Editor's Note
With so much to see in the recent APLF - Materials, Manufacturing & Technology (MM&T) and Fashion Access (FA) exhibitions we are offering a few reminders of what you might have missed. Click here for complete article |
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Leather - The Affordable Luxury
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The Maserati can wait another year: the space age kitchen can be put off (yet again). Instead, how about a new leather bag, or a pair of shoes? Leather is indeed a luxury product and, at times such as these it's one that remains affordable. | Click here for complete article |
Changing Times
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When the Chinese authorities announced plans to reduce the impact of environmental degradation caused by the leather making process the news was received with some scepticism. | Click here for complete article |
Ostrich Leather Heads out of the Sand
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After reaching a peak of US$42 per square foot for Grade #1 in October 1993 before the market was deregulated, the price of ostrich leather entered a decline which resulted in prices bottoming out some ten years later. | Click here for complete article |
ACLE - 10 Years Old Already (and the best still to come)
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The All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE) will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2008 with the event being held from 3 - 5 September, at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Pudong, Shanghai, China. | Click here for complete article |
Colombian Tanners Thrive at APLF - MM&T
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Five leading Colombian tanneries exhibited at APLF -Materials, Manufacturing and Technology 2008 in Hong Kong. | Click here for complete article |
The Other (Luxury) Shoe Drops
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We all know the conventional wisdom. Sooner rather than later all footwear will be manufactured in Asia. But some, obviously, haven't read the script so they don't know the role assigned to them - as ex-manufacturers of footwear. | Click here for complete article |
'Go' on Green
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Creative Shapes on Styles (CSOS) is a Filipino company manufacturing components that are attuned to the rapid and ever changing fashion accessory and gift item industry. | Click here for complete article |
Happy to be in Fashion Avenue
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The international division of the Danyu Co Ltd. of Tokyo were showing at Fashion Access for the second time. | Click here for complete article |
Mixing with the Elite
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There was a singularly striking booth in Hall 5 at Fashion Access. It was the size of three or four normal booths and the décor included 10 ft. pictures of glamorous girl models. | Click here for complete article |
"And the award goes to ......" Best of APLF Awards - The Winners
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The Best of APLF Awards began in 2004 and have proved immensely popular with exhibitors and visitors alike. | Click here for complete article |
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