New Stahl design studio opens in Milan
Dutch leather chemicals company Stahl recently opened a design studio in
The Fashion Group will provide information on colours, textures and effects for the global leather industry. Colour forecast information is generally available up to three years in advance of high street fashion demands and the company aims to predict the more important changes and show how these will influence various types of leather articles.
Within the group, the fashion consultant develops the concept stage for the fashion season in which a variety of both leather and textile swatches are combined with other materials to form the basis of ideas for new product development and the production of fashionable leathers. The fashion co-ordinator’s role is to transfer these ideas into surface textures in the right combination of colours for making a saleable piece of leather.
