The project to upgrade Igualada tanning district’s purification plant has begun. The company that manages the plant (Igualadina de Depuracio i Recuperacio) announces work on a new effluent regeneration station for the district. Initially, the new station will operate as a pilot version, to verify and evaluate the treatment results. The aim is to generate […]
“We will produce 35% more leather”. Fabrizio Masoni (on the left in photo), owner of the tanning group, summarizes the investment made to build the new production site in Castelfranco di Sotto. It’s the third one for Masoni Industria Conciaria, which since the end of 2019 has sold a minority quota to LVMH Métiers d’Art. The new...
They are five young designers. They are emerging. And they are fighting to establish themselves on the fashion scene by focusing on leather and its experimentation. Nicolò Romano, Laboratorio Riciclo Pelle, Lorenzo Sala, Gala Colabianchi Moreno and sssilk666 combine the history and tradition of leather with today’s culture of awareness and sustainability. Rebel Label, Vice’s...
Thanks to leather goods, Kering‘s “small brands” are going stronger than the giant Gucci. Thus, the French luxury group retains the interest of investors. In the third quarter, the French group’s sales grew by 14%, compared to the same period last year, to 5.14 billion euros. Gucci +9% (but analysts were predicting +11%); Saint Laurent...
First: “How can we honor tanners and leather?”. Second: “Enhancement is my obsession”. These are two statements made by Eric Dupont (in photo from fashionnetwork.com), director of Sustainable Development at Chanel. Since 2020, Dupont guides the Atelier des Matières, which is owned by the French brand and was launched in 2018. It is located in Le […]
For Edgardo Osorio of Aquazzura, the new normal is dealing with production problems. There are the difficulties with supplies and deliveries, of course, but these have not slowed down the boom of 2022. Aquazzura’s turnover will reach 67 million euros, +75% compared to 2021. Aquazzurra was on the list of possible preys by luxury groups […]
Nike and The Pitch celebrate the quality of Montebelluna‘s sport shoes in a video. The clip is also being used to launch the football shoes model Tiempo Legend IX Elite MI FG “Made in Italy”. The product, with leather upper, is made inside the laboratory that Nike created in the Sportsystem district. Here the brand produces […]
New LVMH investment in Tuscany. Louis Vuitton is reportedly ready to build a leather goods factory with 400 employees in Pontassieve (Florence), in Le Sieci. According to rumours, it should be ready in two to three years. While waiting for the new factory, the prototyping, product development and research phases of the brand will still...
“Leather goods are worth a lot to LVMH, and are almost all produced in Italy”. The speech by Matteo De Rosa, CEO of LVMH Métiers d’Art, captured the strength and fragility of the Italian bags market. The manager spoke during the States General of Italian Leather Goods 2022 organised in Florence by Assopellettieri, a member...
Creating aggregation, receiving focused incentives from the Government, promoting the made-in-Italy industry. These are the three actions identified by Assopellettieri (association part of Confindustria Moda) to support the segment and looking to the future. The message came in occasion of the third edition of Stati Generali della Pelletteria Italiana, held on October 18th inside the […]
Could increasing energy prices put a stop to reshoring in Italy? And, at the same time, be an assist for Turkey and Tunisia? Questions answered by Sergio Tamborini, president of Sistema Moda Italia, answers yes: the risk exists. And it’s not low. Because there is a priority for companies in containing costs and to incur...
Obuv is off to a good start. This was said by the Italian exhibitors present at Expocentr in Moscow, where the accessories fair, scheduled to run until Friday, kicked off on 18 October. The euro-ruble exchange rate (favourable for Italian exports) and the absence from the market of big brands (both by choice and due […]
Since October 6th, 2022, it has become illegal to import leather from Russia and Belarus. The 8th commercial sanctions package by the EU includes tanning products too, finished and semi-finished. A ban that comes at a time when the relationships between Italian companies and those in Moscow (and Minsk) are already deteriorated. Leather from Russia […]
Skechers files a lawsuit against Hermès. According to the footwear brand, the Éclair (in photo on the right) and Envol (on the left) models violate patents they filed. Skechers has patented the “Massage Fit” sole, present on the Go Walk model (in photo at the center). The Los Angeles-based brand is asking the New York...
“It was the first time we worked with leather. We experienced the ateliers and let ourselves be led by the artisans: so, we designed a belt that would tell the story of the Maison’s origins in saddlery”. On October 15, the Prix Hermès des Accessoires de Mode, a contest (in its third edition) for emerging […]
With different approaches and at different levels, companies are working on sustainability fronts in Brazil. Starting with traceability projects tied to leather. Marni, luxury brand of the OTB group, knows it well, as it signs the second collaboration with Veja for the high-top V-15 model (in photo on the right). For the model, suede and nabuk […]
There is a sacred alliance between a market segment, a product segment and a material. Because when one says luxury, one thinks of handbags. And when one thinks of a handbag, what comes to mind is a product made with leather. The impact on business is immediate: wealthy people, we know, spend little time between...
Consumers are more sensible to prices: will it be the season of emerging brands in the leather goods segment? It could be. Because they have a strong visive identity, they balance their positioning on the accessible luxury segment and are building their own solid fanbase of young customers via social media. Some of them are...
There are bags that are meant to shine. And it’s certainly easier if they are Bulgari. Mireia Lopez Montoya, Leather Goods and Accessory Managing Director of the LVMH brand, knows this well. In Milan for fashion week, she presented the Serpenti bag line for spring-summer 2023. A collection where leather dresses clutches and shoulder bags, […]
The Turkish bags lands in Italy. Desa group (2,000 employees) has exhausted its production capacity until June 2023. It has therefore opened a leather goods factory in Poppi (Arezzo), where it will employ 50 people by November. CEO Burak Çelet (pictured) reveals the details of the project. And, more generally, the strengths and weaknesses of...
