Obuv is off to a good start. This was said by the Italian exhibitors present at Expocentr in Moscow, where the accessories fair, scheduled to run until Friday, kicked off on 18 October. The euro-ruble exchange rate (favourable for Italian exports) and the absence from the market of big brands (both by choice and due […]
Since October 6th, 2022, it has become illegal to import leather from Russia and Belarus. The 8th commercial sanctions package by the EU includes tanning products too, finished and semi-finished. A ban that comes at a time when the relationships between Italian companies and those in Moscow (and Minsk) are already deteriorated. Leather from Russia […]
Skechers files a lawsuit against Hermès. According to the footwear brand, the Éclair (in photo on the right) and Envol (on the left) models violate patents they filed. Skechers has patented the “Massage Fit” sole, present on the Go Walk model (in photo at the center). The Los Angeles-based brand is asking the New York...
“It was the first time we worked with leather. We experienced the ateliers and let ourselves be led by the artisans: so, we designed a belt that would tell the story of the Maison’s origins in saddlery”. On October 15, the Prix Hermès des Accessoires de Mode, a contest (in its third edition) for emerging […]
With different approaches and at different levels, companies are working on sustainability fronts in Brazil. Starting with traceability projects tied to leather. Marni, luxury brand of the OTB group, knows it well, as it signs the second collaboration with Veja for the high-top V-15 model (in photo on the right). For the model, suede and nabuk […]
There is a sacred alliance between a market segment, a product segment and a material. Because when one says luxury, one thinks of handbags. And when one thinks of a handbag, what comes to mind is a product made with leather. The impact on business is immediate: wealthy people, we know, spend little time between...
Consumers are more sensible to prices: will it be the season of emerging brands in the leather goods segment? It could be. Because they have a strong visive identity, they balance their positioning on the accessible luxury segment and are building their own solid fanbase of young customers via social media. Some of them are...
There are bags that are meant to shine. And it’s certainly easier if they are Bulgari. Mireia Lopez Montoya, Leather Goods and Accessory Managing Director of the LVMH brand, knows this well. In Milan for fashion week, she presented the Serpenti bag line for spring-summer 2023. A collection where leather dresses clutches and shoulder bags, […]
The Turkish bags lands in Italy. Desa group (2,000 employees) has exhausted its production capacity until June 2023. It has therefore opened a leather goods factory in Poppi (Arezzo), where it will employ 50 people by November. CEO Burak Çelet (pictured) reveals the details of the project. And, more generally, the strengths and weaknesses of...
Data from LHCA doesn’t show a positive picture of the first 8 months for US leather. In fact, exports of fresh and salted leather, as well as wet blue, are all down compared to previous periods. Within the general trend though, Italian purchases shine. The country’s tanneries are (and have been) among the main clients […]
The laying of the foundation stone (or rather, the first tree) of Fendi Factory dates back to 11 November 2020. On 12 October 2022, just under two years later, the brand inaugurated in Capannuccia di Bagno a Ripoli, near Florence, its “new pole of excellence”, developed “over an area of eight hectares” and which “occupies […]
LVMH beats expectations and approaches 20 billion euros in turnover in Q3 2022. Luxury proves stronger than inflation. Because the big spenders keep on shopping: “Nobody,” Luca Solca of Bernstein explains, “wants to be the richest person in the graveyard”. LVMH’s key division, fashion and leather goods, also had a stronger-than-expected third quarter. Improved business […]
The opportunity came from the recent edition of La Moda Italiana@Almaty, held from 3 to 5 October. The day after the booths closed, Thursday, October 6, Micam involved local stylists and designers in a seminar entitled “The world of leather: characteristics, processing and articles”. Speaker: Lineapelle, which set itself the goal of explaining leather in […]
“Italy is (also) a maxi-district servicing the luxury industry. And we must fight to help made-in-Italy maintain this primacy”, said Matteo Marzotto, president of Minerva Hub, production hub of luxury goods that puts together 6 enterprises. In order: Galvanica Formelli (Arezzo), Koverlux (Bergamo), Quake (Vicenza), Sp Plast Creating (Fermo), Zeta Catene (Arezzo), Zuma Pelli Pregiate (Pisa)....
The Financial Times is perhaps exaggerating when it writes that “the post-sneaker season” is opening. But it is certainly interesting when it highlights a transformation taking place in the market: there are boys and girls who, fed up with sneakers, are rediscovering the style codes of the classic, formal and elegant shoe. Action/reaction Influencing the...
Sophie Pantet and her love for made in Italy. In 2019, following her passion for footwear, she founded Sophie Benel Paris. She immediately turned to Italy for collection development and production, which takes place in the Marche. The brand was selected to participate in the latest Micam Milan in the Emerging Designer section. We met...
What are the locks on Louis Vuitton‘s leather jackets and blouses hiding? The leather for summer 2023 that the fashion house brought to the last Paris Fashion Week subverts proportions, changes perspectives. Buckles become dresses, the zip from invisible accessory holds the centrality of attention. And a suitcase tag becomes a bag: new shapes, taken […]
All the numbers, all the strategies of Balenciaga. From the 1.19 billion euros in revenues in 2021, to the production and logistics managed in Italy that distinguish the brand controlled by Kering. The fashion house run by CEO Cédric Charbit, and whose creative director is Demna Gvasalia, is experiencing a boom whose end is hard...
Roberto Cavalli records a 40% increase in sales of footwear and accessories. Overall, Roberto Cavalli and Just Cavalli closed 2022 with a turnover of 84 million euro, equal to a 45% increase on 2021. General manager Ennio Fontana aims to reach 120 million next year also thanks to investments on the retail and distribution chain. […]
Fendi opened the New Factory Shoes in Fermo on October 5th. The brand owned by LVMH invested 12 million euro to modernize the production process. At full capacity, the plant can employ 300 people, from the 120 that could work in Porto San Giorgio. The latter site could now pass to another brand owned by LVMH: […]
