A crocodile farm in Pakistan. The investment has, claim the promoters, the dual goal of entering the international market for exotic leather and becoming an interesting phenomenon in the dynamics of local tourism. But the initiative, we note from the tanning perspective, comes when demand, especially from the lower segments, isn’t particularly dynamic. Pakistani initiative […]
Italian shoes too expensive for Germans? The year 2024 confirmed the crisis of Made in Italy footwear in Germany. From January to November, according to numbers provided by the German association HDS/L, imports of Italian footwear amounted to 828 million euros, down 20% from 2023. While on the other hand, overall, the drop in German […]
The fact that Italy is the new top customer instead of France, can be seen in the positive 2024 of the Spanish footwear segment. Thanks to increased purchases from the country, a trend that has already emerged in the balance of the first 9 months, Spanish exports in the January-November period are growing year-on-year, along...
From tenniscore to soccercore. Former Portuguese world football star Luìs Figo, winner of the Ballon D’Or in 2000, has embarked on a new entrepreneurial adventure with the brand LF Luìs Figo. In a total look collection, the flagship product is trainers. All products and materials are Made in Italy. Not a hobby “For Luìs, this...
Marianne Faithfull and John Sutcliffe redefined the role of leather in costume. They did so with the movie The Girl on a Motorcycle. She acted alongside Alain Delon. He designed the catsuit worn by the actress and musician, who died on Thursday 30 January, aged 78. A scandalous movie for its time and with a […]
While some of our sources close to the company tell us that Maria Grazia Chiuri would be in pole position to become the new creative director of Fendi’s Women’s division, as of today, Kim Jones is no longer the creative director of Dior Homme. Jones had arrived at Dior in 2018, after a long experience […]
It was Alessandro Michele’s haute couture debut. It was Alessandro Michele’s haute couture debut for Valentino. On Wednesday, 29 January, we got a glimpse of what Michele plans to do with Valentino’s boundless assets. The creative director of the Roman brand, who had already presented a collection in September, ventured into haute couture for the...
“We lost it 10 years ago when we raised prices”. The phrase comes from Andrea Baldo, CEO of Mulberry. Who is now reducing them so that the British brand can carve out its slice of the market in the space left empty by luxury, the one around 800 to 1,500 euros for a leather handbag. […]
Denim specialist Tramarossa is making its debut in the world of leather clothing. The opportunity comes from the collaboration between the Sarcedo (Vicenza)-based company and Abarth, presented at the last edition of Pitti Uomo in Florence. The capsule collection, dedicated to the initiative, features a leather jacket. A material that serves as the background in...
Dynamism and diversification. If you stand still “you risk being crushed”. This is the answer to the crisis in the fashion sector according to Bottega del Cuoio (Casandrino), a Neapolitan company specialising in the handcrafted production of leather belts with a history spanning four generations. The business was founded in 1950 by the founder Mario...
Bangladesh, tug-of-war between workers and tanners. The first are striking because they want a new minimum wage to be implemented. But since Nov. 21, company owners have been putting off the issue, arguing that the increase is unsustainable: it could cause most businesses to close. The tug-of-war Workers from several tanneries in the Savar industrial […]
The clash between the thunderous, cacophonous animal rights barking and the seriousness of the tanning arguments in the New York microcosm. A few days apart, two episodes are taking place in the streets of the Big Apple, saying a lot about how impervious the communication world is. On the one hand, the tragicomic veg feud...
At Lineapelle New York (29 – 30 January) the test of a super-significant market for the leather and fashion industry. A market that, in the light of Donald Trump‘s re-election, is reforming itself. At the two-day event in Manhattan, exhibitors are asking for the necessary coordinates and inspirations to understand American directions. American inspirations It […]
Paris is well worth a mass, perhaps. This is the motto with which we could sum up what was seen on the men’s catwalks of Paris Fashion Week (scheduled from 21 to 26 January). No striking debuts (despite the armchair waltz) and many confirmations. From Rick Owens, who pays homage to Concordia sulla Secchia, a...
Recupero Responsabile Rivoluzionario (Revolutionary Responsible Recovery, ed.). In short RERERI. From the acronym of these three key words comes the name of the new leather goods brand founded by Franco Gabbrielli (former president of Assopellettiere and owner of Gab). The idea is to “create quality products with a reduced impact on the planet” and is...
Barely a few weeks have passed since the appeal by slaughterhouses in the province of Santa Fe, but Milei’s government decided to leverage the opening and announced the cancellation of duties on the export of tanning raw material. With a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Deregulation Minister Federico Sturzenegger, the Casa Rosada is set […]
Inflation and high interest rates in export markets, as well as record numbers of imported shoes and the spread of counterfeit products. These were the problems of the Turkish leather industry in 2024, which closed with -18% in exported value. The Turkish government has intervened and associations representing the leather industry are hopeful for this […]
Will Bernard Arnault’s friendship with Donald Trump save luxury? A dense network of relationships, lobbying, contributions and multimillion-dollar donations by luxury companies to the newly elected US president and his circle of loyalists had already been in place many months before the presidential election. These are not political choices, but economic ones, to protect sales,...
An immediate recovery for luxury handbags is not to be expected right away. Nor the one of the Chinese market. In fact, according to The Independents’ “Luxury’s Great Reset” report, by 2027 purchases of luxury handbags will decline 13.69%. In China, the decline will be equal to -16.95%. This assessment is aligned with Bain’s forecast...
If after Richemont’s good quarterly report we titled “rejoicing”, now we have to say that joys are doubling. Because Burberry too recorded a performance that was by no means splendid, but better than expected. The drop in sales in the last quarter of 2024 was a third of what analysts had expected: -4% compared to […]
