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Hermès expands training to include cutting and stitching

Published: October 27, 2022

The École Hermès des savoir-faire (Hermès apprenticeship training school) is expanding its program to include a qualification in leather cutting and stitching.

Discovering a love for leather

Published: May 11, 2022

Mike Redwood discusses the great benefit of activities like the APLF Design-a-Bag Competition in helping people to discover leather and fall in love with the material.

Tight supply chains cause retail sales to slow in July

Published: August 23, 2021

Retail sales in the U.S. slowed during July as retailers continue to tackle supply chain disruptions due to Covid-19, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF).

Ugandan officials visit Egyptian leather cluster

Published: November 29, 2019

The high-level Ugandan government delegation visited the leather complex on the side lines of the Investment for Africa 2019 Forum, held in Cairo on November 22-23.

Narok Tannery supports girls in local community

Published: October 15, 2019

On October 11, International Day of the Girl Child, Narok Tannery made a donation to a local primary school to help lower absenteeism.

Fashion Design graduate wins trip to Lineapelle

Published: July 17, 2019

Ariane Duhaney, a graduate from the Parsons School of Fashion in New York has been announced as the winner of the 2019 Leather Creations Contest during the 4th World Leather Congress (WLC) at the Metropolitan Pavillion in Manhattan on July 16.

4th World Leather Congress sold out

Published: July 12, 2019

Due to the high number of attendance requests received, the organisers say the pre-registrations are closed.

LVMH’s CEO appoints daughter to Executive Committee

Published: January 17, 2019

Delphine Arnault, daughter of the French luxury conglomerate’s CEO, Bernard Arnault, has been appointed to the Executive Committee.

South African tannery donates footwear to school children

Published: December 14, 2018

The donation was aimed at children from underprivileged communities who are entering primary schooling for the first time in 2019.

Walking to school, without sneakers

Published: May 9, 2018

I was told the other day that in some of the top London departmental stores more than half the footwear sold are trainers, or more precisely, sneakers. Toffler was right when he said that the “future happens faster than you expect, and in the wrong order” as it feels only yesterday when we had leather shoes and we had plimsolls with a green flash, and little else beyond Wellington boots and work boots.