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Fashion
  • 28 Jan 2019

Tod’s group 2018 revenues go into a decline (-2,4%): footwear and leather goods lose ground, brands slump. Della Valle preaches optimism though

Tod’s group made public their preliminary figures about 2018: at the end of the year the group’s revenues amounted to 940,4 million euros, therefore decreasing by 2,4%, at current rates of exchange, and dropping by 0,5% at fixed rates of exchange. Quite a disappointing performance, according to analysts’ expectations: in fact, Mediobanca’s forecast was about […]

Tannery
  • 28 Jan 2019
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A tale about designers who want to save Shironameshi, Japan’s thousand-year-old tanning still practised by one person only

Shironameshi is “white leather” which is made according to an ancient Japanese tanning tradition. Although it hangs on a thousand-year-old history, it is currently practised by one person only. It was presented at Pitti Uomo during the Japanese White Leather Project. Four fashion designers, coming from Japan, have been engaged in the show event: Satoshi...

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La carne brasiliana vola: a ottobre l’export è da record
News
  • 28 Jan 2019

Appalling 2018 ends very negatively (-30,8% in December) for Brazil’s leather industry, whose foreign revenues slump by 24%

Last December Brazil’s leather industry reached, in terms of foreign revenues, nearly 106 million US dollars: earnings therefore decreased by 30,8% on annual basis and dropped by 6,7% compared to the previous November. Looking at the report provided by CICB, Brazil’s association of tanners, over SECEX data, things are not going better in terms of […]

Tannery
  • 28 Jan 2019

Aero Mexico signs agreement with ELeather. Experts remark: “You can’t say that leather fibre board works better than leather”

Not all that glitters is gold, not all that is advertised is true. Aero Mexico, Mexico’s national airline, announced they signed a supply contract with ELeather, a British manufacturer which patented the production of a special type of leather fibre board. According to the agreement, the British company will provide the Mexican airline with seating […]

Fairs
  • 24 Jan 2019

Lineapelle London reaches its objectives: good feedbacks and looking towards the future

Curiosity and expectation were in the air at Lineapelle London, a one-day event that took place yesterday within the walls of the Ham Yard Hotel in London. Curiosity, because this edition has a few interesting surprises within its content. Expectation, because the British market represents now, and always has, a fundamental location for the avant-garde […]

Leather goods
  • 24 Jan 2019
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Her Majesty’s leather is Italian: the story of Launer’s handbags, the only ones used by Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth and Italian leather are (almost) inseparable. According to what written by The Telegraph, the queen owns over 200 handbags made by British brand Launer, 3 of which appear to be her absolute favourites: the Royale model in black leather, the Traviata model in black patent leather, and a model “with no name” because...

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Footwear
  • 24 Jan 2019

Stop, Hedi Slimane also says so: mocassins are the new sneakers

Nobody moves: it might be true. From Paris’s men’s fashion shows, as the data published from footwearnews.com states, comes the proof of our doubt and hypothesis, to which we have dedicated the cover page of our first monthly 2019 edition of La Conceria (LINK): Is sneakers’ success almost over? The answer comes straight from Hedi […]

Training
  • 24 Jan 2019

Spain, there is never enough training: Valencia and Elda host training courses for the footwear segment, while Llanes does leather goods

Elda’s footwear museum (Alicante), will offer the course to become expert in designing and crafting shoes once again, this year. It will begin this coming February 8th, and will continue till June 29th, for a total of 190 hours. The program is organized in collaboration with CEU University (Universidad de Cardinal – Herrera), and it […]

Luxury
  • 21 Jan 2019
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LVMH are planning to buy out New Guards Group and create a brand with Rihanna, while aiming to entice young buyers

In the bustling world of fashion, LVMH are gearing up to set marketing strategies that aim to engage “new consumers”, namely Millennials and Generation Z. What is the plan? For example, striving to buy out (also) Marcelo Burlon and Off-White brands. Furthermore, creating a brand in partnership with popstar Rihanna. Let’s go in order. NGG-New...

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