No diga cuero si es plàstico. In other words: Don’t call it leather if its plastic. That’s the “statement” made by Argentina’s tanners, as they decided to begin “a contrasting campaign against the improper use” of the word “leather”. The Cámara Industrial de las Manufacturas del Cuero y Afines (CIMA) is working on a legislative proposal […]
Stahl is supporting Kanpur in going greener. The Dutch multinational active in the chemicals’ industry opened its Center of Excellence this past February 7th. The Center is dedicated to technologies that can support India’s tanneries in their quest to become greener. The site is located in the Uttar Pradesh district, and is part of a […]
The winners of the Young Leather Scientist Awards 2020 have been announced. The IULTCS (International Union of Leather Technlogists and Chemists Societies) executive committee has published the names of the researchers that won the prize assigned by the entity for “the study of new technology to treat leather”. Three awards were given. The first for “basic […]
Tapestry are going to be in the trenches in the next six months. Due to Coronavirus outbreak, the US group’s sales will expectedly decrease by 200 to 250 million dollars by the end of June. Why? Because in China a vast majority of stores will shut down. Tapestry made such forecast while making public, at […]
A comeback to “in house” production. To revamp men’s footwear. Retail sales. Such are the ambitious plans of Sergio Rossi’s top management. Not to mention, on top of those, digital experience and sustainability, among others. Riccardo Sciutto, former manager at Hogan, has been tackling all these issues since April 2016, when he first took office...
“Health security of our customers and staff remains the top priority”. Therefore, it is on this assumption that APLF moves the fair to June 1-3, 2020: the caution imposed by the ongoing Coronavirus epidemic is put before the needs of the show. Following up on an already ventilated possibility, Informa Markets, the company that organises […]
Quite a noteworthy accomplishment: in 2019, Ferrari sold over 10,000 cars. More specifically, cars delivered to customers increased by 9.5% compared to 9,251 units sold in 2018. Such boost drove consequently a nearly symmetric increase in revenues, which amounted to 3.7 billion euros. This performance, assured the company’s top managers, is not going to affect […]
Lamborghini and Principe run together. The celebrated car company and Italian leather goods have signed a licence agreement whose aim is to develop, manufacture and distribute a new line of leather products. The name given to their collection is Leather Goods and Travel Collection: it will be available for sale from next spring onwards. Lamborghini […]
Lineapelle is coming to town while setting the Questione di Pelle exhibition project. It is on the agenda in Milan, on February 19-29, at the Spazio Lineapelle (Lineapelle Space), located at Palazzo Gorani, near the Milan Stock Exchange. They are going to exhibit some unique pieces, designed by style master Gianfranco Ferrè, alongside some works […]
No wonder blazes have been affecting Australia’s livestock and farming industry: in fact, fires are actually hitting the meat industry. According to estimates, cattle slaughtering is going to drop by 15%. Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) provided such estimates, which refer to the current year. According to the Australian institute, throughout 2020 slaughtered livestock units […]
There is plenty in all of this to understand that the sea of sustainability, in addition to being very insidious, cannot continue to be shaken (only) by the extremism of a “no”. To persevere in highlighting the un-sustainability of others (true or presumed), it's just smoke in the eyes. It would be better to enter a new dimension, recognising the concreteness of certain continuous improvement programs (those of Italian leather, for example) and seriously roll up their sleeves.
No to diesel, leather, fur, plastic and industrialized agricultural practices. The search for easy solutions has pushed everyone off the road. All have lost sight of the most important values: for industries, of course, but most of all for society. Which ones? The concreteness of the offers and the coherence of results
Those that are “concretely green” within the tanning industry have been analyzed and talked about in the 16th edition of UNIC - Italian Tanners’ Sustainability Report. They are aligned with the directives from the 2030 agenda of Sustainable Development by the United Nations. Meaning they are aligned with the SDGs: Sustainable Development Goals
The British designer, an animal free extremist, in 2019 raised the level of her war to leather, which she considers the material with the greatest environmental impact in the entire fashion industry. But, because of this coat, she had to deal with those who use sustainability as a club too
The message, writes UNIC - Italian Tanneries, “is as simple as it is incisive”. This is what its “three-year campaign communicating and promoting at 360 degrees the excellence of Italian leather” is based on. A worldwide ad campaign that explains a truth to be shared in any way and at any level: Real Leather is Real Sustainability
Chronology of a year, 2019, during which the phenomenon of acquisitions revolutionised the structure of the leather and luxury supply chain, changing its borders and connotations. A phenomenon that, among other things, will also have some surprises for 2020
The history of Russian leather evokes much more than what could be called “the memory of leather”. It is the story of an adventurous secret that remained for almost 2 centuries on the bottom of the English Channel. A mystery studied for almost 10 years, and solved by Elise Blouet-Ménard
Okay, maybe it's an exaggeration to describe what you will see on the next page and on the following ones as something unexpected. But if we have chosen this photo gallery, there is a reason. We find it in the surprise of discovering a capsule collection like the one launched at the end of November by Supreme with Nike.
