Gucci raises the bar and bets on Sinner to relaunch its image. It is nothing new for Jannik Sinner to act as testimonial for the Kering Group fashion house. But this time the clay court champion returns to the court wearing a white leather duffle bag made in collaboration with HEAD, the sports brand historically […]
Rafting Goldstar wins the legal battle against Birkenstock. Germany’s Supreme Court has rejected the German brand’s appeal (hinging on an alleged procedural defect) and ordered it to pay retribution. This event ends a nine-year legal battle in courts halfway across Europe. Meanwhile, Louboutin and Vinci Leather are reaching a settlement agreement to resolve the legal […]
If there is one brand that works, at least in style – and in numbers – it is Louis Vuitton. One only has to look at the Cruise collection presented on Thursday, 23 May, in Barcelona to understand why. Much of the credit goes to Nicolas Ghesquière, creative director of the women’s line, who has...
In a recent report, McKinsey urges luxury brands not to abandon aspirational consumers, because they are still strategic. But, in what sense? We read from many quarters that only the very highest luxury is growing, because its target audience is immune to the lash of inflation. Why does McKinsey think otherwise? One has to be...
Bottega Veneta chooses Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel in Venice to attract VICs. Here, the Kering portfolio’s brand will elevate the level of experience offered to its wealthiest customers. The new space has already been renamed Palazzo Bottega Veneta and will open in June. Curating the entire operation is creative director Matthieu Blazy. The announcement in […]
One-million-euro investment for Vivolo. Objective: to implement the new plant and open up to new business areas. The Bologna-based company founded in 1977, leader in the production of leather accessories (and not only) for clothing, leather goods and footwear, strengthens to grow (further) these last two product destinations. It does so with a new dedicated...
Wasn’t the leather goods segment in crisis? Judging from some of the news that – periodically – break in France, it would seem that the only one in that state is the Italian one. For example, two months ago, an announcement was made by Manufacture du Cœur des Vosges (MCV), which belongs to Groupe SIS, […]
Sportswear giants react to the market downturn. Nike and Under Armour lay off, Adidas expands the range (and prices) of best-selling sneakers. With consumption contracting, competition in the sneaker landscape has grown and become bloodier. Big brands also have to contend with emerging competitors such as On, Brooks, Hoka and Lululemon. Here are their strategies...
When will the requirement for traceability (geolocation) of cattle and bovine hides be enforced? How responsible is a downstream operator in the supply chain for any due diligence statements on herd geolocations not complying with EUDR requirements made by those upstream? How can the entity verify whether a geolocation point is in a deforested area...
After the latest cruise collection presented in London, the fashion world is questioning where Gucci is going. And, even if the chair of creative director Sabato De Sarno still seems safe, the debate is inflamed, especially after the -20% drop in the brand’s revenues in the first quarter of 2024. A figure, according to Kering,...
Hedi Slimane‘s answer to those who keep saying he is leaving Celine is the new men’s collection. If it is going to be the farewell collection, then we will find out. Because according to rumours, his fate is hanging by a thread, but in the meantime he is presenting off the calendar, and with a […]
The assumption is that fast fashion is dramatic in terms of environmental and social impact, with its obscure supply chains in emerging economies. But, at least, it is affordable. Actually. It is not: research by Vestiaire Collective claims that a “fast fashion” product (a business model now competing with Chinese “instant fashion”, such as Shein’s) […]
We will remember it, as we wait to identify the most suitable adjective for 2024, as “the negative 2023“: the year in which the economy stopped rebounding from the pandemic, supply chains stopped, and consumption dropped. This balance sheet compiled by Leather UK, the English reference association for the segment, confirms that British tanning has […]
Leather is a natural product, it’s a fact. The tanning industry collects a by-product of the livestock industry and recovers it to make it into a material for the fashion industry. The biodegradability of leather is an added value, especially now that the fashion industry is moving toward eco-design because of increasing public awareness and...
The Aretine jewellery group Unoaerre, which in 2023 closed a consolidated turnover of around EUR 300 million, announces the birth of UnoGlam. The new company is dedicated to the processing of non-precious metals, in particular brass chains for the leather goods and bijoux sectors. The project kicks off as part of a “strategic business differentiation […]
Not even four months after he took office, Michael Burke‘s adventure at the top of LVMH Fashion Group (the division that brings together Celine, Givenchy and Loewe, among others) is at an end. It is an indiscretion that BoF gathers from insiders, and that the French luxury group does not confirm. So, there are many...
Darn China: Tod’s and Burberry are struggling in front of the Great Wall. In the first three months of the year, the British brand’s comparable sales in China fell 19%, the Italian group’s 21.1%. For both, leather goods basically held up. Negative performance for apparel at Burberry and footwear at Tod’s. Darn China In the...
Men’s fashion continues to grow. And, in percentage, it is growing more than women’s. It is a trend first emerged in 2023, and that will be confirmed this year by CNMI – National Chamber for Italian Fashion during the presentation of Milan Fashion Week Men’s, scheduled for June 14-18, 2024. Men’s fashion continues to grow...
A value that provides an understanding of the state of the art. And which, above all, offers an initial reference from which to proceed, with regards to the path of production process efficiency. Thanks to the research conducted by Cotance, as part of the Green Leather Deal, we know that on average the carbon footprint...
They have inflated the bubble with bombastic announcements, prestigious collaborations, and million-dollar funding. And now the bubble is about to burst: mycelium-based fabrics, the alternative materials to leather produced from the vegetative apparatus of fungi, are on the verge of bankruptcy. Future VVorld, an online platform that sympathetically follows next-gen materials and therefore cannot be...
