Design-A-Bag (DAB) is the only global online bag design event of its kind for freelance designers and design students, is now open for entries until 20 Jan 2020 (HKT 23:59). The competition is organised by Fashion Access and Arsutoria School who also sponsors the event.

Sustainable business is now considered good business. Increasingly sustainable development considerations are being addressed across all levels of successful organisations, not confined to a narrow definition of responsibility. By fully integrating a Sustainable approach throughout your business you can add value, differentiate against competitors and deliver commercial benefit in an authentic and responsible way.

Take a biologist, add a dash of creativity plus a dose of the latest trends and you get L’Officina. A rich blend of style and chemistry, the creative laboratory plays with combinations and textures to create new finishes and applications in the leather-making process. Let’s take a look at science and innovation, the core ingredients of a fashion company that is one of a kind.

While the entire fashion industry is being challenged and is re-thinking itself and amidst talk of establishing Paris as the capital of sustainable fashion before the Olympic Games in 2024, APLF.com asks Paris-based Fashion Trends Setter and Sustainable Fashion consultant, Anne Liberati of Anne Studio Liberati, how she foresees the future of the industry.

SC Volga Tannery (Ostashkov, Tver Region in western Russia) is one of the oldest factories in the leather industry. It traces its origin to merchant Savin's manufacturer founded in 1730. It is located on the edge of the beautiful Lake Seliger, about 350km from Moscow.