Luxury Living Group (LL Group) has launched its own furniture brand, Luxence, which will operate beside the ones the company manages with a licensing agreement: Bentley Home, Versace Home, Dolce & Gabbana Casa, Trussardi Casa, Bugatti Home. The holding has been owned by Lifestyle Design since 2020, which in terms is owned by US-based Haworth of which […]
Never without a leather jacket. On the set or in his private life, take away everything, but not one of his countless leather jackets. GQ magazine traces the long and successful career of American actor Nicolas Cage using his favourite piece of clothing as a common thread. His collection is wide-ranging, and includes jackets of […]
It sounds strange even to say it, but the one ended on April 1st at the Dubai World Trade Center is the first APLF without the Chinese. Yes, the fair that has always had Hong Kong as its home and the Far East/Pacific market as its focus, was held in the Arab Emirates for the […]
The voice of the Italian tanning industry has also reached the German press. Because the war in Ukraine, with the consequent sanctions against Russia, complicates even more the macro-economic scenario in which companies in the leather sector operate. They were already experiencing a (long) stressful season on the price lists of raw materials, auxiliaries and […]
Greenwashing could (finally) end. Vague statements over “green” or “environmentally friendly” products will be banned in Europe if they are not proven by facts. At least that’s what was said by the EU Commission, which intends on defending consumers’ rights and fight against greenwashing. Meanwhile, the UK goes even further. Government agency Competition and Markets...
Training without frontiers. Also from a cross-media point of view. Protagonists: Lineapelle and London College of Fashion which, in 2021, launched the creative “provocation” of the UAL Contest. A “provocation” not only because of what was required of the participants, but also because of the forced participation mode, due to the pandemic. The results of […]
The Furlanetto family wants to sell Furla, at least in part. It seems that this is one of the options that the heirs of Aldo Furlanetto, who founded the brand in Bologna in 1927, are considering. Lazard has already been commissioned to do so. From the documents in circulation, would also emerge a potential agreement […]
We all know that marketing departments compete to see who has the most sustainable product. What is needed, then, to find your way around the many materials that claim to be eco/green/friendly or free, is a tool to understand their true composition. Because claiming to be bio-based is one thing, but being bio-based is quite […]
BMB Manifattura Borse, in Scandicci, acquired 70% of Pelletteria Bergamini1960. Which in turns owns Maromed 1992, business with a commercial office in San Lazzaro di Savena (Bologna) and the production site in Tunis (Tunisia). The operation was “in relevant part” by the emission of a 72-months corporate bond, but the precise sum wasn’t disclosed. The “entirety” of […]
d“The contact with leather and its smell bring me back to my childhood when I used to play in my father’s laboratory”. It’s a matter of imprinting, what Mara Visonà, daughter of Plinio, founder of the Vicenza-based leather goods company, tells us about in this interview. The entity employs, counting third parties as well, gives...
Mulberry‘s brand awareness investments are working. And the British brand is doing better than expected. On March 29, the brand anticipated that revenues for the 2021-2022 financial year (which closes on April 2) will be better than last forecast. Profit will also be “moderately higher” than expected. Better than expected In a short communication, Mulberry […]
Not only donations. The leather industry expresses its solidarity with the Ukrainian population in various ways. For example, adhering to the appeal that CNMI (Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana) has made to all its members, some companies in the leather area have decided to support UNHCR, the United Nations agency for refugees. Others have offered...
There are (forgotten) sanctions that block potential alternative markets. The Iran Mall, for example, is one of the largest shopping centres in the world, boasting 700 shops, a museum, an art gallery, a mega bookshop and a modern 2,000-seat cinema. It was to be not only the cradle of Italian-made fashion, but also the symbol...
Silvateam, world leader in the production of natural tannins, has created the first bio-circular shoe. The project is called Ecotan Shoes and combines the company’s sustainable tanning technology with an innovative design philosophy. A philosophy that allows brands to close the sustainability circle. A year later “It has been over a year – explains Silvateam […]
Paul Andrew rejects material derived from mushrooms. He tested it for his new line of shoes, he says. But during the assembly phase of the shoe, it tore. “If you put a product out there that is not durable and disintegrates, you have to throw it away, so it’s not sustainable,” explains the former creative...
Direct exports towards Russia and Ukraine mainly impact specific districts and segments, such as: footwear, leather goods and textiles. Stress on raw materials involving jewelry, textiles, and tanning, all while energy prices may further increase based on retaliations by Russians on gas supply. Cirillo Marcolin, president of Confindustria Moda, analyzes the impacts from the war in […]
Sergio Rossi grows with Lanvin Group. In 2021, the revenue of the shoe manufacturers based in San Mauro di Pascoli grew by 18% compared to 2020 and the forecasts say the brand will reach 130 million within the next 5 years. All part of the ambitious goal of the group to become China’s LVMH. The...
Leather and real rust. Metaverse and sustainability. These are the four pillars of the Ruggine project presented at Mipel by debutant brand Cristiano Torricelli. Leather bags and bikers decorated with CTRust processing. In other words: real oxidised rust, anchored to the leather and then protected by a special film. A technique protected by patent. The […]
The Burwood shoes from the Off-White for Church’s collaboration went on sale on March 24. Virgil Abloh defined the project as the “remastering of a classic”. The collection includes two pairs of shoes, both designed by Abloh in one of the last collaborations he personally oversaw. So far, only one pair of footwear has been […]
“I want to invite influential and creative people to come and have a picnic with us. I don’t need money. I need their energy flows. Their vision and interpretation of the brand”. Words from Oliver Reichert, CEO of Birkenstock since 2012, who relies on collaborations to prevent “the company from becoming a mausoleum”. Which seems...
