China and the online channel encourage Tod’s. The group led by Diego and Andrea Della Valle closed it’s first semester with sales down by 43.5%. But “we are already looking toward 2021, as per our medium-term strategic plan”, said the group’s CEO, Diego Della Valle. First semester During the first 6 months of 2020 the […]
Fendi enlists Kim Jones as creative director of women’s Haute Couture, Prêt-à-Porter and Fur Collection. The designer will retain his role as head of the Dior Homme style office. His first Fendi collection (winter season 2021/2022) will be presented in February 2021, during Milan fashion week. Silvia Venturini Fendi will continue to hold the role […]
Hermès lays the first stone of Maroquinerie de Louviers. The brand has begun the construction of its twentieth production site. Plant is located in Louviers, in the Normandy region of France: 250 people will work there. The laboratory will open its doors in 2022, and the employees who work there will be trained by the […]
“It’s business risk. If an entrepreneur doesn’t take risk, he/she stagnates”. Italven, tannery located in Santa Croce sull’Arno and specialized in exotic leather, and headed by Massimo De Luca and his brothers, Maurizio and Andrea, acquires Petrali, a Milan-based company specialized in the handling of crocodile leather. An operation closed in a challenging time, given […]
Europe’s leather industry starts September by prolonging, in Cotance, the presidency of Andreas Kindermann, as well as by welcoming two new VPs inside the Board. The modification to the positions arrived yesterday, after the general assembly of the Confederation of National Associations of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community, which represents national tanning associations. […]
The competition is getting ready for phase two. The Italian finalists of the World Leather Contest are expected to test their prototypes. All 23 students selected by the jury of teachers and professionals will now be provided with the leathers necessary for the development of the creative projects. These will then be evaluated not only […]
On the hunt for new talents. There are 13 Italians among the 70 designers selected for the final phase of the International Footwear and Bags Design Award. The international competition is directed at students and professionals in the world of accessories, competing for the design of a shoe or a bag. The contest, now at […]
Lineapelle’s contest with Hongik University starts back up on September 9th, 2020, with the final rush of digital activities will catapult all to the events in December. That’s when the Lineapelle Award – K Leather Creativity will present their project in an online exhibition, to then participate in the conclusion ceremony (also online) from Korea. […]
New brands are growing, demonstrating that leather goods remains a sector in turmoil. An emblematic case is that of Julie Peelo. After over 20 years of fashion experiences, the Irish designer decided to go solo, starting a creative studio in Dublin. Result: she created a line of premium leather bags and accessories under the Peelo […]
Formal models with a sneaker’s sole. And, above all, in Italian leather. The Crossover Longwing hybrid shoe (pictured from wolfandshepherd.com) of Los Angeles brand Wolf & Shepherd has been a great success. Launched at the end of last year, the model immediately sold, out and then accumulated a waiting list of over 2,500 people in...
D&G walk the catwalk in Florence. Models paraded along a huge red stage, lily-shaped, to celebrate the entire magnificence of the Florentine Renaissance. On September 2nd, in the evening, Dolce & Gabbana presented their men’s Alta Sartoria collection, in the Salone dei Cinquecento (the Hall of the Five Hundred), which is the most imposing chamber […]
Fashion brand Escada files for bankruptcy by submitting the application in its original offices place, in Germany. Escada SE has petitioned the Court of Munich. The women’s luxury brand, which currently manufactures leather shoes and bags in Italy, claimed they want to carry on with their work activity in Germany while setting some development plans […]
At this point, we may well talk about a made in Italy masterwork which, more than likely, will go expectedly sold out. The new partnership between Prada and Adidas Originals has brought back a classic, timeless footwear model, namely the Superstar sneakers, re-designed in a modern style attitude. The legendary shoe model, which was first […]
Reebok’s First Pitch starts with leather. The known US-based sport clothing company launched its new platform to develop personalized footwear. An innovative project that takes its 1st steps from the classic sneaker: the Beekeeper Classic Leather. Reebok’s First Pitch Officially announced at the start of August, , First Pitch is now ready to go online. […]
Belstaff focuses on leather in its new selling store in New York. In fact, the historic British brand has resolutely decided to make and sell leather outerwear. This is (also) one of the reasons why, in the store they have recently inaugurated, in the Meatpacking District, not only leather distinguishes supply. In other words, Belstaff […]
When in 2017 they launched their own leather goods’ brand, married couple Kasia Gaborec and Brendan McEvoy had two objectives. The 1st one was to celebrate the work of Ted Carbery, Kasia’s grandfather, a maker of saddles that survived a terrible aneurysm that left him debilitated. The 2nd was to retail their Men’s collection in […]
A trip that took Moore & Giles from sofas to handbags, to escape bankruptcy and find itself stronger. The US-based company was at risk, as its activities focused on supplying leather for footwear was decreasing due to the relocation of US manufacturing in Asia. What to do? The company didn’t give up. It got into […]
Promoters have started by saying to Les Echos that they are not the ones who have invented the “déstockage” service. They are rather upgrading it in terms of quality and reliability. As a matter of fact, fashion houses must deal with the stock issue, which is a real problem. Provisions of materials and components, stored...
Setting, relating to time, is around the mid-1600s. Some wild animals, such as alligators, bears, wild boars and wolves roam across woods and meadows, around marshes and rivers. Men hunt them to provision themselves with food and safeguard their own living space. Of course, they also take their hides. They tan hides to make shoes, […]
There are 3 key words: quality, timing and service. Something Gianni Russo, president of UNIC – Italian Tanneries and of Russo di Casandrino, mentions multiple times as he analyzes the present and future of Italian leather segment with one acknowledgment: “The absolute uncommonality of the tragedy we experienced and the situation now”. Everything “makes it […]
