After shoes and bags, Filograna now thinks about clothing

After shoes and bags, Filograna now thinks about clothing

After shoes and bags, the next step could be clothing. These are days of new beginnings for the owner of Leo Shoes, Antonio Filograna Sergio. There has been the start-up of leather goods production at the former Manifattura Tabacchi (tobacco factory, ed.) in Alessano. There was also the 100th commemoration anniversary of the birth of...

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Ferragni keeps growing (+115%): “My shares aren’t for sale”

Ferragni keeps growing (+115%): “My shares aren’t for sale”

Chiara Ferragni’s business keeps growing. Maybe that’s why the influencer doesn’t plan to leave any space to new shareholders. In 2022 the revenue growth from fashion activities was +115%. If we consider the retail value increase, the growth is +134%. In 2023 the enterprise expects a 17% increment. The first owned store Chiara Ferragni Collection...

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Why Dr. Martens preferred regenerated leather to veg materials

Why Dr. Martens preferred regenerated leather to veg materials

When all is said and done, regenerated leather fibre is better than veg materials. Dr. Martens wants to invest in sustainability. And after tests and analyses, it has come to the conclusion that greener than the latest alternative proposals, however much they may be cloaked in “bio-based” novelties, is the good old recycled material made […]

Do you really think you can talk with them?

Do you really think you can talk with them?

The matter is difficult. Because many brands, large and small, believe it’s possible to talk with radical vegans. It’s worse: they believe they can get along with the vegans’ values, effectively making their wishes come true (via banning fur, certain wool, exotic leather, and more), all while safeguarding their autonomy. It’s not the case: for […]

2,000-year-old shoes found: what do they remind you of?

2,000-year-old shoes found: what do they remind you of?

The discovery of some 2,000-year-old shoes in France testifies to two things. The first is that already in Roman times it was common to come across specialised craft districts, in this case on the meat-leather chain. The second is that certain design ideas flow through history like a karstic river: it is impossible not to...

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Hungry for leather goods: Dior set to double in Scandicci

Hungry for leather goods: Dior set to double in Scandicci

Scandicci is becoming increasingly French-speaking. Dior, the leading brand in LVMH‘s extensive portfolio, has reportedly set its sights on the site of the Savio Firmino furniture company. Dior, therefore, is reportedly ready to double by starting the project for a second production site in Scandicci, since it has already been present since 2013 with Manufactures...

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Chanel surpasses Hermès in prices (would also like to surpass it in prestige)

Chanel surpasses Hermès in prices (would also like to surpass it in prestige)

Chanel surpasses Hermès. In Europe, the Classic Flap bag costs more than the Birkin 25. The former has a price tag of 9,700 euros, the latter 8,050 euros. Chanel’s price climb has been going on for some time. While by comparison Hermès’ increases have been smaller (and once a year), Chanel’s have been more frequent...

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Yes: you write Montblanc, you read (increasingly) leather goods

Yes: you write Montblanc, you read (increasingly) leather goods

 Montblanc is focusing on leather goods. All made in Italy. There are plans to expand the headquarters that, for 25 years, the Richemont-controlled brand has owned in Scandicci (Florence). This is where Montblanc has concentrated the leather goods division’s business, from design to production, passing through materials research and quality control of the finished product....

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Tomaso Trussardi invests in accessories and founds Charming Goods

Tomaso Trussardi invests in accessories and founds Charming Goods

Tomaso Trussardi invests in leather accessories by founding Charming Goods. And, this way, as Affari & Finanza BY Repubblica comments, “he starts again from the leather processing that made the family fortune”. Trussardi, scion of the dynasty that started in 1911 from glove-making to create a total-look brand, for the new initiative moves in synergy […]

Vegan materials aren’t leather’s heirs

Vegan materials aren’t leather’s heirs

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...

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The web against Tesla: vegan interiors aren’t functional

The web against Tesla: vegan interiors aren’t functional

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...

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Back to Tokyo for Consorzio Vera Pelle Conciata al Vegetale

Back to Tokyo for Consorzio Vera Pelle Conciata al Vegetale

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 […]

Did you know that Galileo’s binocular was covered in leather?

Did you know that Galileo’s binocular was covered in leather?

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 […]

It’s official: Nuti Ivo tanning group goes to LVMH Métiers d'Art

It’s official: Nuti Ivo tanning group goes to LVMH Métiers d’Art

“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 for 5,000 new jobs and M&A with 17.2 billion in revenue

Chanel plans for 5,000 new jobs and M&A with 17.2 billion in revenue

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...

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BoF: the value of leather in Hermès’ ultra-luxury boom

BoF: the value of leather in Hermès’ ultra-luxury boom

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...

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“LVMH won't give up leather and fur despite veg pressure”

“LVMH won’t give up leather and fur despite veg pressure”

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...

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The deal is done: Permira takes Florence and new capital is on the way

The deal is done: Permira takes Florence and new capital is on the way

“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...

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Leather wonder: the world's oldest saddle from China

Leather wonder: the world’s oldest saddle from China

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 […]