Next year, Tomita Kogyo will celebrate 100 years in business. A century-long tradition in leather creation, which has spanned four generations to arrive at Lineapelle 100 (September 20-22, 2022). The company, which specialises in the sale of leather produced in Japan, has in fact decided to take part in the show to expand its presence...
With 47 years of service in the same company, Alex Edgar knows well how working in the tanning industry has changed. He started with Lang, UK-based company of British group Scottish Leather Group (SLG) in 1975. Since then, he has been working as a fleshing and splitter technician. Today, when the company is celebrating 150 years of activity, […]
New investments for LVMH in its sourcing chain in Italy. The French giant continues to shop: LVMH Métiers d’Art, in fact, acquired a majority share of tanning laboratory Ally Projects (better known with the name Heng Long Italia) and a minority share of Robans, specialized in leather apparel. Both companies are located in Tuscany. “Our goal is […]
As of Monday, October 3, the creative director of Burberry will no longer be Riccardo Tisci, but Daniel Lee. The news was in the air, and was made official on Wednesday morning, September 28, with two separate press releases from the British maison. Lee, for three years, led (overturning) the style of Bottega Veneta. Then, […]
From the extra-large shoulder bag by Vivetta (photo on the right). To the mini-bags by Giorgio Armani to be worn around the neck. There is a lot of choice within the various handbags showcased at SS 2023 during the Milan Fashion Week. Whether it’s large or small, the handbag remains a central item. It’s a symbol,...
Fashion from head to toe? Watch out for the right shoes. Milan Fashion Week (MFW) closed on September 26 with the Spring-Summer 2023 presentations. And we end the review by turning the spotlight on the shoes from the fashion shows. The fashion bigwigs showed off their best in the week of the great return to...
With two acquisitions, the Florence group enters the footwear segment. Lorenza Calzaturificio in Filetto (Chieti) and Novarese in Corridonia (Macerata) join the luxury cluster. And good things come in threes, as Florence also announced its entrance in the intermediary manufacturing segment with the acquisition of Officina Ciemmeci in Ponte a Egola (Pisa), an entity specialized in the treatment of […]
Cristiano Torricelli’s rusted leather was showcased on the catwalks of the New York Fashion Week. Now we expect to receive some orders from the US” says Doriana Marini (in photo), leader of Dienpi, the company that makes the designer’s items in Piemonte. Simply put: coats and leather handbags decorated with real oxidized rust that undergoes a...
Tannery machines are constantly evolving. This is thanks to Industry 4.0. and the government incentives associated with it. It is thanks to these contributions that the Tuscan company GBL Officina Meccanica has managed to grow and develop in recent years. “We have evolved our lines, Industry 4.0. has given us a big boost,” says one […]
“It was a beautiful, lively fair, rich in content and prospects,” says CEO Fulvia Bacchi. In other words, the 100th edition of Lineapelle, which ended on Thursday, September 22, at Fieramilano Rho, was the umpteenth demonstration of how the show represents, as stated in the closing note, “a solid certainty for the fashion, luxury and […]
The feedbacks from the 100th edition of Lineapelle (20-22 September) was clear. Buyers came to the fair (which has a positive balance as far as affluence goes), open to discover the new looks of the Winter 23/24 season. And now, with the stands closed, the difference on the marketplace will be made by clients. The increments...
It will be a reflective, bright and immersive winter for the 2023/24 season. The attention of visitors to Lineapelle 100 focused on shiny and printed leathers, with shades of colour and embellished with sparkle and glitter. Many exhibitors testified to a great comeback of patent leather. “Pearly and metallic”, as they told us from Bonaudo’s...
Optimism at Simac Tanning Tech, but raw materials are expensive and hard to find. And production slows down. “We are full of orders, but there is a lack of components to assemble,” sums up Alberto Paccagnella (photo, left), president of Omac. For Gabriella Marchioni Bocca, (pictured, right), CEO of Lamebo, the company’s prospects are closely […]
There are the “no problem” companies at Mipel Lab. Or actually, they do have one problem: that of keeping up with the demand, because their main concern is the low availability of skilled workers to employ. Even with this challenge, “this is a segment that is going well and will go even better in the […]
Versace, Hogan, and Zara will also do it. Prices increase in the luxury segment as well as in the fast–fashion one. The increments in cost of electricity, raw materials, and inflation, are causing more fashion brands to raise their prices. Beside from the entrepreneurs we listened to at Micam and Mipel, even more famous brands...
“Creativity is moving to the East”. These are the words of Matteo Marzotto, president of Mittelmoda. And the winner of Lineapelle’s Italian Leather Award proves it. The competition for students saw its final act on September 19, at Micam. Here, the 24 collections, representing 13 countries, competed for the eleven prizes up for grabs. Including […]
It’s supported by 3.5 billion people and 74 governments around the world. Strong of its Let Us Make It Happen, the Save Soil movement reached Lineapelle 100. The goal: to showcase its message on the global crisis caused by the degradation of soil. And, in additional, point out the urgency for concrete political actions. “Lineapelle, […]
An important visit to Lineapelle yesterday, by Marco Bizzarri. The Gucci chairman and CEO entered the fair and made some very significant statements to La Conceria on the importance of the Italian tanning supply chain and how Gucci is working to stimulate “change from within”. And announcing a new research project in Tuscany. A uniqueness […]
Conceria Antiba becomes 4.0 with a new 15,000 square metre factory equipped with interconnected machinery. This Tuscan company moved its headquarters from Santa Croce sull’Arno to Ponte a Egola, investing almost 15 million euros. The move took place gradually to arrive to the current complete industrial set-up in March 2022. This relocation doubled the production […]
The UN’s Global Compact is “the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative”. And today one more joins in: Gruppo Mastrotto. The tanning giant based in Vicenza, reads a note, joined the initiative because it’s “sure that a long, balanced and inclusive development, demands an economic plan founded on solid ethical basis that respect human dignity and […]
