It’s worth repeating: vegan materials aren’t leather’s heirs. Nor are they an evolution. It’s too bad that this time the message must be for Les Echos, French news source that it’s supposed to be knowledgeable when it comes to fashion (given it has been owned by LVMH since 1999). In an article about the history...
Who can claim to be happy after having bought a 40,000-euro car (cheapest option)and having found out its vegan interiors are destined to slowly and relentlessly break and disintegrate? A recent article by online auto magazine Auto Evolution reported the disappointment of Tesla’s clients for the performances of the cars’ interiors: “They break, melt and...
Back to Tokyo. Consorzio Vera Pelle Italiana Conciata al Vegetale goes back to Japan after the interruption caused by the pandemic, with an event dedicated “to vegetable-tanned leather and its sustainable characteristics”. Last May 18th the event Welcome to 2050 took place inside the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo. The day focused on the material and the […]
History and leather, value and beauty intertwining in one of the most precious instruments of scientific development: Galileo Galilei’s binocular. One of the two unique binoculars is covered in leather and located inside Florence’s Museo Galileo – Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, where we went to see it. Galileo’s binocular Between history and […]
“LVMH Métiers d’Art is proud to announce its entry, as the majority partner, into the Nuti Ivo SpA Group, an extraordinary Italian company specialising in leather products since 1955”. This was announced in a note by the French luxury goods giant, making official the acquisition of “one of the most prominent leaders in the international […]
Chanel plans on making new acquisitions and hiring 5,000 new employees, thanks to the outstanding performances obtained. Even if it paused the development of e-commerce, hospitality and male fashion line, the French brand, according to international press, reached a revenue of 17.2 billion USD in 2022 (Le Figaro even writes 17.2 billion euro). Half of...
Hermès’ turnover went from 3.76 billion in 2013 to 11.6 billion in 2022. The revenue generated by the Accessories and Saddlery division grew, in the same period, from 1.63 billion to 4.96 billion. It never reneged on product quality and kept positioning very high. That’s why Hermès’ ultra-luxury boom is featured in a dedicated monography...
It has not and will not. LVMH does not give up leather and fur, despite a lot of pressure from the vegan world over the years. And it does so for two good reasons: because it prefers to invest in quality and supply chain efficiency. And because the so-called alternatives are nothing but plastic. This...
“The industrial project remains unvaried. The news, in terms of operations, is that new capital is on the way to make new industrial investments. We are creating new warehouses, developing R&D projects and we will make new acquisitions”. Attila Kiss (on the left in photo from Imagoeconomica), CEO of Gruppo Florence, comments to La Conceria the operation...
The oldest saddle in the world? It comes from China, thanks to the latest archaeological discovery in the north-west of the country. The artefact can be dated between 700 and 400 BC. The saddle, found in the Yangahai cemetery, has been preserved for almost 2,700 years, in the heart of a region characterised by a […]
Balenciaga: Italian new recruits will receive 25% more than the National Collective Bargaining Agreement. In the race to attract talent, the brand from Kering’s stable makes a major leap forward. Allowances for travel and overtime work are also increased, as is welfare. And that’s not all: for the first time “the Balenciaga contract” will include […]
A design festival in an international metropolis. The reached goal was to explain leather to a new target. The festival is called Clerkenwell Design Week, held in London, and the Italian ambassadors for leather during May 23rd were UNIC – Italian Tanneries and Lineapelle. Clerkenwell Design Week Clerkenwell Design Week lasted 3 days and welcomed […]
Men’s fashion: less trainers and more bags. Style trends and luxury brands are racing in this direction. The backpack boom seems to be over, leaving room in the male wardrobe for unisex models and specially designed bags. Starting in 2018, with the exploit of streetwear, the bag has slowly conquered the male wardrobe. Retailers confirm...
Growing in the USA and Asia and increasing online sales. These are the priorities of Paolo Porta (in photo) after one week as the new CEO of the British leather goods’ brands Smythson, which has been in the hands of Italian group Tivoli since 2009. In the FY that closed on March 31st, Smythson recorded...
Passion, pandemic, project. These are the 3 Ps that represent Custom Business, founded in 2000 in San Bonifacio (Verona) by Vito Di Lorenzo. The entrepreneur (born in 1977) launched a brand to show young people and himself that a business plan can do wonders, even if the capital available is low. Now Custom Business has a team of...
Even independent brands are growing, as is shown by the results published by Alviero Martini Prima Classe, La Martina and MooRER, all experiencing double-digit growth. Results providing the possibility to plan for further expansions. Alviero Martini double-digit “We closed 2022 with a revenue of 52 million euro (55% leather goods and 26% shoes). We have grown 20% on […]
What do the Amerigo Vespucci‘s Book of Honour and the oldest Hebrew Bible have in common? Leather. The first tome was made by the Scriptorium Foroiuliense of Udine, which donated it to the Amerigo Vespucci training ship before its departure. At least one hundred leathers were used by the scribe who, around 900, wrote the […]
69% of Americans don’t know how much plastic they wear. And Stella McCartney, one of the biggest pioneers of the use of natural fibres in fashion, is surprised. Let’s rewind the tape. The figure emerges from a survey by Protein Evolution, the vegan designer’s partner in the creation of fabrics in her collections from the...
In the Everglades, the swampy area in South Florida, tanning is coming to solve the problem of invading pythons. Yes, because ever since someone (probably private owners) released pythons from Burma into the wild in the early 1980s, the ecosystem of the US region has been overwhelmed by the voracity of the Asian reptile. The...
Here we go again: KIA eliminates leather from new cars and substitutes it for bio-polyurethane and the promise to invest in “new bio-materials”. The position of the brand part of the Hyundai Motor Company group comes with the presentation of the EV9 model. The decision is based on the general pretense that this move is...
