CRV hits hard Mon Purse, a leather goods start-up with Italian leather

CRV hits hard Mon Purse, a leather goods start-up with Italian leather

CRV hits hard Mon Purse. The Australian leather goods brand has been wound up. Quite a serious blow indeed for the young business whose suppliers, as highlighted on the company’s website, are also, among others, some Italian tanneries. Achieving success very quickly Mon Purse was first established in 2014, as a start-up company, by Lana […]

Leather on the podium of the ranking of materials for summer collections

Leather on the podium of the materials’ ranking for summer collections

With a share of 6.9%, leather is in second place in the ranking of the most used materials by brands for spring-summer 2021 collections. This is supported by the analysis conducted by Tagwalk on behalf of the European Confederation of Linen and Hemp. The ranking of leather and other materials is, first of all, deduced […]

Enough mourning: Dior and YSL now propose a mood that inspires serenity

Enough mourning: Dior and YSL now propose a mood that inspires serenity

2020 forced luxury to revise some of its codes, we know all about it. But now that the year of the great pandemic is winding down, Dior and YSL mark the first turnaround. It is true that Coronavirus imposes a certain gravitas, that is, a certain composure. But, each presenting their own collection, Maria Grazia […]

Ruffini’s choice: selling Moncler or investing to create a group

Ruffini’s choice: selling Moncler or investing to create a group

Remo Ruffini is very open: he evaluated whether selling Moncler and got in contact with some investors. When the interviewer points out there were rumors of talks with other groups such as Kering, Burberry and Ferragamo, the entrepreneur admits he “got in touch with numerous people”. Moncler was at a crossroad, as it had 2 […]

Fabrizio Masoni: tanneries need an evolved vision

Fabrizio Masoni: tanneries need an evolved vision

An evolved vision for tanneries, with regards to production, management and sustainability, 360-degrees. These are the summarized directives along which Italy’s leather industry should travel, according to Fabrizio Masoni, founder and owner of Masoni Industria Conciaria (Santa Croce Sull’Arno). Mr. Masoni became general director of UNIC – Italian Tanneries (association that is part of Confindustria […]

From Juventus FC to OVS, UNIC's legal actions defending leather

From Juventus FC to OVS, UNIC’s legal actions defending leather

The list is long and varied, because in recent years UNIC – Italian Tanneries has spent a lot of time defending leather. There are fashion houses, of all segments and specialisations, from Armani to OVS, passing through Calzedonia. Then, there are e-commerce channels, such as YNAP and Amazon UE, and online and traditional newspapers, such […]

In February 2021 Première Vision will be a “100%-digital edition”

In February 2021 Première Vision will be a “100%-digital edition”

“100%-digital edition”. This is the announcement that appears on Première Vision website (in the photo, a screenshot). In other words, the organisers of the Parisian show (which brings together yarns, fabrics, leather, design, accessories) explain that the next edition in an exclusively digital format will be held in February (15-19), 2021. So, no longer a […]

Brazil, the leather segment sees the light: export increases in November

Brazil, the leather segment sees the light: export increases in November

Brazil’s leather segment sees the light in November 2020. A month in which sales of raw material showed a further increment compared to the previous month. But the improvement also shows when comparing the same month of 2019 to that of 2020. What emerges is, inevitably, a contraction for the total of the first 11 […]

The Agnelli family partners with Hermès: 80 million euros in Chinese luxury

The Agnelli family partners with Hermès: 80 million euros in Chinese luxury

Exor together with Hermès: quite an unexpected partnership. The Agnelli family’s holding company has invested 80 million euros to take over the majority shareholding of Shang Xia, which was co-established right by the French business partner. Exor makes therefore its debut in the fashion industry by carrying out an investment in Chinese luxury. Hermès will […]

Sotheby's takes over the luxury resale market with Buy Now

Sotheby’s takes over the luxury resale market with Buy Now

The Hermès Birkin. The Louis Vuitton x Supreme trunk. Michael Jordan‘s first shoes. For Sotheby’s to be having auctions, often going for important figures, leather garments and accessories is nothing new. So, the launch of the Buy Now online platform might seem like a simple set-up: a place to concentrate the sales that were once […]

