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Science fiction influences shape the future of leather

Science fiction is a tool for ambitious thinkers. This was the message running through the leather trend presentation at Lineapelle in NYC last week. But just as science fiction is difficult to define, ambiguity is omnipresent in trend forecasting with references to science, technology, AI and human exploration, and the enormous global...

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Fairs

Leather can become fertilizer for organic farming and other industry eco-initiatives

In a look ahead to Summer 2023, a future that is beautiful and fragile was in the forecast at Lineapelle’s New York leather fair. Human impact on the earth and its ecosystems has been so outsized that the severity of our effect has forced us to face our own fragility in recent years. But the theme intends for optimism—that moments of fragility...

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Fashion

Fall Winter 2020-21 Lineapelle Trade Show Overview

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers an insider's guide to the Fall Winter 2020-21 edition of specialist leather and materials showcase, Lineapelle. The Trendstop leather and materials team give FashionUnited readers an exclusive insight into the Milan edition of Lineapelle, the leading platform for a global contingent of tanneries and leather...

Business

UNIC – Italian Tanneries invests in Sicit’s circular economy

UNIC – Italian Tanneries has acquired a quota of SprintItaly through its subsidiary Lineapelle S.r.l., which will see the association of the tanning industry owning 2 percent of Sicit’s capital. The investment of 4 million euros is part of UNIC – Italian Tanneries investment in Sicit’s circular economy, and will allow them through Lineapelle to...