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When retro tastes like the future. That’s what winter 2023/24 catwalk shows look like

When Etro parades on the winter runways and you hear the echo of one or more quotes, but find that they are stylistic phrases that tell the future, that’s when you rediscover the wonder of fashion, whose task has always been the same: to teach us to look back in order to shoot forward, with that creativity and poetry that imagines the unexpected.

The women’s Fall Winter 2023/24 seen in the New York, Milan and Paris fashion shows certainly elicits references to the past, but it also knows how to be very futuristic.

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For bags an Autumn Winter 2023/24 between softness, fur, minimalism and fantasy

In the interview with Alviero Martini, in the company of actress Manuela Arcuri, we talk about travel, the discovery of otherness and the importance of touching the quality of fashion proposals with one’s own hands.

At MIPEL it was just that, to return to touch the many proposals of the brands and observe the trends for the upcoming Fall Winter 2023/24.

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ArsTannery #02-2023: From green transition to circular chemistry

The tanning industry’s transition to cleaner, circular production processes is now a given. The recovery of processing waste for the development of bio-based chemicals is the latest frontier in this path aimed at reducing the environmental impact of the tanning process. From green chemistry we move to the principles of circular chemistry with the understanding that a greener leather production environment, both in terms of reducing emissions and waste, is essential for the defense of a truly sustainable industrial system.

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MICAM: The return of fur and Texans, the usual certainties of high-structured sneakers and lots of ankle boots. Here are the F/W ’23-24 shoes.

Winter is the season of boots, and the coming cold season is no exception: fashion is pointing to chelsea boots, as well as amphibians and combat boots, often customized with metallic accessories or fur inserts.
Not too far away is the sound of revolver shots announcing the return of Texans, featuring metallic and jeweled accessories, animal leathers and metallic inserts.

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Classicism and the colour black. Here are the trends shown at the men’s fashion shows for next autumn/winter 2023/24

Analysing the Men’s fashion shows for the coming Autumn/Winter 2023/24, one notices the dominance of an extremely luxurious atmosphere that pervaded most of the catwalks. A luxury that starts with the materials on which an incredible amount of innovative research was applied. The dominant trend has made the collections elegant, but dynamic; essential, but not minimal. There is a desire for simplification and cleanliness, yet without rigour.

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Expo Riva Schuh: autumn/winter ’23-24 is made of boots, sneakers and moccasins

As always, Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags got things going for the coming winter, presenting new collections from international manufacturers and brands. A varied landscape, in which ankle boot models were again the winners. Those who thought that we would go for a longer style proved to be mistaken, as the preference remains for a style that goes just above the ankle.

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ArsTannery #01/2023: Leather chemicals, where does research point?

Many topics in this first issue of 2023. The focus is on the latest chemical tanning of automotive leathers, a sector whose balance sheet remains negative but where there are encouraging signs. Looking up higher, the last UNIC & Italian Tanneries meeting showed a two-sided 2022 economy with a very positive first half followed by a more complicated second half of the year.

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Pitti Uomo: diverse masculine future for Autumn/Winter ’23-24

Masculine Future is the name of one of the areas that Pitti Uomo dedicated to men’s fashion during the last event. A future that is not easy to intercept, as it crosses many areas of taste, creativity and style.

On the one hand, aesthetic research is more than ever linked to craftsmanship processes, with textural textures, functional details and multifaceted materials. On the other hand, the re-established contact with nature inspires light and resistant accessories and footwear, which indulges movement in day-to-day comfort. Attention to the environmental impact associated with innovative designs is intensified, even on eco-materials.

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Arsutoria School: the right place for you

Shoe enthusiasts, more creative designers, aspiring entrepreneurs or production technicians ask themselves all the time: what will be the right place to acquire the skills that can help me enter or grow in such a fascinating but very complex industry as fashion accessories? In the next few pages they will find the point of view of someone who has been training shoe fanatics for over seventy years.

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Safety, an expanding market that looks for comfort

Safety, today, is undoubtedly a healthy sector, as was also seen at Expoprotection 2022, the last major trade fair in the sector held last November in Paris, which attracted thousands of operators interested in discovering the latest in the sector, confirming a certain ferment in the international market.
In terms of market offerings, we must recognize that manufacturers’ efforts are increasingly directed toward the search for greater user comfort, as well as, of course, compliance with regulatory standards for different work situations. In this sense, market demand has long focused on greater lightness of the finished shoe.

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