Gold-medalists at MIPEL: Tamberi, sneakers and the value of an achievement

Gold-medalists at MIPEL: Tamberi, sneakers and the value of an achievement

Shoes? Of paramount importance for an athlete. In some occasions, a tool at work: “competition shoes are like a journalist’s pen, or even more, a part of us. It must be tailormade for us”. Gianmarco Tamberi, gold-medalist at Tokyo’s Olympics in high jump, smiled while present at the 2nd day of Mipel. The gold-medalist, or […]

Zero Impact by Dani Academy and NABA at Spazio Lineapelle

Zero Impact by Dani Academy and NABA at Spazio Lineapelle

Zero Impact. The eight finalist works of the Dani Academy project, an educational reality that unites the tanning group and NABA, arrive in Milan. Their works will be on show on September 22-24 at Spazio Lineapelle, a showroom in Palazzo Gorani (opposite to via Brisa, 3). The Academy represents the new workshop of ideas with […]

Creativity at its finest: here are the 11 winners of the Mittelmoda contest

Creativity at its finest: here are the 11 winners of the Mittelmoda contest

Kate Barton, winner of the Mittelmoda contest for the Innovation section. Elad Oshri wins the creativity Award. The final ceremony took place on September 20th 2021, inside the exhibition spaces of Micam, after the catwalk with the 28 collections participating took place. 11 prizes were awarded. Mittelmoda contest “The International Lab – explains Matteo Marzotto, […]

For motorcyclists, for everyone: Brutus and its unusual dye job

For motorcyclists, for everyone: Brutus and its unusual dye job

Friendship, passion for motorbikes and a willingness to take risks. This is how Brutus, a brand of leather clothing and accessories for motorcyclists (and everyone else), was born in the middle of the pandemic. The products are all designed and manufactured in Italy. The showroom and headquarters are in Turin, where design is carried out […]

A New Point Of Materials: Lineapelle and responsible innovation

A New Point Of Materials: Lineapelle and responsible innovation

A critical space for discovery and investigation, information and debate. A place “to attend live performances and thematic talks”. But it is also a place “to experience first-hand how leathers and materials embody the concept of responsible innovation”. An “exciting journey”, as Lineapelle defines it, that can be undertaken within the physical and conceptual spaces […]

Everything is ready for Simac Tanning Tech: Assomac Talks are launched

Everything is ready for Simac Tanning Tech: Assomac Talks are launched

Everything is ready for Simac Tanning Tech. At the same time as Lineapelle, held in Fieramilano Rho from September 22nd to the 24th, the most important technology and innovation fair for the manufacturing processes also takes place live. Assomac Talks will be the highlight of the edition. Talks will be a moment to compare ideas […]

Luxury keeps on going: here’s the 1st half of the year performances Italian leather goods

Luxury keeps on going: here’s the 1st half of the year performances Italian leather goods

Only the luxury segment seems to have felt the recovery for now. Smaller brands hope to join them in the shortest possible period. Generally speaking, though, Italy’s leather goods’ segment has somewhat restarted its engines, but hasn’t reached 2019’s levels yet. Assopellettieri’s analysis of the 1st half of 2021 points out that the segment seems...

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Luigi Ceccon tells us about Il Bisonte’s present and future    

Luigi Ceccon tells us about Il Bisonte’s present and future    

The value of tradition. The link with the production chain. Sustainability. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Il Bisonte strongly reaffirms the founding principles of its identity. Rooted in the use of quality leather and in the “vocation towards an authentic circular economy”. This and much more is what CEO Luigi Ceccon (in the photo) tells us […]

Loro Piana shows more flexibility to its 1,500 employees in Italy

Loro Piana shows more flexibility to its 1,500 employees in Italy

The modern integration contract by Loro Piana will be valid for all the 1,500 employees working for the brand in Italy. “Growth, trust, sustainability and responsibility over the principles on which the agreement is based”, says the group owned by LVMH. More flexibility to its 1,500 employees in Italy There are many new elements in […]

Belarus’ wet blue exports takes off in Europe (and Italy)

