ECCO is a Danish footwear giant: together with the Design School Kolding, they developed and created a collection of shoes entirely made, 100%, by recycling leather scraps, marine plants and seaweeds. That is a cutting-edge project, whose unique peculiarity is going to get an award. In fact, at the Danish Design Award they appraised the […]
Watch out, leather is in the air: Air Transat announced on May 3rd that the business purchased 15 Airbus A321neoLR planes. The model, as communicated by the Canadian enterprise, offers performances in line with the company’s environmental efforts: it consumes 15% less fuel in comparison to previous Airbus planes, emitting 5,000 less tons of CO2 […]
The circularity of leather as (maybe) we didn’t yet imagine. Not so much for the fact that leather scraps are being used, but rather for the way they are being re-used. Hand and Sew, Canadian leather goods manufacturer based in Vancouver, decided to make the salvage of leather scraps its core business, utilizing, in fact, […]
What will happen to CHANEL after Karl Lagerfeld? In February, after the disappearance of the couturier, it was the question that everyone, in the fashion world and outside, was asking, even a bit preoccupied. Now everything has been revealed. CHANEL’s Cruise took place in Paris. Without considering the weight that pre-collections now have for luxury […]
No stimulus for local enterprises and financial policies that favor foreign investors more than local ones. These are the accusations made by local tanners to the Ethiopian government, as reported by local newspaper The Reporter Ethiopia, in an article that reads how a lot of representatives from various companies in the sector have, since Friday, […]
First a new factory in Arras, then one in Mâcon as well. Maroquinerie Thomas, a French leather goods group specialized in high-end outsourcing, keep expanding their business. After announcing the opening of a new production site, based in the Northern small town of Arras, they are now going to open a new factory in Mâcon, […]
Going on slowly. Successfully though. In 2018, Roche Bobois turnover increased by 5% on annual basis, therefore reaching 257 million euros. The flagship brand of the home furnishings French group accounts for 86% of the company’s turnover, mostly driven by its units based in Europe, the United Kingdom and North America. Cuir Center, whose brand […]
“We did not force Kanpur tanneries to shut down for environmental reasons, as they rather fostered a number of campaigns to create intentionally, on purpose, a lot of social concern about the issue. Moreover, still we have to assess the harmful effects of factories on the water of the river Ganges: in fact, they imposed […]
Relocation of Bangladeshi tanneries to the new district of Savar has been considerably affecting the national leather industry. First of all, in terms of overall turnover: in fact, the long-standing process to move tanneries away from the old production site, located in Hazaribagh, entailed a disruption of manufacturing activities. Secondly, it undermined employment as well: […]
Paris (could) declare war to everyone active in the fashion industry, if the brand is caught destroying unsold stocks. In France, as a matter of fact, the government is preparing a law that makes the mentioned process illegal. According to indiscretions published by WWD, Brune Poirson, France’s State Secretary and minister for ecological transition, is...
Fourteen exclusive pieces. And leather as the absolute star. In the spotlight, the collection developed by Berluti for Sotheby’s in view of an exceptional online sale entitled “Berluti: the art of craftmanship”, born precisely from the idea of celebrating the craftsmanship of the LVMH group brand’s craftsmen. There are featured: a leather backpack combined with […]
There are those who (very strongly) want it. And who, for the usual pseudoethical reasons, refuses them. The dilemma (if we can call it that) can be summarized as follows: yes leather armchairs or leather armchairs no? Diametrically opposed choices that call into question the British giant of movie theaters Vue, also owner of The […]
Leather invades the world of TV series. It is not the first time (fortunately). It won’t be the last (thankfully). Two of the most popular television sagas of the moment have bewitched the designers of some important brands, including the American designer John Varvatos who launched a new capsule collection, made up of 11 pieces, […]
After getting out of the Chapter 11 quicksand thanks to the new ownership, GST Autoleather is back to making investments. The US-based company specialized in the manufacturing of automotive upholstery has officially inaugurated its new production plant in China just a few days ago. The site, as reported by wardsauto.com, is located in the city […]
While the elections take place (they started April 11th and will be over on May 19th) and the candidates’ attention seems to reside elsewhere, Uttar Pradesh’s tanners fear a boycott. On the pages of online daily newspaper firstpost.com, the president of Uttar Pradesh Leather Industry Association, Taj Alam, explains he believes there is a “conspiracy” […]
Christian Louboutin divides Pakistan. The stylist created Imran, sandal inspired by the Pakistani traditional Chappal (or chapal). The model has overlapping leather stripes that cover the foot, rubber soles and a slight heel at the back, an emblem of Pashtuns’ social classes that settled in the north-west of Pakistan. Louboutin’s version takes the name from […]
Leather goods and China are the drivers behind Hermès’ growth in the first quarter of 2019. The brand, strong with a 15,5% revenue increase at current rates (11.6% at constant rates), equal to 1.61 billion euro in revenue, is following the quarterly results of LVMH and Kering. The luxury brand’s profits surpassed the forecasts of […]
JM Weston is one of the historic brands of luxury French shoes. Founded in 1891 in Limoges, it still has its production in the trans-alpine city where about 180 workers are employed, and it makes nearly 100,000 pairs of shoes every year, all made exclusively with calf leather. One pair or Richelieu takes between 6 […]
One (circular) story leads to another. More and more start-ups and companies, with continuity and constancy, are opening with business plans based on the recuperation of a material that is already a leftover. It may appear to be word-play. It isn’t, as shown by The Hand Dyed Shoe, British business that won the Smooth […]
Production relocation, currency fluctuation and EU membership negotiations starting next June. The future of Albania, a third country in the footwear sector, is all here. “I believe that the strong fluctuations of the Lek, the Albanian currency, are the result of financial speculation, even inside Albania. It is clear that a loss of value of […]
