After the release of its financial statements, Salvatore Ferragamo’s stock sank on the stock market, dragging the luxury sector down with it. On Thursday afternoon, the Florentine company released its final figures for 2024: a year that ended with a drop in sales and, above all, posting a loss. The Ferragamo family is looking for […]
Even Kazakhstan is slowing down. The rapid business growth recorded in recent years led to a record number of 86 Italian companies and 100 brands exhibiting at La Moda Italiana@Almaty (5-7 March). However, the latest statistics and exhibitors’ opinions indicate a slowdown in growth. The event The Italian fashion supply chain exhibited in Kazakhstan from...
With a ceremony held together with local authorities (in photo), Pasubio opens in Mexico its 13th factory. The Italian tanning holding company, owned by the PAI fund since 2021, has invested $13 million (about 12.4 million euros) in the PILBA industrial park in Guanajuato in a plant to produce and cut leather for car interiors. […]
The story of Ho’op is the story of a successful change of course. The made-in-Italy trainers brand had entered the market with a price tag that was too high; when it recalibrated its offering, it found the key to success in an overcrowded market. Ho’op’s story Riccardo Chiacchiera (now 36) and Emanuele Formentini (33) were...
Is the future of luxury in India? What must brands do to secure a share of this growing market? Mohit Khanna (pictured), COO of Nappa Dori (200 employees, 12 shops worldwide), one of India’s leading contemporary design brands – founded in 2010 by leather enthusiast Gautam Sinha – shares his insights in this interview. The...
Shoe sales in the US plummet. Mexican shoemakers fear they are no longer competitive. Walmart demands discount from its Chinese suppliers. The shadow of tariffs was enough to trigger panic in North America, and U.S. retailers are relying on technology and artificial intelligence to keep up with the ever-changing market (and their president). A shadow...
In an unprecedented move, the King of Morocco has cancelled Eid al-Adha, meaning the annual Feast of Sacrifice will not take place on 6 June. This marks only the fourth time since 1956 that the North African nation has skipped this significant event in the Islamic religious calendar. The monarch’s decision was driven by the […]
MFW ended on Sunday, and it was interesting for a number of reasons – certainly for style, but also because Milan’s catwalks provided some clues about which brands are currently in vogue. The key brand under scrutiny was Versace, now at the centre of a possible sale, which presented a collection inspired by the house’s...
After Milan, it is Paris’s turn. Paris Fashion Week, scheduled from 4 to 11 March, began on Wednesday. On the catwalks of the French capital, the autumn-winter 2025/2026 collections are on show. If no major news came from Milan, Paris promises to be full of events to keep an eye on. The most eagerly awaited...
(Super) wealthy luxury customers are supporting demands for exotic leathers. Prices are rising both because of processing costs and players in this specific segment, which has three target markets. First: leather goods. Second: footwear. Third: watchmaking (for straps). A magic moment for crocodile, ostrich and, also, for the growing demands for customization. At Lineapelle 105...
Luxury brands are increasing prices but reducing volumes. Meanwhile, Visonà is growing its turnover and providing work to subcontractors left behind by designer labels. This reflects a broader trend in the leather goods market, which in 2024 saw the rise of brands with a lower profile than luxury houses but offering exceptional craftsmanship. One such...
“Leather, gesture and space”. That’s the opening in the brochure of Bonastre, an accessible luxury leather goods’ brand based in Paris. Founded by Spanish designer Fernando Bonastre de Celis (in photo), the brand claims to produce and sell “essential leather items made to last”. The items are designed in Paris and then produced in Spain...
The winner of the 11th edition of the Craft the Leather competition is Asahi Sato, a student at the Hiko Mizuno College of Jewellery in Tokyo. His Roots and Modernity collection consists of three pairs of shoes that highlight the qualities of vegetable-tanned leather (pictured). The project, promoted by Consorzio Vera Pelle Italiana Conciata al […]
It’s the mechanism that accompanies every edition of Lineapelle. For good results at the fair to turn into good market results, the need is for samples to turn into orders. It has always been true, but it’s especially true for the 105th edition of the leather and materials fair for fashion and design, which closed...
Bare hides, raised grains, washed foils, and distressed finishes – naturalness is at the heart of this season’s trends. “We’re focusing on authenticity and a return to real leather, with minimal coatings”, says Viola Dalle Mese from the Montebello tannery’s booth. As Lineapelle wrapped up its 105th edition on 27 February, the dominant style direction...
“It’s too early to speak of a recovery”, explains Manola Santini of Malaspina, a company that has been making soles and bottoms in T.R. mono, two-color and tricolor since 1970 in Monte Urano. “But the positive sign after the first full day at Lineapelle we cannot deny, it seemed like we were back in the...
Many, many, too many call for a fashion without crocodile, lizard or snakes. Because it’s unsustainable, they say. And sometimes, as it happened with the recent London Fashion Week ban, they receive from the system unexpected and undeserved assists. But the point is that many, even too many, have no idea of the exotic leather […]
Some call it ugly chic, others see it as stripped-back glamour. One thing is certain: Prada always has something new to say. This was evident in its latest autumn/winter womenswear collection, unveiled Thursday, 27 February, in Milan. The creative partnership between Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons delved into the very concept of aesthetic canons. “We...
As the 105th edition of Lineapelle draws to a close at Rho Fiera, Milan Fashion Week’s autumn/winter 2025-2026 shows, running from 25 February to 3 March, are in full swing. Following Gucci’s first collection post-Sabato De Sarno, it was the turn of OTB’s fashion houses and Fendi to take centre stage. Renzo Rosso’s group delivered...
A meeting that, in some ways, resembles more than just sharing views and programs. Kering knocks at MIMIT, the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy, where last February 26 Minister Adolfo Urso welcomed the CEO of the French giant, François-Henri Pinault. Topic of discussion? Obvious: the criticality of the Italian luxury and fashion supply […]