Belarusian wet blue exports takes off in Europe (and Italy)

According to the BUCE (Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange), Belarusian wet blue exports have created a turnover of 5.5 million USD. Poland proved to be the bet buyer, followed by the UK and Russia, but the semi-finished leather is also of interest to Italy. Belarusian wet blue exports On Tuesday September 14th, BUCE posted the data […]

The charge of 715: present and future starting again from Lineapelle

The charge of 715: present and future starting again from Lineapelle

Everything is ready for Lineapelle’s return in presence. The reference exhibition for those who have to develop research into materials for the fashion, accessory, design and automotive manufacturing industries will be held at Fieramilano Rho on September 22-24. And it will effectively close the train of Milanese trade fair events, united by the hashtag #RestartTogether […]

Creating a system: Assopellettieri and Lineapelle launch Mipel Lab

Creating a system: Assopellettieri and Lineapelle launch Mipel Lab

Mipel Lab will open during Lineapelle. After the presetation that took place at the last edition of Pitti Uomo in Florence, everything is ready for the innovative project created by Assopellettieri, in collaboration with Lineapelle. The latter will host Mipel Lab inside its Pavilions in Fieramilano Rho, from September 22nd to 24th. “Mipel Lab collects […]

From Beijing to Micam: the first time for a Chinese group exhibition

From Beijing to Micam: the first time for a Chinese group exhibition

China is exhibiting at Micam for the first time with a collective of footwear companies. The Beijing government is promoting it. In other words, the next edition of the international footwear exhibition to be held at Fieramilano Rho on September 19-21 will host 15 Chinese brands (as well as other companies specialising in sourcing). And […]

Saucony and Golden Goose explain sneakers (and reshoring)

Saucony and Golden Goose explain sneakers (and reshoring)

Product. Process. Materials. These concepts are at the base of sneakers’ success, according to Saucony and Golden Goose. Two very different brands, with different products, are equal in the way they think. Saucony is enacting a reshoring strategy that will soon involve Italy as well, while in the same country, Golden Goose is developing its...

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Hermès inaugurated its 19th leather goods factory in France

Hermès inaugurated its 19th leather goods factory in France

Hermès inaugurated its 19th leather goods factory in France on Friday September 10. The factory is called Maroquinerie de Guyenne, and is located in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, near Bordeaux. Over the past 10 years, the maison has opened an average of one new production site per year. In doing so, it has hired between 400 and 500 […]

The drop’s torture to which Hermès will not yield

The drop’s torture to which Hermès will not yield

Here we go again. PETA has taken up the fight against Hermès. Or rather, against the French brand’s use of exotic leathers. For the occasion, the radical-veg organisation has dusted off one of its battle horses: the sit-in (in déshabillé) of the militants in front of the boutique windows. The scenes (pictured) at the beginning...

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Ghurka’s 2nd life has an Italian footprint

Ghurka’s 2nd life has an Italian footprint

Ghurka’s 2nd life includes the use of Italian leather and Italian manufacturing. The brand had reached its peak notoriety during the 80s and 90s, when it was “Wall Street’s briefcase”. Then came the crisis, which ended in the brand declaring bankruptcy in 2018. A year later a group of investors from Cleveland, which is restructuring […]

Sustainable finishing with biotechnology Activated Silk

Sustainable finishing with biotechnology Activated Silk

Greg Altman (in photo) is the CEO of Evolved By Nature, US-based biotech company that he founded with Rebecca Lacouture. The enterprise is a player in the “green chemistry” segment and entered the market with Activated Silk, a technology capable of allowing the extraction of proteins from silk. These proteins can be used for a […]

Eurocongress IULTCS 2022: theCall for Papers is open

Eurocongress IULTCS 2022: theCall for Papers is open

“Rinascimento: the next leather generation”. This is the title given to the 3rd edition of European Congress IULTCS. The event will take place in Vicenza from September 18th to the 20th, and, right at this time, the organization launched Call for Papers, which will end on February 28th 2022. European Congress IULTCS IULTCS’ 3rd edition is getting ready to begin.The event will put […]