From Fashion Net Asia: At the recent Freiberg – Leather Days, held in Germany on April 25th and 26th, one of the invited speakers was Mike Redwood, Visiting Professor of Leather at the University of Northampton in the UK and one of the founders of the Leather Naturally! Campaign. Professor Redwood’s presentation gives a brief […]
The University of Northampton press release about APLF
Asia Pacific Leather Fair – Hong Kong The University of Northampton and The Institute for Creative Leather Technologies once again had a strong presence at the annual Asia Pacific Leather Fair in Hong Kong. The fair offers the opportunity for the University to showcase the exciting work that is being done in Leather Technology. The […]
Brazilian Leather Announces Great New Branding
Press release below from Brazilian Leather Industry on great new branding. Brazilian leather’s high concept among the largest and most demanding world markets has won a new attribute: The Brazilian Leather Project new visual identity campaign. Developed through a partnership between theCentre for the Brazilian Tanning Industry (CICB)and Apex-Brasil(Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency), the […]
The Leather Forum – at APLF
This should be a great day, fully supported by LeatherNaturally! The Leather Forum: Designing for Leather A one-day forum aimed at educating designers and fashion industry practitioners on the beautiful qualities of leather and the techniques and trends for utilising leather in their designs, be it for garments, bags, footwear or small leathergoods. Leather Forum: […]
Old leather dogs and a career in leather
POSTED ON MARCH 7, 2013 A career in leather For the first time ever to my knowledge someone held a career day in leather last week. All through my career students have essentially slid into a life of leather through patronage or accident. Peripheral people who might want to consider leather just did not exist. […]
The Brazilian Leather Law
The Brazilian Leather Law Brazilian legislation protects and defends the rights and interests of consumers and leather producers by regulating the authenticity of leather-based goods. Established since 1965, the Leather Law (nº 4.888) understands it is a crime to say a product is made by “synthetic leather” or “eco-leather” if the items have not been […]
Counterfeit Vegetable Extract
It is a sad world sometimes. Europe worries about what it is really eating, and Chinese consumers prefer to come to Europe to buy luxury goods to avoid spending good money on fakes at home. And the leather industry is not immune. The Tanning Extract Producers Federation Limited (TEFL) has had to take full page […]
Thoughts on Coach
POSTED ON FEBRUARY 21, 2013 Evolution at Coach I first met Lew Frankfort in the mid 1980s. I was just getting to grips with a move from making leather into a new role with greater focus on marketing and selling it. Coach was a small company then, nearer $50m if I remember correctly, but it […]
Lineapelle Trend Selection in London
It is five years since Lineapelle began coming to London with its Trend Selections twice a year and they have steadily grown in importance. This January Spring Summer 2014 was presented and the large auditorium was full for two sessions during the day. Presentations are also done in Paris and New York. The presentations come […]
Leather Technology in the 13th century
We talk loudly today about leather being a high performance material, but it has clearly been a key material in many technologies going back millenia. My university tutor, Stanley Briggs, used to enjoy telling us that leather had been a vital element in almost every aspect of the development of civiliation. It had been used […]
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