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Best May for Brazilian footwear employment since 2004

Published: July 1, 2022

According to the latest data from The Brazilian Footwear Industry Association (Abicalçados), 3,400 jobs were created in May 2022, the best for May since 2004.

Shoe design software presented

Published: November 2, 2021

During the 2021 edition of the Simac Tanning Tech fair, which took place in Milan last September, Swiss cutting and automation specialist Zünd, along with partners Mindtech, showcased its latest Mind ShoeDesign software.

Hermès moves Petit h next to Paris store

Published: September 15, 2021

The French fashion group has announced the move of Petit h, its upcycled materials brand, into a space adjacent to its Rue de Sèvres store in Paris.

GST AutoLeather becomes Pangea

Published: June 3, 2021

The global automotive leather supplier has renamed itself “Pangea” after the supercontinent, which the company believes embodies its philosophy of connectedness.

Brazilian footwear sector generates thousands of new jobs

Published: December 2, 2020

Between July and October around 28,000 jobs were created in the Brazilian footwear sector.

Anya Hindmarch launches handbag collection made from leather scraps

Published: September 8, 2020

The British fashion brand said its Patchwork collection, created in collaboration with a Tuscan supplier, avoids leather waste by ensuring that a larger proportion of the hide is used.

U.S. guideline on exchanges of raw material attributes

Published: April 14, 2020

Created by partners from the U.S. apparel and general merchandise industry, the guideline offers a common vocabulary that defines attributes in four primary material types, including leather.

Fur absent from Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week

Published: July 5, 2019

Held in Paris June 18-26, fur was largely absent during the Autumn/Winter 2019-20 collections displayed during the Haute Couture Fashion Week.

Moving leather forward

Published: July 3, 2019

The fact that hides and skins are not reaching the tannery but are being discarded to landfill is a failure in the leather industry. All through the 20th century we said that the volume of leather is totally dependent upon the size of the kill created for meat and dairy purposes as no economics could ever permit keeping livestock for leather.

A thoughtful Fashion Week would headline leather as the best modern material

Published: August 22, 2018

England grew wealthy in the Middle Ages because of wool. With the merino breed not yet created English wool was sought after as among the finest available; for hundreds of years after the Norman Conquest exports of wool were a cornerstone of the economy.