The next future of Italian leather: an interview with Luca Pretto (Pasubio)

The next future of Italian leather: an interview with Luca Pretto (Pasubio)

What do Italian leather and its industry need and what is going to happen in the very next future? Such questions sound rather complicated, especially considering 2020 overall situation. Luca Pretto (chief owner of Venetian Pasubio tannery, in the picture), who joined, at the beginning of December, UNIC – Italian Tanneries’ General Board, answered those […]

Lineapelle goes to London: a project with College of Fashion | UAL

Lineapelle goes to London: a project with College of Fashion | UAL

A new training project for Linapelle. It will involve about 50 students and will have the “goal to promote the excellence of leather, as well as its circular and sustainable nature”. The students come from an internationally renowned institute: the London College of Fashion | UAL. Project with College of Fashion | UAL “The project developed by Lineapelle in partnership […]

Schütt is the new CEO of TFL, Amann to join the supervisory board

Schütt is the new CEO of TFL, Amann to join the supervisory board

Wolfgang Schütt is the new CEO of TFL. The giant in the manufacturing of chemicals for the leather industry announced, in the last few hours, the recent appointment of the manager to the company. Schütt (in the picture, right) takes over then by replacing Peter Amann (in the picture, left), who is going to join […]

US leather asks Joe Biden to “stop Trade War, far too costly indeed”

Although, as a matter of fact, still he is not permanently residing at the White House, Biden is formally “the President-elect”, as they addressed him in the letter layout. Yet US leather industry has already submitted its first request to Joe Biden (in the picture, by Shutterstock, together with US vice-President Kamala Harris): they firmly...

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A no-way-out year as LHCA certifies exports below zero over 10 months

A no-way-out year as LHCA certifies exports below zero over 10 months

Exports have gone below zero over ten months. Data recently provided by LHCA (Leather and Hide Council of America) highlight the situation and make it crystal clear. In fact, from January till October 2020 the United States have sold a smaller quantity of raw hides and skins and wet blue as well. Exports below zero […]

The EU (Germany in the lead) allocates 100 million euros for Bangladeshi industry

The EU (Germany in the lead) allocates 100 million euros for Bangladeshi industry

Over 100 million euros to support the Bangladeshi industry and its employees. The European Union, and Germany in the lead, are about to allocate such funds in favour of the workers employed in leather goods and footwear manufacturing plants. For Bangladeshi industry Altogether, Bangladesh will receive from Europe 113 million euros. This money fund is […]

Trade fairs 2021: Futurmoda postponed one month, ILM presents virtual format

Trade fairs 2021: Futurmoda postponed one month, ILM presents virtual format

In Spain, Futurmoda has been postponed one month, “waiting for the pandemic situation to get better hopefully”. In Germany, ILM, a leather goods trade show, has presented its virtual format: it is due to run simultaneously (in March 2021) with the physical one. Futurmoda postponed one month Futurmoda (an international exhibition of components and machinery […]

"What's better than leather?" Asks Burke, CEO of Vuitton

“What’s better than leather?” Asks Burke, CEO of Vuitton

“Are there better materials than leather? Is it better to have a bag that disintegrates after 12 months, or to have one that you can be resold in 50 years, like Louis Vuitton ones?” Michael Burke, CEO of Louis Vuitton, asks this rhetorically, in a long interview published on Business of Fashion. A dialogue that […]

PETA attacks Vuitton, the brand responds (from a distance) like this

PETA attacks Vuitton, the brand responds (from a distance) like this

“Somebody’s moral is somebody else’s life”. While PETA attacks Louis Vuitton on ostrich leathers, the CEO of the French fashion house, Michael Burke, underlines the extremism of these associations, accusing them of not accepting dialogue. He does it in a wide-ranging interview published on Business of Fashion. In it, without explicitly referring to PETA, Burke […]