April 23, 2025, San Miniato (Pisa)
April 23rd — an iconic date for all enthusiasts of motors and Italian design. Every year on this day, we celebrate the registration of the Vespa patent, filed in 1946 by…
The training project will start next monday on May 20th in San Miniato and it is aimed at inviting aspiring young designer/makers from the most prestigious Schools of Fashion and Design in the world.
What is Craft the Leather?
Craft…
18-20 April 2024, Pontedera - Pisa
Vespa enthusiasts from all over the world celebrated Vespa World Days as every year. This year, for the first time, the event was held in Pontedera, city in which started…
Italian Vegetable Tanned Leather Consortium has chosen to support Eroica, a cycling event, founded by Giancarlo Brocci. Eroica has been inspiring cycling enthusiasts from worldwide since 1997 with an always increasing passion.
Eroica: the birth
Eroica…
APLF - Asian Pacific Leather Fair
Hong Kong, 19-21 March 2024
We are pleased to announce that the Italian Vegetable-Tanned Leather Consortium will partecipate in the APLF - Asian Pacific Leather Fair, one of the main…
The winner of the tenth edition of the competition Craft the Leather, a project partnering the Italian Vegetable Tanned Leather Consortium and international schools with a culture of making, is Balbina Brunell from Parsons School of Fashion, NYC…
The winner of the ninth edition of the competition Craft the Leather, a project partnering the Italian Vegetable Tanned Leather Consortium and international schools with a culture of making, is Wout Speyers from René Van den Berg Academy…
The new Board of Directors of Consorzio Vera Pelle Italiana Conciata al Vegetale (Genuine Italian Vegetable-Tanned Leather Consortium) appointed President Leonardo Volpi at the Consortium’s leadership for the next two years: 2021-2022.
He will be assisted in his…
Dear readers,
I love my country. I am certainly a fortunate person. Even in the short distance that separates my home from my workplace, I can turn to see the old Venetian villas and a most enchanting tenth century…
Vegetable tanned leather, because of the naturalness of its processing, tends to exalt its original characteristics, that is the small wrinkles and veins on the animal skin. For that reason the raw hides we use must be of top quality.…
