China will be Gucci‘s booster. To achieve this, parent company Kering has prepared a dedicated approach that includes strengthening local teams under the leadership of former Tiffany executive Laurent Cathala. The Chinese market is particularly important for Gucci. Barclays estimates that the Italian brand gets around 35% of its sales from China, compared to 27% […]
A meeting of excellences: Korean technology and cars on the one hand, Italian leather on the other. This is how Hyung-shik Kang, Consul General of South Korea in Milan (centre, in the photo), commented on the results of the collaboration between Hyundai Transys and Lineapelle. Admiring the prototype of the intelligent and sustainable car of […]
For Chanel, “not trusting suppliers” has become kind of a method. To demand the best. To be vigilant in the search for high-performance materials when it comes to sustainability. This is what Bruno Pavlovksy, president of the fashion sector and chairman of the brand, said. He spoke in Florence at the presentation of the Métiers...
Milan’s revenge began on Monday, June 6, with a Design Week aiming for a sell-out. The Salone del Mobile (edition number 60, opening at Fieramilano Rho on June 7, 2022) is back in full swing at the fair with 2,173 exhibitors (27% of whom are foreign) and in the city with its almost 800 events. […]
If you are in Milan, you have one thing to do. If you’re not there, you have a reason to come. In both cases, your landing point is right in the centre, behind Piazza Affari. It is Spazio Lineapelle (Palazzo Gorani), where from June 6 until June 12 you can admire and discover all the […]
Zero direct and indirect emissions for all leather part of the Express service of Gruppo Mastrotto, as they can now be defined as carbon neutral. The Vicenza-based tanning group can claim that its logistics hub, leader for ready-leather (1,500 colors in 40 collections) doesn’t have a negative impact on global warming. “This achievement represents a...
Biba‘s transformation: from wholesale distributor for big brands (Nike, Superga, Benetton) to leather goods brand. An “integrated” brand, in the sense of supply chain. In fact, the Spanish brand has started full-scale production in the tannery acquired in 2020 to strengthen production, volumes and control. The aim: to return to a 20 million euros turnover […]
Andrew Roberts, 31 years old, bought the footwear brand Del Toro, of which he was a dear customer. And, thanks to the pandemic, he first reset it and is now relaunching it towards its origin. At the center of the strategy there is a made-in-Italy product made with Italian leather. The brand, in fact, used...
Louis Vuitton relaunches its collaboration with the NBA (in photo), continuing to follow the path drawn by Virgil Abloh. All without, at least for now, nominating the heir and entrusting the job to those that worked closely with Mr. Abloh. It appears that this is the best way to develop on what the stylist did […]
There is a logic if hard luxury brands, such as those in the jewellery industry, push so hard into leather goods. For Cartier and Bulgari, handbags have great strategic value. Why? Because they become ambassadors of the brand. Yes, accessory collections help jewellery brands attract more customers (especially Gen Z customers). But not only that,...
It’s a date: from May 30 to June 12 at Spazio Lineapelle (Palazzo Gorani, via Gorani, Milan). Where it is be possible to admire the future’s idea of mobility, the one that Hyundai Transys has defined with Lineapelle. The result of the collaboration between the Korean company and the Italian trade fair organisation will be […]
Presented on Monday, May 30, 2022, at La Scala in Milan, the CNMI Sustainable Fashion Awards “feature and award personalities and virtuous realities that have distinguished themselves in Italian and international fashion” for a precise commitment. That reserved for “sustainability in its highest sense, for vision, innovation”. But also for craftsmanship expression. “Recognition of differences, […]
Discovering and observing how an artisan makes a luxury product, in leather, pleases, generates interest, attracts droves of people. AKA: potential customers (if they aren’t already). This was demonstrated by the more than 24,000 people who visited Hermès in the Making in Turin. Namely, the exhibition of the maison’s savoir-faire on Sunday, May 29, 2022....
Louis Vuitton increased its production capacity in Spain. The luxury brand has completed works on the new leather goods’ production site of Girona. The new manufacturing point extends 8,000 square meters (from the 3,000 of the old ones). Via company Manufacture de Maroquinerie et Accessoires Louis Vuitton, led by Armel Schwerer, LV controls five production […]
Tanning in Mexico has a problem with managing wastewater. 51 tanneries of Guanajuato have been sanctioned in the last year. That’s the reason behind the complaint made by the reference association’s president, Ricardo Muñoz Arrona, who asked for an immediate change in the mentality and behavior that no longer has a place in the industry. […]
Integration agreement for the 1,500 employees of the Tuscan leather goods suppliers of the Gucci chain. The companies involved are all leather goods manufacturers formed over the years through joint ventures between brands in the Kering orbit and the owners. Which ones? Garpe-Gucci Arte Pelle of Piancastagnaio (Siena), Gpa-Gucci Pelletteria Annalisa of Figline Valdarno (Florence)...
A licence in footwear to accelerate development. This is the strategy of men’s clothing brand Dan John, founded in 2015 by the company formed by Daniele Raccah and Giovanni Della Rocca. The brand currently sells around 100,000 pairs of shoes a year, and is relying heavily on the footwear licence as a chance to expand […]
Even in video games, knowing how to tan is important. V Rising, the vampire survival game requires a certain expertise in the art of leather. Here, leather is an essential element for upgrading both one’s “Castle Heart” and the equipment at one’s disposal. That is why it is urgent to build a tannery to process […]
That the next edition of Lineapelle (exhibition that is an active part of the trade fair circuit promoted by Confindustria Moda), scheduled from on September 20-22, 2022, carries with it a very special value, as we have already written and shared several times. After all, it is the 100th edition, which, as we read in […]
There is a case that embarrasses Louis Vuitton. One of its official shops in China allegedly sold a fake bag. An expert’s report confirmed it and a first instance court ruled condemning the brand to pay compensation to the buyer. Louis Vuitton, meanwhile, says it will appeal. The issue has become a trending topic on...
