“We have gained great satisfaction from leather”. So says Davide Muto, sales manager of AT.P.CO, the longest-lived brand of Golden Season Fashion Industry, a company based in Erbusco (Brescia). The other brands controlled by the group are After Label and Skills & Genes. In addition to outerwear, Golden Season also offers leather shirts, trousers and...
From grandfather to nephews. From Naples’ city center to Nola’s CIS. Common denominator: specialized production. Meaning: leather jackets. In order to diversify a business fixed on third-party manufacturing, Aldo D’Agostino (28 years old, on the left in photo) and his brother Fabio , 25 years old (on the right), created their own brand in 2019: Dfour. […]
A “woven” challenge. Intreccincantiere number 9, the competition for young designers devised by Manifattura di Domodossola in collaboration with Lineapelle and the Banco BPM Group, has come to an end. As every year, under-30 students from fashion and design schools from all over the world are called upon to create artefacts using weaving, a skilful […]
In the USA, for customers who buy shoes not only on the basis of price, leather is a key element. So much so, that they often explicitly request it. And all this, despite the fact that the sovereignty of the trainers still seems to be firmly established, and the return to the formal shoes seems...
The trend that plays a watershed role is athleisure. For better or worse, it is it who influences not only the footwear market, but also handbag purchases. Especially in the United States, as a recent survey by Circana, a company formed by the merger of IRI (Information Resources Inc) and The NPD Group, explains. Who...
No, the message is not “small is still beautiful”. Rather, Roberto Costa, head of global luxury and fashion investment banking at Citi, wants to make it clear that there is no single way to grow. Even in the current market scenario, a fashion SME can believe in a development path to be followed independently. To […]
Chloé prepares to say goodbye to Gabriela Hearst. The brand owned by Richemont hired stylist Chemena Kamali to guide a study of parallel design. The operation has the goal of giving continuity to the brand while waiting for the departure of Hearst, who according to indiscretions, should be leaving after the September fashion show. Kamali...
“If I were to win the lottery? I would invest in communication”. Marco Campomaggi, leader of Campomaggi & Caterina Lucchi with his wife Caterina, has no doubt. The company headquartered in San Carlo di Cesena, controls 3 leather goods brands: Campomaggi, Caterina Lucchi and Gabs. The group, which employs about 90 people, is investing to grow in the...
“Don’t think large, think grand”. That the comment of Pietro Beccari, CEO of LV. He explained that “To go far, we need to take risks and not be afraid”. Right after the debut of Pharrell Williams as creative director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear, Beccari speaks of the choice to select the musician, which has neither...
The metamorphosis of Atelier Lava. Founded in 1968 in Bologna by Giuseppe Lava, it was sold in 2004 to Veronica Castelli, an employee of the same company. Veronica gave her own approach. She stopped working for third parties and, within six months, found customers to sell under her own brand. In 2020, the company that...
Loyalty to one’s identity pays off. “The market rewards us because we have not lost ourselves after trainers”, says Gianni Giannini (pictured right, with his brother Gerry), CEO of Doucal’s. The company in Montegranaro (Fermo) is turning 50 and changing its home. In 2024 the new headquarters will be ready, the result of a multi-million...
Leather, precious and used in many shades, is among the fashion solutions on show at Pitti Bimbo, an event that opened on Wednesday, 21 June, and continued until Friday, 23 June, at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence. Colours, light-heartedness and playfulness are the ingredients of the three-day event that sees 230 brands present, 75% […]
Burberry and Gucci won their legal battles. While the letter “S” continues to generate controversy between Skechers and Steve Madden. The distinctive sign of a brand cannot be used in any product. Even those not sold by the luxury brand itself. That’s the decision of the court that sided with Gucci (for the green-red-green combination) and Burberry (for […]
Presentations, talks, company visits and tradeshows. Assomac presents the next edition of UITIC, the international footwear congress taking place between Vigevano and Milan (19-22 September): “Italy is back to hosting the event for the first time in almost 25 years (last time in Fermo 1999) – states Maria Vittoria Brustia, president of Assomac –. Proud moments for...
It is called The Dream Workshop. It is the “first widespread edutainment project on costume”, as a note states. It will be staged from Saturday, 24 June 2023, within the new edition of the Festival Dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. A project developed by Fabiana Giacomotti (costume historian and editor of Foglio della Moda) and […]
A spectacular fashion show. Pharrell Williams‘ debut as creative director of Louis Vuitton Homme left everyone breathless. The Parisian fashion show turned the spotlight on Pont Neuf at sunset (on Tuesday, 20 June 2023) and involved a true parade of stars. From Zendaya to Beyoncé, from Jay Z to Jared Leto. Then: Kim Kardashian, Lebron […]
The lesson of Milan fashion week teaches us freedom of expression, contamination and tailoring. Milan Fashion Week closed with important confirmations, making way for the Paris fashion shows (20-25 June). Menswear proves (once again) that it is pushing in two directions: the fluidity of style that “trespasses” on women’s stylistic canons and the return to...
Price increases for Celine and Dior? Some rumours give them as imminent and, more than often, announcements of this kind have hit the mark. We have to see by how much and where, because luxury is applying differentiated and detailed increases according to products and markets. With an afterword: Louis Vuitton, in addition to the...
Damaged machinery, stocks of hides covered in sludge, flooded halls. There is also Curtume Minuano among the victims of the flood that hit the area of Lindolfo Collor, a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande Do Sul. This company, as reported by the local press, is close to the bank of the Arroio […]
The tanning segments of India and Bangladesh united by a series of challenges. A dangerous mix, given by decreasing exports, lack of certifications, plants’ positions, and the demand to reduce duties. The market for Tamil Nadu Let’s start with India. Here a 50% decrease in exports and internal demand for the tanneries of Tamil Nadu is […]
