Attire Accessories - Jan/Feb 2020 (Issue 80)

10 Industry news Find out about all the latest from the fashion accessories industry in our regular news roundup LAKELAND LEATHER LAUNCHES LIMITED EDITION LAKE DISTRICT ACCESSORY COLLECTION Lakeland Leather has launched a new limited-edition Lake District accessory collection, celebrating its Lakes heritage. Inspired by the UNESCO world heritage site, the company has crafted handbags, purses, keyrings and other leather accessories with designs connected to its surroundings. Hayley Rock, buying director, says, “Crafted in the softest real leather, our Lakes accessory collection celebrates our heritage and daily inspiration, and are beautiful mementos to the breath-taking Lake District.” From a classic British pub, to traditional cake shops, and an abundance of Lakes wildlife and scenery; the Lakes collection is available to buy now on the website or in 15 stores UK wide. Visit lakelandleather.co.uk GERMAN SHOE MANUFACTURER CAPRICE EXPANDS INTO MYANMAR WITH FACTORY INVESTMENT German shoe manufacturer Caprice has expanded into Myanmar having invested in a state-of-the-art factory site. Having steadily increased its share of Myanmar-made shoes yearly production to almost one million pairs, the company is now operating a new shoe factory in the northwest of Yangon together with Taiwanese partner Mountain Top Global Ltd. Jürgen Cölsch, managing partner of Caprice, said, “Due to increasing sales figures and continuing relocations from other production countries, we plan to gradually raise the production volume in Myanmar by 2024 to two million pairs of high-quality leather shoes every year.” The newly-created factory will produce up to 150,000 shoes per month, and is equipped with state-of-the-art machinery and production facilities. According to a press release, “Caprice shoe technicians train the newly hired factory workers on-site and in live video conferences from Germany to Myanmar. Caprice participates financially and organizationally in the $6 million project, which had a construction period of two years.” Visit caprice.de SOCK BRAND STANCE ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTREPOINT HOMELESS CHARITY Sock brand Stance has announced a partnership with Centrepoint homeless charity ahead of National Sock Day. Stance will be supporting the charity on programmes and campaigns throughout the end of the year and during 2020 in a bid to help support creativity, sport and mental health amongst young people. Rich Philip, Marketing Director at Stance, says, “We believe that Centrepoint aligns with our brand values of creativity and engagement, in dealing with an important issue and providing amazing young people the help, support and opportunity they need. As a brand, we celebrate creativity and self-expression in the community across a wide range of sectors, including collaborations with artists, music partnerships and most recently, the Bikestormz movement, which is growing rapidly across inner city communities. We have many exciting plans for 2020 and look forward to developing our relationship with the charity.” Visit stance.eu.com