Leather’s flower power on show at Inspiramais
29/01/2026
Designer Walter Rodrigues delivered a preview of the leather articles that will go into products in the second half of 2027. Mr Rodrigues consults on trends for Brazil’s national representative body for footwear components manufacturers, Assintecal.
One of the themes he highlighted was the importance of floral finishes. He said this floral theme had been in evidence in recent collections that some of the biggest names in fashion had presented, including Valentino, Dries van Noten, Balenciaga, Chloé and Jonathan Anderson’s early work for Dior.
The expertise of Brazilian tanners in leather finishing meant many articles echoing Walter Rodrigues’s floral ideas were on show at Inspiramais. He said the tanners’ work on preparing brightly coloured embossed finishes was “absolutely sensational”.
An extra element was that some of the fish leather in collections from companies including Arte da Pele presented the scales on the skin like petals on a flower.
Image shows a shoe made by footwear brand Arezzo using leather from Mucca Pelli.
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