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17 May 2022

A one-month secondment to share some of her leather technology knowledge with staff and students at Auezov University in Kazakhstan was enough to convince Professor Eser Eke Bayramoglu that the industry there ...

12 May 2022

Spray-on upholstery

With deep roots in the furniture manufacturing sector, start-up Cooloo is making impressive inroads into the vibrant Dutch circular-economy scene with its innovative, waste-consuming leather upholstery.

10 May 2022

Patience pays off

Leathergoods brand Barnes and Moore values the beauty that comes from slow, considered manufacturing – an ethos it has in common with its supplier, J&FJ Baker, a tannery whose leathers take 14 months to...

03 May 2022

Road to recovery

Italy’s leather sector, encouraged by recent comments from Prime Minister Mario Draghi, can be optimistic about contributing to the country’s recovery from covid and to benefiting from a share of European...

26 April 2022

The zero-waste generation

A group of accessories designers is emerging now with a commitment to zero-waste that is so intense, they are not just willing to use leather offcuts, but they prefer to use this previously undervalued...

19 April 2022

Greenwashing has got to go

Years of work in the European Union to develop clear rules for calculating products’ environmental footprint are nearing their conclusion. The leather industry was an early and ardent contributor to this...

29 March 2022

In safe hands

Footwear and leathergoods brands, keen to offer restoration services to their customers, have found a specialist partner they can rely on in The Restory.

22 March 2022

National award winner

The debate about the circular economy is gathering pace in many parts of the world. Leather sometimes seems to be on the periphery of these discussions, but in one South American country, Uruguay, the industry ...

15 March 2022

Erem’s biocircular ambitions

The CEO of a new brand, and great-grandson of the Timberland founder, tells us how leather and sustainable materials are central to his desire to demonstrate a new way of working.

08 March 2022

Truly remarkable

A record year for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars for both sales and bespoke work means that its leather workshop is busier and more important than ever.

01 March 2022

An economist’s message of hope

Some of Italy’s 4,000-plus footwear manufacturers are small and, at times, a little fragile, but Milan-based economist Enrica Baccini insists the Italian shoe industry as a whole is “anti-fragile”.

22 February 2022

Soling tradition will live on

Oak bark-tanned leather soles are synonymous with high-quality handmade shoes, so it was a blow to hear in recent months of the loss of one of the oldest manufacturers of this product, J R Rendenbach in...

15 February 2022

A fair COP for leather

Leather had its ups and downs at COP26, but, in the end, it came out of the event well.

25 January 2022

The highs and lows of harvest

Long considered the last word in luxury, reports that Hermès had moved in on mycelium earlier this year suddenly added a certain sheen to the biomaterial which, for many, had not been there before. World...