When Philip Roth wrote about the glove industry he did good research, and anyone keen to learn about gloves, particularly the dress glove business, should definitely read this book. Roth travelled to that most famous American city of gloves – Gloversville – in up state New York and met with senior, experienced glove industry experts […]
Leather Naturally and sustainability
POSTED ON DECEMBER 20, 2012 Managing “Brand Leather” If you read the discussions group for LeatherNaturally!on LinkedIn you will be aware that the subject of environmental and sustainable leather production of leather in the developing world has been raised by Anthony Wright, of Barrhead Kid in Scotland, and Ian Michel of Amandian Leather in Northampton. Many […]
Tales of Cuba, Chennai IILF, and multiple UK events
MONTH: JANUARY 2012 POSTED ON JANUARY 30, 2012. Two Items below Second of February, Le Royal Meridien Hotel – Chennai If you are on your way to Chennai for the IILF this week then check the ICLT Corium Facebook page for updates of the Corium reunion on the 2nd February at Le Royal Meridien Hotel. Details […]
Indian International Leather Fair
We have just seen the end of the LERIG conference and the Indian International Leather Fair. The global leather trade is suffering very badly like every other right but the Indian business would appear much better placed than most other leather producing countries. The Indian leather and the products made from it seem to fit […]
Travelling to Chennai for LERIG and the IILF
Note that I have a leather only blog that seems aftter a couple of years to have a lot of regular readers at: http://www2.northampton.ac.uk/portal/page/portal/aps/appliedscience/bslt/staff/mike-redwood/mr-weblog Travelling to Chennai for LERIG and the IILF After half a year of negative comments all round the world I have to say the couple of experiences I have had with […]
Bob Higham walking for India
POSTED ON. NOVEMBER 6, 2007 Short Sleeved Shirts I did my studying at Leeds University and am one of the small remaining band who are entitled to be a member of the Corium Club via an agreement that on the termination of leather teaching at Leeds the Atkin section of the Procter Society would be […]