For once, Hermès didn’t deliver on the expectations. The 4th quarter sales of the leather goods and saddlery division, worth about half of the brand’s total, decreased by 5.4% at constant rates, compared to the same period of 2020. Double the decrement that analysts had forecasted, and an opposite trend to the positive one experienced […]
Everything is ready for Lineapelle 99, scheduled from Tuesday 22 to Thursday 24, February, 2022, at Fieramilano Rho (click here for registration). More than 950 exhibitors will be present, who will have the task of declining the stylistic stimuli that the Lineapelle Fashion Committee has developed for the summer season 2023 and that, in a […]
The 99th edition of Lineapelle, scheduled from Tuesday 22nd to Thursday 24th, February, 2022, at Fieramilano Rho (click here for registration), is all about sustainability. Sustainability interpreted in the light of a series of new generation keywords. For example, such as “responsible innovation”, which underpins the A New Point of Materials project (Hall 11). Or, […]
The green trend of the luxury segment and fashion manufacturers, along with the parameters to understand the sustainability of leather. Maison, exhibiting and cultural center of excellence of Intertek, organized with Lineapelle (reference fair for fashion system materials that will take place in Fieramilano Rho (22-24 February), a webitorial on the matter for brands and operators....
From Turkey to Italy. Yesim Karaman founded leather goods brand Agneel in 2016 in Berlin. The brand was born with sustainability among its values, and has always used Italian leathers. In recent years, it has outsourced production partly to Italian leather goods producers and partly to workshops in the Turkish city of Izmir. But now...
The latest example is the Tiffany ball, which you can see in the image on the left. We are talking about what the media describe as “a growing affinity of luxury for style in basketball“. The turning point came (as it happens…) when Virgil Abloh developed the Louis Vuitton x NBA capsule collection at the...
The revenue of American leather grows. LHCA (Leather and Hide Council of America) stated that the export of raw hides for the tanning industry in 2021 grew by 28% on yearly basis in volume and by +67% in value. In the same period, wet blue recorded a +53% on both fronts. Raw material performances US leather […]
The next frontier of sustainability is responsible innovation. A frontier to which Lineapelle 99, February 22-24, will make a further qualitative leap. How? By hosting the second edition of A New Point of Materials. That is: “the space, imagined and built in collaboration with C.L.A.S.S. Ecohub and Orietta Pelizzari, where to host and present an […]
A double event. While Lineapelle 99 (February 22-24) and the women’s fashion shows of Milan Fashion Week (February 22-28) are underway in Milan, Spazio Lineapelle is once again the stage for the project Questione di Pelle. How? With “an urban fashion show and a video mapping performance on the buildings in the historic centre”. The […]
It took a while and the process is far from over, because it’s still too easy to find enthusiastic articles that claim that vegan initiatives are “green” just because they are “animal-free”. Yet, the media seems to have understood that vegan doesn’t mean sustainable, or that excluding leather (or wool or silk) from collections doesn’t...
It’s called UN Global Compact Network. The acronym is UNGCN and it’s “the world’s leading voluntary corporate citizenship initiative”, launched by the UN in 2000 to “promote sustainable development and good corporate citizenship”. Starting now, its supporters include Italian leather as well with UNIC – Italian Tanneries. UNIC enters the UN Global Compact The UN’s […]
An important and significant academic recognition. The University of Northampton has conferred it on Federico Brugnoli, awarding him a PhD in Fashion Sustainability. An expert “in the global fashion and luxury industry on the subject of sustainability in the value chain”, Brugnoli began his professional career in the world of leather. His latest projects include […]
The shutdown of Hugo Boss’ production site in Scandicci, as it happened, was “an unacceptable procedure”, said Christian Paci (FEMCA CISL Florence), after the first meeting with representatives of the Tuscany region to Novaradio: “We are only on the first of the many meetings that will involve the company, workers and segment’s associations such as Confindustria Moda. What...
Private sales to dispose of unsold stock. This is the solution to be adopted by Argentinean brand La Martina, which has Italian roots. According to vice-president Alessandro Santamaria, “the speed with which collections are created and proposed requires us to work on this front too”. The reorganisation will involve the production chain. The strategy to […]
Spanish footwear group Pikolinos absorbs leather supplier Pies Cuadrados and completes another step of its re-organization plan. The company, headquartered in Elche and owned by the Perán family, has also defined the management team. The actions on the company’s structure and management team were deemed necessary to face the criticalities encountered in the last two...
Tod’s group is encouraging young workers to take on a career focused on traditional know-how with the Bottega dei Mestieri project. A concrete career start, because it represents the access point for young people to enter the production departments of the Marche-based company. How does it work? What kind of experience is gained? Tod’s answers...
An historic page in sport history. Italy’s gold medal in Curling at the Beijing winter Olympics is already monumental. Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner, defeating Sweden on February 8th, gained the highest spot on the podium for the double-mixed category. What shoes were they using? Technical footwear with a leather upper (to keep the foot warm) and […]
Is Italian-made goods, sought-after and hailed by luxury, too expensive for the premium segment? The question arises spontaneously after Hugo Boss decided to close the Scandicci plant and transfer the prototypes of leather goods and women’s footwear to Asia and Portugal. Reason (claims the trade unions): the market and consumers “are no longer interested in […]
Strike at Louis Vuitton. Hundreds of workers have crossed their arms on Thursday February 10th in front of 5 of the leather goods production sites that manufacture for the brand. These are: Asnières (Hauts-de-Seine), Saint-Donat (Drôme), Sarras (Ardèche), Condé (Indre) and Issoudun (Indre). The reason? Since last Fall, the company and labor unions are negotiating the renewal of the labor contracts. Yet,...
As of February 16, Louis Vuitton is raising its prices, especially for leather goods. The brand is part of a well-established trend of price increases. In some markets, the affluent population is increasing. The desirability of luxury is also growing: Chanel has replaced Apple as the most popular gift brand. These are positive factors. They...
