Poltrona Frau and McLaren have lately signed a co-design agreement to upholster the interiors of Speedtail, a new supercar: they have produced 106 units, and they have already sold them all. Selling price: nearly 2 million euros. Yet, the company, headquartered in the Marche and specialized in the manufacture of seats for means of transport […]
Producing faster and more economically. That is what every company states its goal is, footwear makers or companies active in other segments. It is easier said than done though, because there are a number of complications of technical, managerial and strategic complications. Issues that Caprice, German footwear maker, has decided to face and overcome by […]
Centuries of tanning history transform themselves into an exhibition for children, students and families. This is the precious cultural baggage left as inheritance to the French town of Lavausseau by Tannerie de la Boivre, historic tannery that, throughout decades of activity, was able to collect the history of the small town that developed on the […]
The first art ever learned by the great Antonello da Messina? That of leather tanning. An exhibition in progress at Palazzo Reale in Milan, open until June 2nd, is dedicated to the Sicilian master. Few, however, know that, in addition to having learned how to concentrate the world “Inside the painting” (this is the title...
78 tanneries out of 106, located in the area between the small towns of Unnao and Banthar, in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh, have suspended their activity. They had to shut down for the time being. Judges of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) have imposed such measure. As reported by local press, the NGT […]
East Africa’s leather segment tries to plat as a team. The top 40 operators of the leather chain located in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, met during the East African Community (∫) Leather Forum organized by East African Business Council (EABC) to figure out the industry’s state and try to design a […]
Friday 24 May was was Giorgio Armani‘s big day. The designer returned to the catwalk in Tokyo 12 years after his last show in the Japanese capital, making his debut with his first men’s and women’s resort collection. The location was not chosen by chance: the show was organised to celebrate the re-opening of the...
The climate, not exactly a spring one, may have helped a little, but this year the Cannes Film Festival was more than ever characterised by leather outfits. Many celebrities have chosen accessories, coats, but above all, leather dresses. Supermodel Winnie Harlow (centre in the image) wore a dress by Ralph & Russo for the premier […]
The idea of Lebanese designer Jean-Louis Sabaji was to make Aishwarya Rai Bachchan shine as “a goddess of ancient Greece”. To do so he chose leather. The Indian actress, model and film producer, former Miss World, walked the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival with a “shimmering” dress made of golden and iridescent reptile […]
If the United States’ president’s executive office for International Commerce was waiting for technical feedback from operators before proceeding with the imposition of duties, the message launched by USHSLA and LIA (associations representing US traders of raw materials and US tanning) is unequivocal: these potential duties on imports of leather goods from the European Union […]
The project’s title is particular and stimulating. And the objective is as well. UNIC – Italian Tanners and Lineapelle (with the support of ITA – Italian Trade Agency), are launching a new international workshop titled StoryTechTelling. Among the many phases, the first one was in China: Thursday, May 30th, in Shanghai. The second one is […]
No other material is more suitable than leather to make durable bags and belts. But pay attention: we are not talking about “luxury and durability”, but about an area in which the concept of “durability” is a plus of a fundamental product. A well-known added-value for carpenters, electricians and construction workers in the US, who […]
What is going to happen to denim jackets embellished with mink fur collars? What about mink earflaps? What is going to happen to coyote fur gloves? What about leather, fabric and volpetta bags? In other words, what will become of all items of clothing and fur accessories, made by Prada, for sale at extraordinary prices? […]
Tokyo salutes leather and its leather fair, on its 100th edition: the Tokyo Leather Fair. In doing so, they provided exhibitors with comforting, smiling messages, most of all: 153 exhibitors (11 of them joined the Japanese fair “in the name” of Lineapelle) presented their summer 2020 collections at the Toritsu Sangyo Boeki Centre. As we...
A rare hereditary syndrome forces British entrepreneur Sophie Hulme to close down the brand by the same name. Hulme started making clothing in 2008, but the product line that had the most success was the handbag one, which she started after three years and was purchased by famous clients, starting with Ivanka Trump. The handbags […]
In the first 10 months of the business year, currently underway, the international revenues of Bangladeshi leather industry have reached 838 million dollars, therefore decreasing by 8.7% on annual basis. On the one hand, footwear is the only product category that is enjoying a positive trend (revenues amount to 491 million dollars, therefore increasing by […]
Modernising (in a technological/productive sense) tanneries to provide customers with the finest quality finished leather. It is the exhortation addressed by the members of ZimTrade, the Zimbabwe export promotion body, to the tanners of the country. The organisation’s goal is to re-launch the sector in collaboration with PUM Netherlands, a volunteer organisation committed to the […]
Swaziland could also have its “own” tannery. The proposed creation of a production site in the African country, known as the Eswatini Kingdom (official name), was advanced by the top managers of Africa Leather and Leather Products Institute (ALLPI), international organism created to support the development of the tanning industry in the Southern area of […]
Food and tanning. These are the two industries that in the second half of the 16th century made Bermondsey into an important reference point in great London. Now these two realities are once again alive in the modern residential complex that is about to be built where once stood a brick wall that divided the […]
Hermès inaugurated its seventeenth workshop in Fitilieu. In addition to production, the plant (called Ateliers Fitilieu and located in Isère, between Lyon and Chambery) hosts a training school for leather workers, cutters and mechanics for around 100 “students” who will then be integrated into the staff of the Savoie-Dauphiné production center which includes the leather […]
