Maria Lomanto grabs a bolt of leather from the sample department at Townsend Leather. The company has more than 1,000 colors, textures and types of leather it can share as samples with potential ...

The Leather Working Group (LWG) announced a new membership milestone on Monday, with more than 1,000 leather manufacturers achieving LWG certification and becoming part of the global LWG community, ...

Leather is enjoying its time in the limelight. Not only was its popularity on the autumn 15 catwalks demonstrated by the likes of Burberry and JW Anderson, but high street retailers are also ...

Italian brand names such as Gucci and Prada have become synonymous with style and high fashion around the world. But in Italy the leather goods that have made these designer brands so popular mean ...

When leather expert Carmen Hijosa visited the Philippines to consult with the leather industry there, she discovered two big problems: The leather was poor quality, and producing it was bad both for ...

Engineers have created an environmentally friendly leather alternative made from silk. The material can be printed into different patterns and textures, has similar physical properties to real leather ...