From foundation to black crisis, through tumultuous growth. All in little more than two years. The story of SAL pelletteria is as young as its two founders, brothers Salvatore (30) and Antonio (29) Laino. Who, in 2021, picking up the tradition of a family that has worked in leather manufacturing for five generations, set up...
Gucci and Sabato De Sarno return to the Triennale for the Spring/Summer 2025 fashion show. The collection presented on 20 September 2024 is not so different from past ones, but once again outlines a method. Attention to detail, whispered glamour and accessories that will hopefully become iconic. It is now clear that a revival operation...
Bottega Veneta, Ferragamo, Bally: at Milan Fashion Week, brands are in a quiet version and above all, they focus on product: lots of product, no fussing. This is the leitmotif of the collections that crowded Milan’s fashion kermesse, which left the baton to Paris (scheduled from 23 September to 1 October). The last to show...
Pierpaolo Piccioli is ready to return to work. Not at Chanel, where some counted him among the candidates, but at the helm of Fendi. The news is not yet official, but rumors are strong and insistent. Rumors causing even more questions to arise: who will they entrust Chanel to? And how will Kim Jones be...
“At the table opened with the government, we are thinking about requesting more extensive social shock absorbers from January, similar to those implemented during the Covid emergency”. Talking to Il Sole24Ore, Claudia Sequi, owner of Pelletterie Claudia and president of Assopellettieri, just rattles off a few numbers to explain why the Italian manufacturing fabric industry […]
The American Embassy in London hosted the celebration of the fourth edition of Real Leather. Stay Different: International Student Design Competition. Here’s who won. Who won the fourth edition Four categories. Four winners, plus one. In other words: one of them received the “prize of prizes.” Here is who won. Apparel: Mor Elfassy (Shenkar College...
Supply chain stress also strikes Spain: there is no rescue for Tenerías Omega. The Villatuerta tannery has decided that the only possible conclusion, to the current situation, is to close the business, with the consequent dismissal of all 79 employees, who will be laid off starting September 2 until December 31. In Navarre In Villatuerta,...
Over 9,000 admissions for Simac Tanning Tech, with a significant share of attendance coming from abroad. The synergy with Lineapelle is working. What doesn’t work, but it’s not news, is the market. On the basis of these considerations, the 50th edition of the fair organized by Assomac nevertheless managed to draw a positive furrow. The […]
104 editions and one certainty: to be for the supply chain “an investment in the future”. Lineapelle, which ended on Thursday, September 19, at Fiera Milano Rho, knew it had to deal with an economic situation “characterised by complex uncertainty and structural forecasting difficulties”. And, perhaps, precisely for this reason – in a sort of...
The suspicion was sound (very sound), but now, as people say, science confirms it: the European Commission, by including cow hides among the commodities subject to the EUDR regulation, will not save trees. Not a single one. For the simple reason that, as the study by the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa has shown, tanning...
Cotance, which has promoted the project since 2022, and its partners, can rejoice: The Leather Traceability Cluster, which met at Lineapelle 104 (pictured), is close to reaching the goal. The shared agreement (and subsequent verification) on the essential requirements and means of verification to trace the origin of leather may be finalized by the end […]
The vintage look never goes out of fashion; on the contrary, it comes back. It seems a truism, but it is not. The cyclical nature of fashion is an established phenomenon, but the return to retro, to materials and workmanship that simulate the use and signs of time, is a real trend. And this becomes...
If the recovery of the fashion market will come – as many say – from the very tip of the iceberg, (the high-end segment) the niche of exotic leather could be the first to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Yes, because in the polarization of the luxury market, the use of...
It seems the market has convinced those at Tesla to start using leather again. A few gathered clues tell us that Elon Musk’s automaker (which abandoned the material in 2015 by opening up to the nonsense equivalence that “the electric car is better if it’s vagan”) is already using the material and that, in the...
Israeli Tamar Elbaz triumphs at the 30th edition of the International Lab of Mittelmoda – the fashion award 2024. She won both the overall first prize and the “Italian Leather” prize offered by Lineapelle. Leather featured in her collection, as well as in those of the young students and aspiring designers. The contest “The contest...
The brands are there, and in some cases they talk of stable production levels by 2025. But the scenario, with the exception of the most successful companies, does not allow for an immediate recovery in the international high-end market. That is why, at Lineapelle 104, osmotic relationships between large and small entities are appearing. The...
Tanneries and brands dialogue together, and that is business. But it is also creative. And so in the pavilions of Lineapelle 104 (Fieramilano Rho, 17-19 September) the economic uncertainty is translated into a stylistic proposal centred on naturalness. In some ways it is also an investment. “Since luxury brands have focused on elevating their product...
“The real superpower of leather is telling the truth”. This is the best way to promote leather in the world. This is the word of someone who has made storytelling a mission and who, with this approach, has managed to acquire hundreds of thousands of followers. We can call them “leather influencers”, and are the...
For Italy’s leather goods segment, the first half of the year was one of suffering. During the period, turnover fell 10% and industrial production plummeted 19%. The worst datapoint is related to June: -26.4%. Use of layoffs grows, while firms and number of employees shrink. The market hopes (but doesn’t expect) for a recovery in...
Hermès opened a new leather goods factory in Riom (Puy-de-Dôme) on Friday 13. This is the 23rd production site in France where, since 2010, it has opened 12 workshops. And it doesn’t end there. Three new openings are planned for the next few years. In 2025 in L’Isled’Espagnac (Charente). In 2026 in Loupes (Gironde) and...
