The warm and reassuring tones of caramel, of cameo pink, of Venetian red with a shade of rust brown. In addition the Bordeaux, the darkest green and the dark brown. These will be the protagonists of the fashion season 2012 2013 as declared by the stylists and producers at LINEAPELLE, the huge Bolognese even, which gather together the operators of the leathergoods sector and creatives to define the trends product of next year.

A second trend of more daring tones, from the rose-coloured grey of the haematite to the darkest nuances of blue haematite till the ink black, is it addressed to who wants to dare more dry nuances and disturb with noir accent the classic. The fashion trend conference of the Bolognese show launch two big chromatic families for the next winter and reconcile the proposals of stylists and tanners. The most worldwide event of the leather sector arranged to meet in Bologna 1117 exhibitors, of which 763 are Italian firms and 354 are foreign ones, coming from 41 different countries. The 18 thousand visitors are looking for ideas to develop bags, shoes, accessories and furnishing leather goods in line with materials and in accordance with the trend style for the next fashion season. At Simac and Tanning Tech show, where the tannery and shoes machines producers meet, the registered exhibitors are 220. In this case the sector, which produces a yearly turnover of 500 millions, obtained for the 65% from the Export, clashes with a more reflective economic phase where the investments are falling-off, except for the environment sector and the reutilization of the manual skill on the shoe sector.