achievements are a recycled leather alternative that can replace plastic in reinforcements for handbags and shoes. Chanel launches Nevold Nevold is a contraction of “never old”. It...
“At Expo 2025 you see the Japanese visitors standing in line for hours to eat Italian food, you understand the true value of Made in Italy”, said Gianni Gallucci, who on the evening of June 9 returned from the Land of the Rising Sun after a ten-day trip spent on professional commitments and participation in...
Here’s what lies ahead for Moreschi. The founding partners of Glam, Andrea Usuelli (on the right in the photo) and Riccardo Libertino, along with Bianca Ladow (Director of Imerman Family Office, Glam and Moreschi, on the left), share their vision for relaunching the historic footwear brand from Vigevano, acquired for EUR 1.75 million. Meanwhile, new...
Does Brazil benefit from the tariff war between the US and China? Not so far. April leather exports indicate that tariffs are weighing in, and the sector is beginning to feel the effects of a slowdown in shipments, influenced by the trade war affecting its main Asian destination. And for footwear, Brazil and the customer […]
Patrizio Bertelli pigliatutto. After buying Versace for 1.25 billion euros and taking over 10 percent of Rino Mastrotto Group (operations carried out by the Prada Group), Bertelli is the protagonist of another investment. The Arezzo entrepreneur, through Peschiera Immobiliare, bought the former Lebole area in Arezzo for an undisclosed amount identified as between 8 and...
Aurora Growth Capital has become the majority shareholder in Eurmoda following a new investment. The group, which specialises in the production of metal accessories primarily for the leather goods sector (with EUR 60 million in revenue in 2024), is now aiming to strengthen its position and pursue new acquisitions. MCP — Mindful Capital Partners —...
