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Visitors favour exotics and aniline at Le Cuir a Paris

25/02/2014
Visitors favour exotics and aniline at Le Cuir a Paris
Leather show Le Cuir a Paris welcomed a third more visitors and 11% more exhibitors than a year ago at its mid-February event, which organisers say displayed the “buzz of a fast-growing sector”.

While the majority of visitors were European, those from the US increased a third versus last February while Japanese visitor grew 15% and there were 24% more from Korea. 

The presence of Russians, Canadians, Australians, Brazilians, Indonesians, Chinese, Turks, Moroccans and Qataris illustrated the show’s increasing global reach, said organisers. 

Aniline and semi-aniline finishes were most popular, with softness key for a growing number of articles. Matt or semi-matt aspects took precedence over shiny finishes, but patent bovine leathers still had their fans, as did printed ponyskin and embossed patterns. 

“Cracked lambskins are still popular,” said Sandro Fedi from Fedi Silvano tannery, “as are leathers pasted on textiles and ovine leathers covered with a metallic film.”

Exotics were reportedly even more popular with professionals from the big labels, looking for rarity, supple skins and a matt finish. 



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