From athleisure to enterprise footwear: Leather-based Vogue Present highlights 2025 developments

The Indian Completed Leather-based Producers and Exporters Affiliation (IFLMEA) hosted the thirty eighth Leather-based Vogue Present at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai.
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On this yr’s Union Price range, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced a spotlight product scheme for the footwear and leather-based sectors. The Hindu reported that this will generate a turnover of ₹4 lakh crore, and exports of greater than ₹1.1 lakh crore, producing employment for 22 lakh folks.

On the cusp of this announcement, the Indian Completed Leather-based Producers and Exporters Affiliation (IFLMEA) hosted the thirty eighth Leather-based Vogue Present at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai.

This yr’s show focussed on athleisure , together with workplace and journey equipment, biker jackets, belts, wallets, footwear, boots, and baggage for each event. Main leather-based exporter Yavar Dhala mentioned that the present has been held for the reason that early Nineteen Fifties and made predictions for the upcoming yr. “Athleisure appears to be making huge waves, however I additionally see the normal black and brown enterprise footwear making a comeback,” he mentioned, including that the State has the very best variety of ladies workers within the leather-based trade.

This yr’s show centered on athleisure, together with workplace and journey equipment, biker jackets, belts, wallets, footwear, boots, and baggage for each event. 
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R. Ravindran

“Leather-based is getting used even in informal footwear now. It’s now not simply artificial; it’s a mixture of each. The removing of import obligation goes to be very useful. It’s a welcome transfer by the Authorities because it brings quite a lot of overseas investments to Tamil Nadu,” mentioned KR Vijayan, chairman, IFLMEA.

The present started with a children’ footwear show by Tata Worldwide that includes boys’, ladies’, and toddler footwear in fashionable leather-based end, after which moved on to grownup footwear from Language. This showcase additionally featured the spotlight of the style present — a pet carried in a bag! “I wished the pet to stroll on the runway, however we weren’t permitted to do this,” mentioned Bhaskaran Chandra Sekhar, director of the style present, including that this yr’s present pushed the boundaries of potentialities by bringing in luxurious vehicles and motorbikes to behave because the backdrop for the present.

The night noticed 70 impeccably styled fashions, together with kids and 10 showstoppers.
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R. Ravindran

In line with AR Senthil Kumar, convenor of the present, that is Asia’s largest such occasion. “Many of the contributors are new to the present,” he mentioned on the opening. The night noticed 70 impeccably styled fashions, together with kids and 10 showstoppers, donning leather-based clothes and equipment from 11 manufacturers — Tata Worldwide, Language, Tohl, Vista, Z-Aglet, Perf, Toni Rossi, Tritan, Aks & Advert, Kompanero, and Ramjee Leather-based.