What is Arsutoria Studio
The fusion of our business-to-business content and our desire to provide our readers with a new and more effective information and training experience has given rise to Arsutoria Studio, the mediabrand of reference for professionals in the footwear, leather goods and tanning industries in Italy and around the world.
News, focus points on green and sustainability, content on safety footwear, market analysis, trend anticipation and design inspiration tools.
This is Arsutoria Studio
From archives to trends: fashion recovers styles from the past and creates something new
Fashion styles from the past are elaborated and renewed in a modern way and now are once again setting trends in the Spring Summer 2023 collections. We researched them in our historical archives and analysed them together with the AFOL fashion school.
Footwear and leather goods sector: the importance of handing down the know-how to future generations
What role do schools play in training professional figures for the world of footwear and leather goods? Why hand down the know-how to future generations is so important? We discuss these themes in the special issue dedicated to the world of education, with a focus on Arsutoria School.
Report Micam: a winter 2022/23 made of warm and soft footwear, and ankle boots as armor
Among ‘protective looks’, warm and soft materials and a barely visible elegance, the Autumn-Winter 2022/23 collections presented at Micam Milano also confirm the ankle boot as the real winner of the season.
Report Mipel: soft or accessorised, here are the bags for Winter 2022/23
The new bag collections dedicated to the cold season and presented at Mipel highlight two distinct strands: a decorative thrust and a more traditional imagination.
Chemical tanning and sustainability: the concrete progress that has been made
Even the chemical tanning sector can no longer ignore the call to sustainability and it is implementing a series of actions aimed at lowering the environmental impact of its processes.
Lots of colour and distinct volumes for summer 2023 soles
Volume, color and more volume: the shoe soles fo Spring Summer 2023 present an important and aggressive look, even on models that are usually more graceful, and an explosive color palette that stresses the desire to have fun again.
[Report] Lineapelle. From nature to the city, passing through the 1980s: the materials for Spring Summer 2023
Materials of the next Spring Summer 2023 speak the language of nature, playing on the theme of lightness. Ample space is also given to the urban style, fun and playful, flanked by bright colors, strong and decisive shades, that recall the excesses of the ’80s.
Warming materials on women’s runways Autumn Winter 2022/23
On the Women’s Fall Winter 2022/23 Catwalks, accessories are made of warm materials, such as knits or fur. Bags take on rigid volumes, collapsing into mini and micro bags, while footwear winks (again) at the Texan style.
Leather making: a detailed guide of the most modern methods
Leather Naturally, a non-profit organization based in the Netherlands focuses on educating and promoting the use of leather, has developed a guidebook to modern cowhide processing with the goal of disseminating accurate information on the topic.
[Report] Pitti Uomo. Autumn Winter 2022/23 for men’s looks with a tough soul
It is a strong, at times aggressive fashion, proposed for men’s footwear for the next cold season, consisting of many ankle boots and above all of structures with very large and showy volumes.
Tannery: development forecasts for the automotive industry and the latest news from the sector
The spotlight is on automotive, a sector that remains crucial for the leather industry even though it is not so much suffering today from the lack of demand, but rather due to supply chain bottlenecks and the semiconductor crisis.
Trends
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Shoes
News, trends, inspirations, market researches: the Shoes section of Arsutoria Studio is the reference point where you can read and deepen all aspects of footwear.
Arsutoria Magazine evolves and expands its contents.
For 70 years Arsutoria has been a leader in the information and training sector for footwear and leather goods. From the desire to make our readers' training experience more complete, we have decided to merge our business-to-business content and renew our proposal. Articles, news, industry interviews, sustainability, safety, trends: in Arsutoria you'll find everything you need to know to stay up-to-date on footwear, leather goods and tanning industry.
Bags
All the news, updates and innovations from the world of leather goods and handbags.
Arpel Magazine becomes part of Arsutoria Studio editorial project.
Arpel Magazine, the reference magazine for bag and leather goods sector, takes on new shapes and forms. The contents that have always distinguished the magazine become part of the Arsutoria Studio editorial project and find their place inside Arsutoria Magazine.
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Safety shoes
Technology, designs and materials are constantly being updated to provide workers with the comfy and safe shoes they need. Keep up with the main news of the sector!
Safety becomes part of Arsutoria Studio editorial project
The world of safety in the footwear sector acquires, in Arsutoria Studio, its own identity. Technology, design and innovation remain the main contents of our informative proposal but they take on new forms, becoming part of Arsutoria Magazine.
Materials
Leathers, fabrics, accessories: wealth of ideas and information on the most trendy materials to design a collection of shoes and bags.
Tannery
Tanning sector is creativity, stylistic research and technological innovation. In the Tannery section you can find all the latest news from the industry.
Ars Tannery becomes part of Arsutoria Studio editorial project
Ars Tannery, the reference magazine for the tannery sector, acquires a new role within our editorial proposal. Its contents, including technology, chemistry and the market, are available online, in the Tannery section of Arsutoria Studio, and on paper, in the pages of Arsutoria Magazine.
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ArsArchive
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Access Arsutoria and Arpel’s historical archive and browse all issues of our magazines from 1947 to the present.
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Sustainability
A section focused on sustainability in the footwear, leather goods and tanning industries. A source of information to discover friendly fashion to people and the environment.