Ducati and Poltrona Frau together under the banner of leather. This Business Unit Interiors in Motions division of Poltrona Frau created a special limited and numbered edition of the XDiavel Nera model: only 500 made. The most iconic part? The motorcycle seat, in leather, of course. Together under the banner of leather The new Ducati […]
During the show’s three days (22-24 February), the public from 31 countries discovered the Spring – Summer 2023 collections of the 960 exhibitors. The 99th edition of Lineapelle closed with 13,000 visitors. The pavilions of Fieramilano Rho showed the liveliness of a proactive fashion industry in search of new normality after the shock of the […]
The new normality is presented at Lineapelle, which today, Thursday 24 February, closes the doors of its 99th edition.. Two years of pandemic, say the exhibitors, are bringing order to the markets, which are transversally aligning the demand towards more natural products. The context, therefore, seems favourable to leather, which is riding on the desire […]
Sustainability and innovation for a future to be imagined. This is the heart of the Lineapelle x Hyundai Transys project, presented on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022, to a large audience during the first day of Lineapelle 99, taking place at Fieramilano Rho. A seat for (future) regenerative mobility, made with sustainable leather, innovative materials and...
“When we took over Louis Vuitton in 1987 it had 3 workshops. Since then, its sales volume has multiplied by 30”. This is a passage from the speech of Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH, during the inauguration, on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, of 2 new leather workshops specialising in the use of exotic leathers in […]
The scenario is, of course, favorable, because Hermès’ last financials were quite positive: “In 185 years we never experienced this level of growth”, commented Axel Dumas. The interesting thing is that what may be perceived by outside eyes as a negative aspect (like the performance of its leather goods’ division), it really isn’t so for the...
From the production for Hermès to the sale of machinery. Cabot tannery in Fougères, France, is closing its doors for good after more than a century of activity. On Thursday, February 24, all movable property owned by the company will go to auction. For example: leather stocks, equipment and furniture. French tannery Cabot is closing […]
When will the rush to produce in Turkey end? In recent months, the obstacles encountered by the Asian supply chain (China and Vietnam in particular) have led many European (non-luxury) brands to divert part or all of their footwear and leather goods production to Turkey. Turkey is already a “super” supplier in the clothing segment....
Lineapelle returns to Fieramilano Rho, from tomorrow, Tuesday 22 February, to Thursday 24, to present the trends for Spring Summer 2023 (click here for registration). It is back with over 950 exhibitors (two-thirds of them Italian) from 31 countries, 30% more than the September 2021 edition, the last one held in attendance. About 500 tanneries […]
For once, Hermès didn’t deliver on the expectations. The 4th quarter sales of the leather goods and saddlery division, worth about half of the brand’s total, decreased by 5.4% at constant rates, compared to the same period of 2020. Double the decrement that analysts had forecasted, and an opposite trend to the positive one experienced […]
Everything is ready for Lineapelle 99, scheduled from Tuesday 22 to Thursday 24, February, 2022, at Fieramilano Rho (click here for registration). More than 950 exhibitors will be present, who will have the task of declining the stylistic stimuli that the Lineapelle Fashion Committee has developed for the summer season 2023 and that, in a […]
The 99th edition of Lineapelle, scheduled from Tuesday 22nd to Thursday 24th, February, 2022, at Fieramilano Rho (click here for registration), is all about sustainability. Sustainability interpreted in the light of a series of new generation keywords. For example, such as “responsible innovation”, which underpins the A New Point of Materials project (Hall 11). Or, […]
The green trend of the luxury segment and fashion manufacturers, along with the parameters to understand the sustainability of leather. Maison, exhibiting and cultural center of excellence of Intertek, organized with Lineapelle (reference fair for fashion system materials that will take place in Fieramilano Rho (22-24 February), a webitorial on the matter for brands and operators....
From Turkey to Italy. Yesim Karaman founded leather goods brand Agneel in 2016 in Berlin. The brand was born with sustainability among its values, and has always used Italian leathers. In recent years, it has outsourced production partly to Italian leather goods producers and partly to workshops in the Turkish city of Izmir. But now...
The latest example is the Tiffany ball, which you can see in the image on the left. We are talking about what the media describe as “a growing affinity of luxury for style in basketball“. The turning point came (as it happens…) when Virgil Abloh developed the Louis Vuitton x NBA capsule collection at the...
The revenue of American leather grows. LHCA (Leather and Hide Council of America) stated that the export of raw hides for the tanning industry in 2021 grew by 28% on yearly basis in volume and by +67% in value. In the same period, wet blue recorded a +53% on both fronts. Raw material performances US leather […]
The next frontier of sustainability is responsible innovation. A frontier to which Lineapelle 99, February 22-24, will make a further qualitative leap. How? By hosting the second edition of A New Point of Materials. That is: “the space, imagined and built in collaboration with C.L.A.S.S. Ecohub and Orietta Pelizzari, where to host and present an […]
A double event. While Lineapelle 99 (February 22-24) and the women’s fashion shows of Milan Fashion Week (February 22-28) are underway in Milan, Spazio Lineapelle is once again the stage for the project Questione di Pelle. How? With “an urban fashion show and a video mapping performance on the buildings in the historic centre”. The […]
It took a while and the process is far from over, because it’s still too easy to find enthusiastic articles that claim that vegan initiatives are “green” just because they are “animal-free”. Yet, the media seems to have understood that vegan doesn’t mean sustainable, or that excluding leather (or wool or silk) from collections doesn’t...
It’s called UN Global Compact Network. The acronym is UNGCN and it’s “the world’s leading voluntary corporate citizenship initiative”, launched by the UN in 2000 to “promote sustainable development and good corporate citizenship”. Starting now, its supporters include Italian leather as well with UNIC – Italian Tanneries. UNIC enters the UN Global Compact The UN’s […]
