In Paris, where fashion week is closing today, a great focus on bags and shoes. And ample space for leather. Alexander McQueen has proposed waterproof boots and boots decorated with metal reinforcements. Loewe has used leather for bags (orange or striped maxi shopping bags), shoes, cloaks and accessories: a calla lily in handmade calfskin presented […]
In 2015, EU customs intercepted 41 million fake products, up 15% on the previous year. The economic activities most damaged by the assault of counterfeit products are, together with those for body care and eyewear, those in the fashion industry. Counterfeit footwear worth €58 million, clothing products worth €48 million, bags worth €57 million and […]
GDS reverses its steps. Next year the Düsseldorf fair board will move its July event to September, following the group of leather-area shows that, after pushing hard for earlier dates, is now back-pedaling. Precise days have not, however, been announced. For GDS the risk of remaining slated for July was very high since the past […]
Clogs and slippers. Thick soles and pointed toes. More than a fashion trend, originality starred on the runway in Milan Fashion Week, starting with Gucci’s super-wedgies and going on to Cavalli’s (Tyrolean-style) sabots and the (particularly imaginative) clogs from D&G. Tons of trim and accessories: feathers, furs, colored laces. Example: Diesel Black Gold high-rise boots […]
Little brands grow. From Great Britain comes the debut of Cameron Charles London, a brand of leather jackets for men that are made in the Empoli area with hides tanned in Tuscany and, in part, Turkey. Management stated that it had tried to work exclusively with British companies but couldn’t find manufacturers “on a par […]
“The Tod’s collection shows how anything can be made with leather”. And leather was the material of choice to celebrate Tod’s’ timeless icons: bikers, pea coats, jackets and T-shirts, mini-dresses and shirts, with saddler stitching and fringe, all made strictly with premium leathers. Not to mention bags and footwear. The collection was unsigned but designed […]
She wore them at public events as early as 2004, when she was not yet part of the British royal family. She’s worn them for ten years and even just recently on a trip to Bhutan with her husband, Prince William. For more than a decade Kate Middleton has been practically married to a pair […]
From cars to leather, from seats to shoes. Walter De’ Silva, legendary head of design for the Volkswagen group (but he also designed the Alfa Romeo 156) has created a collection of women’s evening shoes, all black and with 10.5-cm high heels. For it he drew on materials also used in auto-making: steel and light […]
Lineapelle drives hard on the “+” sign. In a trend that clearly goes against the flow of the current market situation, the most important international event in the leather sector yesterday closed the doors on the Autumn/Winter 2017/18 edition, racking up 9% more visitors (21,184) than in September 2015, with a significant increase in foreign […]
Double-digit growth for the turnout of Spaniards, Chinese and Koreans. The influx of buyers from France, the US and Japan shows a significant increase. The presence of Greeks, Czechs and Ukrainians doubles or triples. A slowdown, however, is noted in visitors coming from Russia, Turkey and Hong Kong, due to the well-known economic or commercial […]
Hand-buffered, hand-crumpled and hand-painted, the leathers proposed in this edition of Lineapelle increasingly offer works of fine craftsmanship, conveying the added value and uniqueness that distinguish the Italian product from the production of the rest of the world. Italian tanneries are proposing leathers produced with a careful eye on detail, often hand-crafted to produce materials […]
Milan Fashion Week draws to a close with the great labels relaunching their style, expressing renewed creativity and confirming their excellence. And while we are talking about excellence, we cannot fail to mention leather as a reference material. Whether we look at the ultra-colourful drawings and prints from Moschino (on jackets, shoes and clutch bags) […]
After inaugurating a store in Nice, the Furla group is set to open a new boutique in Paris, on Rue St. Honoré 414, while the historic store at number 281 on the same street will be transformed into a pop-up store dedicated to men, the first in Europe. Alberto Camerlengo, general director of the brand […]
For its pursuit of quality, for the breadth of its offering, or for logistical reasons, Lineapelle attracts tanners from all over the world, and is a favourite of designers, buyers and global product managers too: here they come together, bringing input from all sectors. Sofie D’Hoore is a total look Belgian brand which produces women’s […]
The Russians need the Italian leather sector and Italian tanners need to strengthen trade relations with Moscow. And so the former plan to invest in Italian technology and expertise to support the path of growth of the Russian leather industry. Manufacturing in Moscow, meanwhile, focuses on hides produced by Italian tanneries for high-end footwear lines […]
How does the world of leather react to what is now the fate of sneakers? Vero Cuoio Italiano, the consortium which, at district level, represents 80% of production in Europe and 90% of production in Italy, plans to diversify the market by focusing on new foreign frontiers and investing in promotion. “We have tried to […]
Creativity, innovation, specialisation and an attentive service. The exhibitors of fabrics and synthetics at Lineapelle are sharpening their knives against the competition, seeking the umpteenth, essential qualitative leap. Daniele Banelli, owner of Tissés, a company that produces materials for leather goods and footwear in Prato, confirms: “We have had to change our strategy, no longer […]
Braided products as a source of inspiration for young designers from around the world. Manifattura di Domodossola brings the results of the “Intreccincantiere” competition, organised in collaboration with Lineapelle, to the fair. For the 2016 edition, there are more than 80 creations, presented by the same number of emerging designers, intended for the leather goods, […]
The message from the three finalists in the Vogue Italia competition Who is on Next?, held in July, is loud and clear: “Leather is fundamental!” for the new generation of Italian designers who are focusing on high quality and careful research into materials. The new accessory talents share a unanimous view and they are successfully […]
The Lineapelle organisational machine is always busy and on the go. While the umpteenth, brilliant edition draws to a close, the international leather benchmark fair is already looking to the future and to the dates of its next edition, scheduled from Tuesday 21 to Thursday 23 February 2017, at Fieramilano Rho. The reference season will […]
