Organisers interpret it as a positive sign: in Italy we are witnessing a recovery (albeit still modest) in domestic consumption. Of the 10,000 buyers that flocked to the stands at Mipel, the leather goods fair that closed its doors yesterday after four days of activity, the slight prevalence of Italian visitors was apparent. “The exhibitors […]
The Brazilian leather industry is reeling after the news, published by Reuters, that the brothers Wesley and Joesley Batista, CEO and president of the meat/tanning giant JBS, have been banned from running their business by judge Vallisney De Souza Oliveira from the Justiça Federal de Brasília, as part of an investigation called Operação Greenfield and […]
Leather takes to the cinema and does so in great style. In the utmost style, actually. Last night, in collaboration with the specialist magazine Ciak, the short fashion movie Niente Per Caso, produced by the Consorzio Vero Cuoio Italiano to promote the Cuoio di Toscana brand, was officially presented to the public at large. Where? […]
A well-known leather goods brand in Germany has decided to flirt with the vegan world by producing a bag in synthetic material. Unfortunately the tag that accompanies the article, sold in some of the nation’s leading department stores, bears the following message: “I’m genuinely leather-free”. And that’s not all: the description continues, boasting the fact […]
Following the 2011 edition in Rio De Janeiro and the Milan edition last year, the World Leather Congress is back with a new stage, this time in China. On 29 August, Shanghai’s Pullman Hotel will host the debate “The Leather Revolution”, focusing on the profound changes that the leather sector will face over the next […]
The source is the Italian backbone of the fashionnetwork.com website. And the news is such to create a stir in a sector like leather goods, despite being still just a “rumour”. So here’s the “bombshell”: Piquadro is apparently about to buy The Bridge, the Tuscan leather goods brand founded by Il Ponte Pelletteria in Scandicci […]
Now that the holidays are over, in September, the companies in the tanning industry are set to experience an extremely busy month, packed with exhibitions. Here are some of the most important dates, some of which are currently ongoing, or have already ended: Sapica León, 30 August–2 September; All China Leather Exhibition Shanghai, 31 August–2 […]
One warm Sunday this August, Hicham BenMbarek, an artisan with Moroccan roots received a visit from a special tourist in his shop in Via della Vigna Nuova in Florence: Sheik Hamed Bin Khalifa Al Thani (pictured in the shop in Florence). The emir, whose family now owns half of Italy, or rather the Valentino maison […]
Technically it had expired on May 30. Following the umpteenth six-monthly extension, a mechanism that has been repeating itself since the Russian government decided to close its frontiers to exports of wet-blue. Officially, it was renewed on 27 July, with retroactive effect from 18 July, and is valid until 18 January 2017. The reason? Moscow […]
A lucky shoe from 300 years ago has been found inside the University of Cambridge. During restoration work on a room in the British university, a leather shoe was found, the left shoe of a pair in what today would be size 39. Nothing strange there. But the curiosity of the researchers was aroused by […]
Expectations met and new market feedback at Lineapelle New York, which took place on 19 and 20 July at the Metropolitan Pavilion. The 100 exhibitors present (+20% compared to the previous edition) exchanged views on a fundamental market for the Italian leather industry: +13% national tanned leather exports to Washington in the first quarter of […]
In the end, Albert Einstein’s leather jacket has “gone home”. The auction organised by Christie’s was in fact won by the brand that tailored it 80 years ago: Levi Strauss. Held in London on 14 July, the auction closed with an offer of £110,500 after a long series of ascending bids. Tracey Park, historian of […]
French industrial method and Italian quality for the luxury leather manufacturer. The Burgundy-based group Maroquinerie Thomas (1,250 employees, €100 million turnover, Hermès and Chanel among its customers) has bought 35% of B&G di Franco Baccani (two plants in the provinces of Florence and Arezzo, turnover of €9.5 million, Gucci and Cartier among the labels supplied) […]
The project is both ambitious and controversial. Tina Gorjanc, who gained her diploma at the Central Saint Martins College fashion school in London, wants to set up laboratory cultures of human skin using the DNA of Alexander McQueen, the volatile English designer who committed suicide in 2010. Once she has obtained a sufficient quantity of […]
The smartphone case is available in two versions: in calfskin and, the deluxe version, snakeskin, tanned in Italy. Both share a common characteristic: the colour of the material changes as the temperature or weather change or when the pressure rises. It is one of the pieces in the collection by The Unseen, a company formed […]
One day, one shot. It is the intensity and simplicity of relations between Italian exhibitors (41 for this edition) and British visitors, professionals from big labels and emerging designers, that characterise Lineapelle London. The latest edition, yesterday at the Ham Yard Hotel, was no exception. There was a good response from the public, which crowded […]
The July financial statement for the Italian leathergoods industry. This morning Aimpes/Mipel presented the industry’s current economic situation and new trends expected for the forthcoming international leathergoods industry fair from 3 to 6 September. We’ll start with the fair: in addition to confirming its organizational cooperation with theMicam, Mipel is launching a series of initiatives […]
Burberry has a new CEO: Marco Gobbetti, the president and managing Director of Cèline since 2008, will take over the reins at the British company in 2017. He is the son of the owner of Brusarosco (now a division of the Rino Mastrotto Group), Sirio Gobbetti; Brusarosco is the oldest tanning company in Italy still […]
Chanel has taken over the Richard Tannery in Millau. Mégisserie Richard specialises in the production of Lacaune et Entrefins lambskin, finished in various innovative ways: metallic, pearled, printed, painted etc. The company employs 40 people, exports about 60% of its production and is led by Xavier Richard, who will remain at the company’s operating helm. […]
The tradefair calendar is increasingly crowded in the first fortnight of September. In addition to Bread & Butter by Zalando (Berlin 2-4) and theMicam-Mipel (Milan 3-6), we also find Origin Passion and Beliefs (Milan 6-8, in conjunction with Milano Unica) and ILM-International Leather Goods Fair (Offenbach 10-12). Origin Passion and Beliefs is dedicated to fashion […]
