Fashion from head to toe? Watch out for the right shoes. Milan Fashion Week (MFW) closed on September 26 with the Spring-Summer 2023 presentations. And we end the review by turning the spotlight on the shoes from the fashion shows. The fashion bigwigs showed off their best in the week of the great return to...
With two acquisitions, the Florence group enters the footwear segment. Lorenza Calzaturificio in Filetto (Chieti) and Novarese in Corridonia (Macerata) join the luxury cluster. And good things come in threes, as Florence also announced its entrance in the intermediary manufacturing segment with the acquisition of Officina Ciemmeci in Ponte a Egola (Pisa), an entity specialized in the treatment of […]
Cristiano Torricelli’s rusted leather was showcased on the catwalks of the New York Fashion Week. Now we expect to receive some orders from the US” says Doriana Marini (in photo), leader of Dienpi, the company that makes the designer’s items in Piemonte. Simply put: coats and leather handbags decorated with real oxidized rust that undergoes a...
Tannery machines are constantly evolving. This is thanks to Industry 4.0. and the government incentives associated with it. It is thanks to these contributions that the Tuscan company GBL Officina Meccanica has managed to grow and develop in recent years. “We have evolved our lines, Industry 4.0. has given us a big boost,” says one […]
“It was a beautiful, lively fair, rich in content and prospects,” says CEO Fulvia Bacchi. In other words, the 100th edition of Lineapelle, which ended on Thursday, September 22, at Fieramilano Rho, was the umpteenth demonstration of how the show represents, as stated in the closing note, “a solid certainty for the fashion, luxury and […]
The feedbacks from the 100th edition of Lineapelle (20-22 September) was clear. Buyers came to the fair (which has a positive balance as far as affluence goes), open to discover the new looks of the Winter 23/24 season. And now, with the stands closed, the difference on the marketplace will be made by clients. The increments...
It will be a reflective, bright and immersive winter for the 2023/24 season. The attention of visitors to Lineapelle 100 focused on shiny and printed leathers, with shades of colour and embellished with sparkle and glitter. Many exhibitors testified to a great comeback of patent leather. “Pearly and metallic”, as they told us from Bonaudo’s...
Optimism at Simac Tanning Tech, but raw materials are expensive and hard to find. And production slows down. “We are full of orders, but there is a lack of components to assemble,” sums up Alberto Paccagnella (photo, left), president of Omac. For Gabriella Marchioni Bocca, (pictured, right), CEO of Lamebo, the company’s prospects are closely […]
There are the “no problem” companies at Mipel Lab. Or actually, they do have one problem: that of keeping up with the demand, because their main concern is the low availability of skilled workers to employ. Even with this challenge, “this is a segment that is going well and will go even better in the […]
Versace, Hogan, and Zara will also do it. Prices increase in the luxury segment as well as in the fast–fashion one. The increments in cost of electricity, raw materials, and inflation, are causing more fashion brands to raise their prices. Beside from the entrepreneurs we listened to at Micam and Mipel, even more famous brands...
“Creativity is moving to the East”. These are the words of Matteo Marzotto, president of Mittelmoda. And the winner of Lineapelle’s Italian Leather Award proves it. The competition for students saw its final act on September 19, at Micam. Here, the 24 collections, representing 13 countries, competed for the eleven prizes up for grabs. Including […]
It’s supported by 3.5 billion people and 74 governments around the world. Strong of its Let Us Make It Happen, the Save Soil movement reached Lineapelle 100. The goal: to showcase its message on the global crisis caused by the degradation of soil. And, in additional, point out the urgency for concrete political actions. “Lineapelle, […]
An important visit to Lineapelle yesterday, by Marco Bizzarri. The Gucci chairman and CEO entered the fair and made some very significant statements to La Conceria on the importance of the Italian tanning supply chain and how Gucci is working to stimulate “change from within”. And announcing a new research project in Tuscany. A uniqueness […]
Conceria Antiba becomes 4.0 with a new 15,000 square metre factory equipped with interconnected machinery. This Tuscan company moved its headquarters from Santa Croce sull’Arno to Ponte a Egola, investing almost 15 million euros. The move took place gradually to arrive to the current complete industrial set-up in March 2022. This relocation doubled the production […]
The UN’s Global Compact is “the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative”. And today one more joins in: Gruppo Mastrotto. The tanning giant based in Vicenza, reads a note, joined the initiative because it’s “sure that a long, balanced and inclusive development, demands an economic plan founded on solid ethical basis that respect human dignity and […]
The new model of the 2.6 million hypercar by Horacio Pagani has chosen, for its interiors, materials developed by Dani. The third model of the series that began in 1999 by Automobili Pagani and Zonda, and follows the Huayra (2011), is called Utopia: it’s worth 2.6 million euro. For this project, the Veneto-based tannery created […]
Three projects for a “leather degree” land at Lineapelle 100. BCN Concerie (Santa Croce sull’Arno) accompanied three students on their final study path. It did so by providing them with the materials, as well as supporting them in their use. Collaborating with BCN Concerie were two young men who completed a three-year degree in Fashion […]
The premises are varied, as well as synergetic with each other. The result, in fact, is unequivocal: Chanel expects to grow in double figures again in 2022. Despite the fact that the international economic situation, where the winds of depression in consumption are blowing, is not the best. The credit goes to a coherent vision...
New purchase in the “made in Italy” environment for Holding Industriale (Hind). The Turin based investment company acquired, via Holding Moda, the majority of screen printer Seriscreen. This company based in Pian di Scò (Arezzo) and specialized in digital and UV printing on leather and textiles, is the 10th enterprise to enter the Holding Moda project. The […]
FGL International and Finikem, companies active in the chemicals for tanning segment and owned by Lapi Group, “will become one entity”, reads a press release. The two brands will remain on the market to give continuity, but the managerial activity will be optimized by integrating the two entities headquartered in Castelfranco di Sotto (Pisa). One […]
