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Arsutoria School: a window of opportunities on the footwear and handbag industry

Breadth of perspective is what connotes Open Source software. Open software, in fact, frees users from dependence on a single pro- ducer. It facilitates their learning and receives more support from the community, as well as enjoying a high level of integration.

What if this were also the case for educational experiences? The more a School opens up its horizon of reference, the more it gains the freedom to draw information from multiple sources, to learn from the community, and to better integrate into its target sector.
For Arsutoria, the workshop School, openness and permeability with respect to the industrial world, and not only, of footwear and hand- bags has always been a given, as the next pages show: participation in international workshops, competitions, fashion shows, visits to important names in fashion, such as Hugo Boss, in-depth classroom seminars held by renowned brands.

These are all opportunities for openness and growth for the students, who thus have the chance to add a set of experiences of incalculable value to their already rich course of study (sketching and drawing by hand and digitally of the product and its components, tools and methodology for building a collection, designing and prototyping models both by hand and computer, designing and making prototypes).


Yes, you will find that Arsutoria has taken the national and international stage in recent months, not so much to show off as to provide as ‘Open Source’ an experience as possible for its pupils.

SIMAC TANNING TECH: Promote innovation in the supply chain

That of leather, is the core business of most of the big Luxury brands, coming to represent as much as 50% and 70% of their turnover. The Italian leather supply chain is the only one that encompasses, at the highest level of excellence, all the links of the value chain in a single territory, within specialized districts.


The aggregate leather sector (tannery, footwear, leather goods, and technology) represents an important slice of Italian manufacturing: it employs a total of more than 130 thousand people (4% of the Italian manufacturing sector), produces more than 30 billion euros in turnover and an added value of 6 billion, or 3% of the added value generated by Italian manufacturing.


In 2022, Italy was reconfirmed as the leading value exporter in Europe for supply chain technologies, tanned leather, leather goods and footwear. Italian savoir-faire is recognized worldwide: the value of exports of the four supply chains in 2022 amounted to about 27 billion euros (+15% compared to 2021). Of these, about 45% were footwear and 40% leather goods, with diversified destinations to Europe, the United States, South Korea and China among the top destinations.


The trade balance is around 15 billion euros (1.7 billion for tannery, 7.2 billion for leather goods, 5.4 billion for footwear and 300 million for technology). We are talking about a “national champion.”

PERFORMANCE DAYS: new formats and footwear area

The winter edition of PERFORMANCE DAYS, which took place for the first time in a larger space at the Messe München fairgrounds, ended on Oct. 5, 2023, with 2,625 visitors and 436 exhibitors from 34 countries in attendance.

Operators showed appreciation for the new features that made the event more comprehensive and easy to visit, starting with the new look and the recently integrated footwear area with its own Footwear Forum, which provided information on innovations and ‘hot’ topics in the industry.

“The introduction of the new footwear area has been very well received by both exhibitors and visitors. It perfectly complements the existing apparel offering, and some apparel exhibitors have even joined the footwear area, creating a positive synergy. A solution that simplifies the search for materials, components and suppliers for footwear designers and product managers, and which no other trade fair currently offers. The Footwear Forum has, in addition, received exceptionally positive feedback, praised as informative, innovative and inspiring.”

Nina Conrad, sustainability consultant in the textile/leather industry and the new Footwear Area

The fair’s versatile formats, such as the separate Sustainability Lounge and Innovation Forum, were also particularly well received. “I can only emphasize once again how important it is to create more and more close collaboration on the topic of sustainability within the industry,” said Anna Rodewald of GreenroomVoice and co-chair of the dedicated sustainability space, “and the Sustainability Lounge created the perfect context to foster this collaboration.

Outsoles focus A/W ’24-25: sustainable materials, new production processes, and fast design

If one moves and operates in the fashion sphere, one can never overlook aspects related to design, trends, and new proposals for future seasons.

And so it is, in fact, also for the coming autumn winter 2024-25, in which many soles and structures and heels pursue their search for aesthetically innovative solutions by still working on large volumes and aggressive designs. But in all sincerity, much more interesting and fascinating are the projects that many companies are developing that are directed to revolutionize the world of shoe soles in some way.

A great many focus on various aspects of sustainability, starting with finding materials that are increasingly devoted to recycling (both as a starting point and as an end-of-life perspective). Many efforts are also being made to research bio-based materials. In addition to this work on materials, however, there are also those who develop production systems and processes that can make not only more efficient but also more environmentally friendly the moment of design and construction of structures.

Aesthetics and creativity yes, one cannot do without them, however, efforts to imagine new perspectives on design and production is undoubtedly the next frontier to look out on.

VIDEO: S/S 2024 catwalks commentary

World fashion offers everyday looks, an elegance that stays away from excess, made up of garments in neutral tones, easy to match with each other, but carefully curated, sophisticated and masterfully crafted.

Special attention is paid to gold tones and transparencies. The former is flaunted as a glamorous color to be worn from morning to evening. The second theme casts itself in search of lightness as the secret formula for rediscovering freedom.

Women fashion shows S/S 2024: elegance in the everyday

Mariacristina Rossi guides us through the trends seen on the Spring/Summer 2024 women catwalks.

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