Lineapelle Trend - Pangea Made

The 101st edition of Lineapelle focused its energy on revitalizing the fashion & materials market via visually stimulating themes with innovation-driven offerings.

For Spring/Summer 24 Lineapelle strengthened the ties between innovation and sustainability and, under the season’s slogan, “Make Tomorrow Bloom”, presented stimulating sensorial escapist theme.

Material, hardware and accessories collections balanced the focus on nature with an acknowledgement of the metaverse as a key influence, resulting in the standout use of color and finish characterized this edition.

Consumers no longer are requesting more sustainable products, they expect it

RESPONSIBLE LEATHERCreating more Sustainable and environmentally friendly tanning and retanning processes

PLANT-BASED MATERIALSCreating more responsible alternatives to virgin synthetics.

RECYCLED MATERIALSRecycled alternatives that mainly come from post-consumer waste

Accreditations + Certifications:

LCA data

LWG Rated

ISO:Environmentaland Energy Management

INIC:Social Accountability‍

ICEC:Quality, Environmental, Traceability, Social Accountability, Health and Safety

Tanneries & Chemicals

Central point of advertisement was sustainability, animal welfare and traceability
No significant differentiation between supplier, only colors, enrichments and type of leathers
Central point of advertisement was sustainability, animal welfare and traceability

Trend Colors

Black

Yellow
warm yellow
orange yellow
ocher
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Brown
blue-violet tinted
cognac
light caramel

Blue-Green
petrol
mint
bright turquise

White

Red-Violet
orange tinted red
candy pink
mauve
lilac

Blue
baby blue
ultramarine
yves klein blue

Green
frog-green
olive-green
forest-green
artifical emerald

Relevant Trends

Leather with a nubuck look was increasingly exhibited

Printed leather

3D digital printing (3D)

Integration of a specific membrane solution for a surface materials to provide electrical resistance (heating applications, data transmission)

Synthetic & Fabrics

Majority of exhibitors were companies from Italy and Asia
Significant differentiation between companies, especially in terms of product quality and ingredients
Synthetics/ Fabrics companies advertised their products primarily with natural plant-based ingredients
Most of the suppliers confirmed that still a high percentage of ingredients are synthetic chemicals, and a minorityis natural plant based (<30%); difficult to meet automotive specification
Synthetics/ Fabrics companies advertised their products primarily with natural plant-based ingredients
The use of renewable raw materials forms the basis of product innovationsproducts primarily with natural plant-based ingredients