Lineapelle New York is back at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan on Wednesday 31 January and Thursday 1 February. ‘This is an ideal event for a market in search of materials and solutions of genuine excellence,’ the company says. Around 123 selected exhibitors, including tanneries, accessories, components and alternative materials will present their stylistic work-in-progress with samples for summer 2019, inspired by the trends developed by the Lineapelle Fashion Committee under their main theme of Empathy. The theme will be explored in depth during three seminars: Two on the first day and one on the second. The programmes will also features another workshop, Know Your Leather, a technical workshop for analysing “leather as a material”.
Lineapelle New York was launched in January 2001 with 25 exhibitors and has grown exponentially to the point where the July 2017 show hosted 120 exhibitors and welcomed over 1,300 visitors. These numbers confirm the show as a leading event for the US fashion industry, a client of historic and fundamental importance for the Italian leather industry, which has systematically increased its exports to the US from 2009 to 2016, tripling them in value. Trade remained stable in 2017, confirming the USAs position as the fifth biggest destination country for Italian finished leather products.
The New York preview introduces Lineapelle Milano (February 20 to 22 at Fieramilano Rho), the reference event for the global leather area for which a strong turnout of US buyers and brands is expected.
