Mulberry takes a step forward in the second hand market. The British brand has joined Vestiaire Collective’s Brand Approved program (photos from the portal). The resale platform project is simple: brands invite their most loyal customers to put back into circulation used products they no longer use. These items will be sold on the platform. […]
A repair service for luxury handbags. Along with online resale and stores. These are the pillars of Handbag Clinic, which saw the demand for repairs diminish in 2020, but recorded a +306% growth for its e-commerce sales, compared to 2019, with a +500% increment during the first lockdown. This is Charlotte Staerck’s business, of which […]
Mario Valentino Vs Valentino, the legal dispute picks up and takes over Farfetch. The E-tailer, specialized in the online sale of luxury items, allegedly sold footwear and handbag under the “Valentino” brand, while it should have been “Valentino Garavani”. Farfetch should have done so on the basis of an agreement signed by the two companies […]
APLF has been moved again. In Hong Kong, they extend the quarantine obligation for those coming from abroad until September 30. And the leather and materials fair must revise its calendar: the appointment is moved from July 5-7 to November 17-19. Quarantine obligation “APLF is the platform where global industry meets – commented in a […]
The January-May period was very bad. A partial recovery was seen only in the second half of the year. Meanwhile, the economic situation is still weak. The impact of Covid on EU meat translates into -1.67% in 2020 and the projection of -0.46% in 2021. But the communitarian supply chain does not give up and, […]
ILSA plans on transforming 120,000 tons of tanning’s byproducts into bio-stimulants for sustainable agricultural practices. The president of the Vicenza-based company, Paolo Girelli (in picture) announced the plan during the board meeting to approve the preliminary financial statements. An ambitious goal that is to be setup in addition to the CO2 compensation project that the […]
Size doesn’t matter. Micro and macro accessories were the protagonists at London, Milan and Paris fashion shows, playing on shapes and volumes. We have selected the top five of the bags that shone on the winter 21/22 runways thanks to their innovativeness. The bags that shone at the fashion shows 1 Maxi-clutches It’s like a […]
Do you want to go back on heels or need comfort? Shoes for winter 21/22 seen on the catwalks of fashion weeks are everything and the opposite of everything. Fashion favours the home torpor to which lockdown has accustomed us, and offers soft fur boots and flat shoes. But it also expresses the desire to...
Prada’s 2020 is red. Revenue dropped by 24% and the financial results for the year show a net loss of 54 million euro. “We managed to achieve our objectives even during this disruptive year”, commented Patrizio Bertelli. The group’s CEO is looking to the future with faith: “These results provide us the necessary trust to […]
The news quickly makes its way around the web. But it requires careful reading, because the topic is slippery and lends itself (as we will see, unfortunately) to inevitable simplifications and exploitation. In a nutshell: Hermès has announced that, by the end of 2021, it will sell a version of the Victoria travel model packaged […]
“In the collective unconscious, leather is a protective material, for historical reasons. It is the oldest material that man has ever used to dress and protect himself. Therefore, leather is essential for a creative response”. Words by Jean-Claude Jitrois, 77 years old. The designer returned to Paris fashion Week, from where he had been missing […]
Excess leather? It becomes luxury thanks to Loewe. Spanish Surplus Proejct is focusing its effort on reusing little cuts of leather. An initiative that was undertaken on a large scale and that follows similar other projects for environmental sustainability. Excess leather Designer Jonathan Anderson went back and did more thinking on its iconic basket-handbag. The […]
Chinese police arrested about 40 people in the Guangdong province for suspicion of them being involved in an organization that manufactured and sold fake Vuitton handbags. One of them appears to be an employee of the French brand’s local boutique. The revenue from operations amounts to about 15.4 million USD. Moreover, some models were sold […]
Expansion into the digital world, the opening of new boutiques, colourful bags that you carry hands free. LVMH relaunches Moynat with precise distribution and style strategies. But the focal point is certainly craftsmanship, which according to Sidney Toledano is “the heart of Moynat”. LVMH relaunches Moynat Moynat was founded in 1849, anticipating Louis Vuitton by […]
The Agnelli family, through financial company Exor, invests (again) in luxury. And in leather. After spending 80 million euros to secure control of Shang Xia, a Chinese brand owned by Hermès, they invested another 541 million euros to buy 24% of Christian Louboutin. Two important operations in just three months that suggest that there may […]
At some point of the debate, the question becomes very direct: is it ethical to use exotic leather in fashion? The answer is yes. It is, according to the scientists currently working on preserving animal species. It is, according to LVMH and Richemont. Cathelijne Klomp and Matthew Kilgarriff, respectively manager of the Environment Development Department […]
Resist and restart. These are the watchwords of the speech by the president of Assocalzaturifici Siro Badon, at the inauguration of Micam Milano Digital Show. The virtual fair opened on Monday, March 8. In 2020, the pandemic burned a fourth of the strength of the Italian footwear industry. The trend is not changing in the […]
“Luciano Padovan is leather”. Designer Mario Dice (right in the photo) is quite certain in defining which material will guide the rebirth of the historic footwear brand. In terms of strategy, however, there is the vision of Giorgio Innocenti (left in the photo), CEO of LP Group (a company controlled by Innocenti Group), who speaks...
Melina C’s key to success is simple: Leather and Italian manufacturing. “There is a unique know-how in Italy, as well as a secular tradition, ability to work leather and the passage of knowledge from one generation to another”, says the founder of brand Melina C, Melina Cervesato, Belgian with descendants from Friuli Venezia Giulia. Leather […]
Picard is no longer insolvent and is back in the running. The German leather goods’ maker finished the self-administration period conceded by the District Court of Offenbach. The extraordinary management, requested in May of 2020, was useful for protecting itself from creditors. Back in the running Due to the pandemic and missed revenue (specifically from […]
