The 2021 European calendar is changing, in light of various different strategies. Some fairs have confirmed the event, while others have moved it or even cancelled it. Some are still waiting to evaluate the pandemic’s impacts. Almost all, though, have developed some sort of digital format. The last, for now, to communicate the delay of […]
Balenciaga, the next show will be in 2031. Meaning? Calm down, let’s not rush to conclusions. The brand, which has recently announced the opening of a leather goods production site in Cerreto Guidi, has chosen to present the collection for autumn-winter 2021 with a video game. A way to capture the youngest, and take advantage...
Pucci and Ferragamo? Brands that need to be relaunched. Hermès? “To be refreshed”. How is fashion fashion these days? “I’m a little confused…”. These are the words by Frida Giannini, former creative director of Gucci, who, in the last 5 years, has kept her distance from the spotlight of the fashion system, with some “small” […]
Luxury doesn’t just think of tracksuits for staying home. “Comfort will be a dominant theme next spring, but it will not come at the expense of style,” Ganesh Srivats, CEO of Moda Operandi wrote in the Runway Report. The New York e-tailer anticipates fashion trends, offering his customers the pieces his evaluations show Valentino’s excellent […]
The key words are the same as many other market analysis: China and Covid–19. Things aren’t different for the livestock industry, as it has once certainty (China’s importance) and one unknown (the effects of the pandemic). But in 2021 something new will happen: the weakening of the swine flu in Asia (ASFV), which will make […]
“To save the leather supply chain”. This is what the president of the Pakistani tanners association, Anjum Zafar, is asking the government of Islamabad. The risk is that the industry will collapse. The origins of the deep crisis would be primarily structural, starting with the exclusion of tanneries from the refund procedure due to the […]
They have already called it the war of bags. In fact, luxury brands aim to conquer the Chinese market: this is crystal clear at this point. What stands out, in the meantime, is their attempt to carry it out with leather goods rather than promoting other types of products. As a matter of fact, it […]
Not only in China. In fact, heavy demand for luxury bags is widespread all over the world. Apparently, it has broken out simultaneously with the pandemic. British reseller Sellier Knightsbridge, which is the commercial name of The Vestiary Limited, is fully aware of such momentum. At present, they manage to sell one Hermès bag a […]
A simple question: “Jonathan, what do you think about your creative role?”. Yet his answer is rather complex as it ranges from relations with artisans, who are the connecting bridge between the fashion designer’s ideas and the opportunity to make them come true, up to leather appeal. As a matter of fact, Anderson is not...
The controversy about Hermès comes as no surprise. One could well expect it. In fact, the news about the brand’s investment in a crocodile factory farm in Australia could not possibly go unnoticed. Especially by the usual fringes of radical animal-rights activists, the ones who do not condone anything, most of all to fashion houses. […]
It was quite a mystery throughout summer. Why are several owners of Palisade, a SUV manufactured by Hyundai, complaining about their car interiors, which are oppressively stinking? At last, after investigating the case, the Korean car company has now found out what is accountable for such smelly drawback. It is materials, alternative to leather, used […]
Do Frasers really want to buy out Mulberry? In February 2020, they were holding 12.5% of the company’s shares; then, at the beginning of November, the group, led by Mike Ashley, climbed to 29.7%. They now hold, in their possession, 36.82% of the capital assets. Things are getting interesting at this point. Frasers are supposed […]
They are formal outside and sneakers inside. Hybrid shoes, made by Amberjack, a newly launched American brand, are enjoying a great success. In other words, the waiting list has now reached 10,000 pairs of shoes. What is the secret of such (unexpected) success? Leather. As well as their outline and insole. Hybrid shoes Financial analyst […]
A debate that, pandemic or not, holds surprises every month. Unfortunately, unpleasant ones. Surprises that were identified in the media hype of the withdrawal from crocodile and any exotic leather for reasons defined as “ethical” by those who, while giving up this (forgive us the pun), give up very little.
US Federal Law stops the California Penal Code and brakes down the house of cards that banned “the sale and commerce of crocodile and alligator leather (and leather goods)”. An important precedent, not just from a legal standpoint
It seems that brands choose to tell customers they are saying goodbye to exotic leather for simple marketing reasons. Industrial complications? Little. Return on public image? Substantial
On one side are the words of Richemont, repeated many times regarding the use of exotic leather. On the other are those of Louis Vuitton’s CEO, who clarified why the luxury brand uses all types of leather (as well as fur)
But also the Holy Grail of the wildest fashion (but not only) collecting. To the point that, by now, it is a biggest news when an auction of designer bags, almost always in exotic leather, goes deserted. Like last July at Sotheby's when, incredibly, a Hermès Birkin Himalaya found no suitors. It was a coincidence
Hunting wild animals. Tan the hides to sell them to other players and advance in the game. Tanning can in fact be a game, or a videogame. And, as such, its process is just one of the many steps that players have to take to advance their gaming strategy. The developers of many famous videogames that transport players on islands in the Caribbean or bring them back thousands of years to re-live ancient battles through various heroes, have inserted in the game story the possibility of opening tanneries and labs to tan leather, create clothing, footwear, saddles and armor. Here are 4 surprising examples.
This is one of those stories telling the case of “exemplary reshoring” by Sue Wyss- Kwan, founder of the Dutch leather goods brand Su.B. The decision to produce in China, the profound disappointment, the landing in Italy. Where she found (for 1,000 reasons) the ideal production partner and where she is now looking for another one
