Pattern Group has a clear vision for the future and continues to invest to implement verticalized production capacities. Just a few days ago we reported the purchase, through its subsidiary (80%) S.M.T. Società Manifattura Tessile (SMT), of 100% of Umbria Verde Mattioli (UVM), which specializes in the production, processing and placement on the market of...
Recreating the mythical boot. The one that, on 31 July 1954, for the first time in history, reached the summit of K2. This will not just be an exercise in style for the students of the Politecnico Calzaturiero del Brenta. In other words, the aim of the 70 Years of K2 project is to make […]
The dismay of LHCA, the U.S. Leather Association, is shared by us. The association barely had the time to be pleased with Samsung’s choice for the Galaxy C55 – 5G smartphone in “premium leather,” as defined by the advertisement. That’s because it found out later that the coating is not real leather. “Friends from China“,...
Greater safeguards for the sector, to guarantee employment levels: that is the demand made by the European Union’s TCLF sector. The united fashion supply chain (Cotance for tanning, CEC for footwear, Euratex for textiles-clothing, and the trade union organization industriAll Europe) addressed the 7 actions for the 2025-2029 period. 2029 marks the election of the […]
Fakes are still a problem, and companies are investing to curb the phenomenon. The last to do so is OTB group, which will equip all Jil Sander, Maison Margiela, and Marni products with digital certificates of authenticity, starting with the fall/winter 2024/2025 collections. The announcement comes at the same time as a seizure of fake...
ICT offers its support. While, in general, the entire tanning industry is cheering for the New York State bill that, by regulating commercial labelling in the car market in order to protect the consumer, places a curb on the incorrect labelling of vegan alternatives to leather. The “Consumer protection and automotive transparency act”, in short,...
We would really like to know where these “cows bred for leather” are. Because, as always, we have no problem with those who develop new (so-called next gen) materials. So, we welcome Imperial College London’s project for a new fabric derived from bacterial cultivation: we await it at the market test (and before industrial scalability). […]
Five floors containing showrooms, production and logistics laboratories with the aim of expanding production capacity. Idee Partners is inaugurating a new 4,200-square-meter building at its Scandicci headquarters, one of the three production sites (along with Reggello and Bientina) making up Pattern Group’s leather goods hub. Already active, the new facility was created by buying and...
Gala Gloves, Artigiano del Guanto, Andreano and Gargiulo Leather are part of the newly founded Rete Chiroteca. They have one goal: to defend the glove-making art by taking it into the future. In other words: to save gloves. To achieve this, they have received support from Lineapelle, the Industrial Union of Naples and SSIP (Stazione...
It might seem a bold choice, but there is a bond between Christian Dior and Scotland. So strong that Maria Grazia Chiuri, director of the maison’s womenswear line, has chosen to present the Cruise 25 collection precisely at Drummond Castle, not far from Gleneagles Hotel, the place where Monsieur Dior organised in 1955 a […]
An evening in Rome, a fashion show at sunset and leather as the main character of the Phygital Sustainability Expo, an event that has been questioning sustainability and green transition for five years. Leather gained such relevant spot thanks to the exhibition and workshops offered by Unic-Lineapelle, but also by virtue of the speech (left...
The Washington Post could not be more straightforward than this: the so-called “veg leather” (an inadmissible commercial expression) “is not as sustainable as you think”. And in the article’s headline alone there are two pieces of news for us. First, a stance that leaves no room for doubt: the alternatives to leather are not as...
There is a political tussle taking place in the federal region of the Northern Territory. An odd one, we might add. Because the starting point of the conflict is tied to the regulations for the conservation of crocodiles, an endangered species in the 1970s: they worked so well that there are now 100,000 in the […]
Inflation and cost of living in 2023 kept the global footwear market in check, and they have also made themselves felt in the early months of 2024. It’s no coincidence that the cost of goods and raw materials continued to be the top concern for industry players responding to the latest edition of the World...
Key word: handmade. Sebago is launching its limited edition “Artisan Collection” thanks to its collaboration with tannery Opera of Santa Croce sull’Arno. This collection starts by bringing together the know-how of the artisans of the Turin-based brand, famous for its boat shoes, with the Tuscan company specializing in suede and reversed leathers. The goal: “To...
In terms of sales volume, leather Birkenstocks beat those with synthetic uppers. And resoundingly, too. According to data held by the German brand controlled by L Catterton, sales of leather sandals rose by 68% while those with synthetic uppers increased by “only” 22%. Considerations came in the conference call with analysts to comment on the […]
On the white granite blocks of the Museum of Art Pudong in Shanghai, the space-time journey of Balenciaga’s Spring 2025 collection is staged. Demna Gvasalia, the brand’s creative director, proves once again that he is the only one who uses fashion as a tool for criticism, while being totally at ease with the system. A...
A new, modern and efficient tannery in Morocco. That’s the goal of the deal signed, valid from 2025 to 2029, that Nuti Ivo Group ratified on May 28 in Rabat with the Minister of Industry and Trade, Ryad Mezzour. The commitment allows the Tuscan holding, which already has a partnership in Morocco with Shihara tannery...
Volfoni presents itself. The new tanning reality – born from the collaboration between Volpi Concerie, Tannerie Haas and Campelli (as we reported here) launches an invitation to recruit new employees. Objective: to include them in a training programme that the company is organising for the month of September. The training project is called M’Astri Nascenti...
Looking beyond the crisis, that’s the focus of Mirko Balsemin (president of the Tanning Section of Confindustria Vicenza) while discussing the economic tunnel the Italian tanning industry finds itself in, along with the leather sector. A long and dangerous tunnel that risks of eroding “the full potential” of tanneries, including those in the Veneto region....
