No renouncement, but simply higher supervision. According to international press, Hermès invests in Australia: here, in fact, the fashion house has recently bought out a plot of land where they are planning to build a crocodile factory farm. Reportedly the brand has signed such millionaire-worth deal in partnership with Mick Burns, one of the industry’s […]
The master of counterfeiting is in trouble. In fact, the Public Prosecutor’s office in Paris has accused a French leather goods manufacturer of producing and marketing fake Birkin bags for over 20 years. The prosecuting counsels have been investigating, besides him, 26 more people, including 9 former employees of Hermès, the fashion house which designed […]
Red meat slows down in the United States. In contrast, it is gearing up for a boost in Brazil. Current data on cattle slaughtering evidence an ongoing downturn: it comes as no surprise in the United States, where 2020 trend is running negative. For the records, in October such trend was like that in the […]
How Gucci will be: products, markets, climate and carte blanche (or almost) to Alessandro Michele. Despite the numbers of the third quarter highlighting the delay of the brand compared to competitors, CEO Marco Bizzarri displays confidence. And prepare the celebrations, because in 2021 Gucci will turn 100 years old. Bizzarri displays confidence In a long […]
Chanel adjusts prices of its products for the second time in 2020. Capri Holdings is also retouching, gradually and with discretion, the price tags of footwear and accessories of Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors. Will other brands follow in its wake? Chanel adjusts its prices At Chanel, they explain that the price increase is “the […]
“It is the first product of a green family that will expand soon”. These are the words by Premiata’s Moreno Cerioni. The brand from Marche launched the first circular sneaker by virtue of a choice that directly involves the Evolo project of Tuscan tannery Sciarada. Let’s see how and why. The first circular sneaker Sneakers […]
China traveling at a good speed. Furniture working. The automotive starting again. Unfortunately, CRV is not yet a thing of the past, but these first positive signs make Antonio Battaglia, director of Silvateam‘s Leather Business Unit, optimistic. A positivity that also opens the market to new experiences and opportunities. For example, those that the group […]
A new factory which is going to extend across 10,000 square metres. In addition, an in-house training centre. On top of that, they are planning to hire 300 employees. Balenciaga is about to open its first manufacturing hub in Italy, namely at Cerreto Guidi, 40 kilometres far from Florence. The fashion house, which belongs to […]
Tuscany magnetizes. If brands want to manufacture bags and leather goods, they will end up coming to the outskirts of Florence. Starting from Scandicci, factories and plants extend towards the Leather Cluster and further up to other directions as well (Arezzo, for example). As if here (and, as a matter of fact, that is the...
This is the latest news about the so-called “case of leather standing up against the Higg Index”. At the beginning of October, global leather tanning industry joined forces and asked SAC (Sustainable Apparel Coalition) for the suspension of the Higg Materials Sustainability Index (MSI) regarding score which applies to leather. In practice: looking at the environmental […]
Luxury brands that want to break into the Chinese market need influencers. But not because customers of the People’s Republic respond, as if by automatism, to their buying advice. But because influencers represent real bridges, cultural and authoritative, between Western brands and Chinese public opinion. Adrian Cheng, tycoon at the head of a group with […]
Bottega Veneta is (more and more) in the spotlight. Its performance in the third quarter of the year was amazing: +20.7% at fixed rates of exchange. The fashion brand, which is part of Kering group, took centre stage again last year thanks to Pouch bags, décolleté square toe shoes and trench coats designed by new creative […]
An ongoing manufacturing transformation. Besides that, a financial evolution planning now. Calzaturificio Gallucci keeps changing and looks ahead to the future. After suffering from a downturn, for a few years, in 2020, despite the pandemic, the company headquartered in Monte Urano (in the province of Fermo) will enjoy an increase in its overall revenues. Such...
If you want to know everything about footwear, you will end up coming over to Italy. Here you will fall in love with materials, bags and shoes. Moreover, if you are planning to launch a quality brand, you will never stop making use of leather made in Italy. Several young fashion designers, and their stories, […]
SICIT positive trend keeps up. At the end of the first 9 months of 2020, the revenues of the company headquartered in Arzignano enjoyed an increase by 11.5% compared to 2019. Earnings have been pretty much growing in all geographical areas. As regards products overall, the ones that had been suffering from a downturn in […]
Portuguese tanners, as well, decided to stand up to safeguard the “leather” term. The top managers of APIC (Associação Portuguesa dos Industriais de Curtumes) sent a letter to their own Government in order to provide the Leather Authenticity issue with European importance. In fact, on 1st January 2021, it will begin Portugal’s EU presidency, which […]
Indeed, this is an indirect and unintended give-and-take, not less or little relevant though. Speaking from the virtual columns of Fashion United, Claudia Pievani, Miomojo, a vegan fashion Lombard brand, has come up with on leather ridiculous issue: “There are no more excuses to make use of it”. May we ask why? Simply because one […]
Hit by CRV crisis? Not here. In France ARCO is hiring. The luxury leather goods manufacturer, headquartered in Châtellerault, is enjoying a positive business trend. Such good results are driven by orders submitted by Louis Vuitton, for which they work as a contractor, as much as by the Chinese market recovery. Things are going great […]
It must leave the hands free. Having a price that is not exaggeratedly high. It must be of a known brand. This is the identikit of a winning bag, especially among younger generations, in China as well as in the USA. The latest data from the brand (July-September quarter) show a recovery in revenue and...
The battle goes on. In fact, the attempt to reach an out-of-court settlement between Mario Valentino and Valentino has failed. Now the lawyers of the parties, not intending to try again, are asking the Court to reach an initial decision. After that, they will understand if and how to (re) activate. The casus belli After […]
