LeatherNaturally!


26th April 2013

The hide will not adapt itself to the leather market

Leather is a synonym for paradox I seem to remember the start of the year beig very much defined by three months of travel to sports and outdoor trade fairs in the US and Europe, coming up for air with APLF in Hong  Kong.  The sports shows have reduced in number and the way tanners […]

10th March 2013

The Leather Forum – at APLF

This should be a great day, fully supported by LeatherNaturally! The Leather Forum: Designing for Leather A one-day forum aimed at educating designers and fashion industry practitioners on the beautiful qualities of leather and the techniques and trends for utilising leather in their designs, be it for garments, bags, footwear or small leathergoods. Leather Forum: […]

20th December 2012

Leather Naturally and sustainability

POSTED ON DECEMBER 20, 2012 Managing “Brand Leather” If you read the discussions group for LeatherNaturally!on LinkedIn you will be aware that the subject of environmental and sustainable leather production of leather in the developing world has been raised by Anthony Wright, of Barrhead Kid in Scotland, and Ian Michel of Amandian Leather in Northampton. Many […]

31st October 2012

Good science not flash headlines.

POSTED ON OCTOBER 31, 2012 Good relations Anyone who follows @ICLTleather on Twitter will know that last week the University of Northampton hosted a Textile Institute Conference on leather.  An attentive audience of industry personnel, with many from major brands, along with students from around the UK enjoyed what turned out to be a packed […]

20th September 2012

Stahl, UNIDO and Owen Paterson joins the British Government

POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 Two items below but multiple subjects A funny thing happened in Waalwijk today In Waalwijk today Stahl opened their new laboratory and a happy crowd drank copious amounts of beer and wine. Nothing new there. With openings in India and China and constant development in the Netherlands we have seen […]

29th February 2012

SLTC Conference, Corium Club and Kano

POSTED ON FEBRUARY 29, 2012 Events, dear boy, events We have already spoken about how the SLTC conference on 28th April in Northampton looking interesting and the Textile conference (now postponed to October) but every year at Hong Kong the BLC along with the APLF have been running an afternoon seminar.  The agenda this year […]

8th March 2011

APLF, Pakistan and the Worshipful Company of Glovers

POSTED ON MARCH 9, 2011 It is getting intense The Corium Club dinner in Northampton is just a couple of weeks away on the 18th March.  Paul Evans is the contact for tickets. It is to be held at the Oriental Garden Restaurant, 13 – 15 Sheep Street, Northampton NN1 2LT from 6:30pm and the guest speaker will […]

20th January 2011

Hot in São Paulo

JANUARY 21, 2011 Hot in São Paulo It’s Tuesday and it is hot in São Paulo, and late afternoon some of the suburbs are flooded when a huge thunderstorm filled the skies with incredible rain for an hour. The lights and power went out at Cuoromoda and the 2ndInternational Leather Forum was nearly brought to […]

20th January 2011

Back from Brazil

Hot in São Paulo It’s Tuesday and it is hot in São Paulo, and late afternoon some of the suburbs are flooded when a huge thunderstorm fills the skies with incredible rain for an hour. The lights and power go out at Cuoromoda and the 2nd International Leather Forum is nearly brought to a stop. […]

10th September 2010

LeatherNaturally!

POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 LeatherNaturally! For some time discussion has been going on about a Brand Leather generic campaign similar to WoolMark and the Cotton Council in the USA. With pressure on leather from new technical textiles, plastic materials at one end and some unchallenged claims by environmental NGOs at the other the time […]