Stahl prepares for All China Leather Exhibition
22/07/2008
Stahl’s collection of leather finishes will be on show at the All China Leather Exhibition in Shanghai (September 3–5).
The company has developed more than a hundred leathers made in its Shanghai and Singapore applications laboratories using wet end and finishing products to reflect new surfaces for the autumn and winter 2009–2010 fashion season.
The collection will include a selection of leathers developed for furniture, garments, shoes and leathergoods in a variety of colours, based on Stahl’s international fashion colour forecast. These colours will be based on the six colour groups that provide the palette of colours forecast for this season.
The company believes the range of leathers on show should stimulate the imaginations of designers visiting the fair.
It also says the highlight of the display will be a special feature area showing leather made from different raw materials and finished using its new Beautymaker system. This finishing system can produce very natural and soft leather with optimal upgrading performance, Stahl says.
This will be accompanied by a range of oily and waxy surfaces named Asian Cowboy, which will be demonstrated on nubuck, and on corrected and full grain leathers. A sporty section will illustrate how to make white high performance leathers using all-water systems.
Bright colours will be the attraction on veggie leather using a variety of finishes, from Florentique to subtle pull-up effects and burnished and polished surfaces.
A series of Smooth Box leathers will have a soft handle and tight grain in metallic and Florentique effects, using a water-based top coat to give an impression that the surface of the leather has been polished to produce a natural shine.
The latest embossing plates from Italy will help create a range of embossed textured effects which reflect the graphical designs predicted by Stahl for the season.
There will also be examples of patent leather, finished using both high performance solvent and water-based formulations and the use of metallic effects.
A final area of interest will be crunched leather, flocked surfaces and gravure printing used to upgrade leathers. In this area, the use of foils to highlight trendy effects which may be oversprayed to enhance the surface design will be shown.
Altogether, Stahl believes this display will represent an extensive and exciting collection based on the latest technology and trend information collected from its global network.
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