Tanners show trends for southern winter 2014 season at Inspiramais
12/08/2013
Nova Kaeru, a specialist in unusual hides, brought to the show leather made from the skin of the Amazonian fish Pirarucu in natural colours, earthy hints, natural tone with gold and geometric compositions in warm colours. Aguapé Peixe e Rã used a fixed palette of colours with 37 tones and three types of finishing in the collection it had on show at Inspiramais. There were distinctive sewing and embroidery details in asymmetric length on the hides and a wrinkled effect in some cases.
Couros Blauth had aged-looking textures, metallic colours and “ludic” motifs for winter 2014. The company also developed butterflies, leaves and flower prints, in addition to compositions relating to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, due to take place in Brazil next year.
For Mundo da Camurça, the main theme was the sky, stars and the dark blue of night. Suedes, nappas and veg-tanned leather in metallic, glitter and varnished effects. A Bühler seemed to prefer a classic black-and-white tendency, allied to bright and varnished effects for what passes in Brazil for the “cold season”. Hides in matte shades of coral, ink blue and earthy tones were among the main trends. Meanwhile, Wellour Couros showed leather in warm colours, earthy tones and variations of gold and metallic aged-looking effects.
Fuga Couros’ collection focused on basic colours, which the company says is in keeping with the economic mood in Brazil at the moment. Aplic Colour had metallic hides with geometric shapes on show at the event.
For its part, Couros Nobres had black-and-white, nude, floral and checkered patterns as the main highlights of its latest collection. Hides were developed in geometric patterns, with arabesques and croc textures. Schmechel Peles Exóticas had intense tones of glitter, in addition to basic tones of aged-looking gold, matte metallic finishes among its products.
More romantic pastel shades, as well as floral prints and handmade croc for footwear, handbags and clothing were displayed by Leather Tec Couros, while Couroquímica focused more on suedes and nubuck in earthy tones such as olive green and other natural colours. Softness, comfort and velvety texture were the main themes of this collection.
For Courovale the emphasis was on animal prints, chess- and metallic-effect hides, whereas Curtume Natur showed lace, embroidery, plaits, croc and wet-varnish effects in its collection, and Curtume Rusan was inspired by the sky, the stars and the moon with its ring- and zig-zag patterns. It also had tartan and geometric motifs on show; this theme was also taken up by apparel-leather specialist Rhoma.
Representações Francaro preferred intense colours for winter 2014, while Tre Anytry had leather from python, cayman and ostrich on show, with hand-painted details to add extra creativity. OCM Couros’ was equally wild with big cat prints, various other animal-inspired designs on display. This was true, too, at Arte da Pele, with cayman and python prominent in the collection.
For Péltica, pirarucu, rabbit and ostrich were important sources of raw material for its winter 2014 collection, with a Brazilian flag designed into one pirarucu skin a particular highlight. At the FAF Couros stand the earthy tones, some with metallic effect, were back.
Finally, Chillacenter worked exclusively with chinchilla skin to show special pieces in the hope of widening its market beyond Brazil and the small number of countries it exports to at the moment.
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