GREAT ENERGY, AWARENESS, INTEREST
AT LINEAPELLE 107 (11/13 FEBRUARY 2026, FIERA MILANO RHO) THE BEST EXPRESSION OF THE GLOBAL FASHION COMMUNITY TAKES CENTER STAGE
It was an energetic, aware and highly interested community that, from 11 to 13 February 2026 – in the spaces of Fiera Milano Rho – animated the 107th edition of LINEAPELLE, demonstrating an incredible determination to build new horizons and respond to the complexities of a market that for over two years has been experiencing a condition of repeated criticality, but is beginning to show some signs of a possible trend reversal.
A place of relationships, inspiration and synergies, a true laboratory of stylistic and commercial future, LINEAPELLE 107 strengthened the meaning of its global leadership by offering the supply chain the opportunity to respond to current market challenges and to prove itself stronger than many adverse factors.
ENERGY AND AWARENESS
The fashion, luxury and design system, together with the creative manufacturing supply chain, met at LINEAPELLE 107 to engage both commercially and stylistically, working on the collections for the Summer 2027 season presented by 848 exhibitors (436 tanneries, 290 accessories manufacturers, 95 synthetics, 27 others) from 33 countries.
The forced anticipation of the exhibition dates, due to the presence within the Fiera Milano Rho spaces of some competition venues of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, caused a foreseen and conscious reduction in attendance by professional operators (around 16,000) arriving from 99 countries. By adapting their trade fair flow models, they expressed – as underlined by the majority of exhibitors – reassuring energy and a vision strongly focused on product, quality and, above all, service.
INTEREST
The innovation front and a determined search for materials and solutions capable of expressing a very high degree of naturalness will be the most important turning keys of the near future for the entire supply chain. These represent the factors on which buyers’ and visitors’ interest focused, both inside exhibitors’ stands and in the spaces dedicated by LINEAPELLE 107 to several projects promoting the highest supply chain craftsmanship engineering.
This is the case of the 22 installations in the LINEAPELLE INTERIORS area, a creative platform now in its third edition that activates links between design companies and leather and materials manufacturers. Or LINEAPELLE Après-Ski, an exhibition project inspired by the alpine atmospheres of the Winter Olympics, which presented innovative materials and products dedicated to the mountains alongside the performance of some humanoid robots.
All talks scheduled at the Fashion & Science Theatre were sold out: from sector-focused ones (for example, in-depth analyses of regulatory and technical topics related to the leather supply chain) to more fashion-oriented ones, such as the very well-attended conversation between journalist Mariella Milani and designer Antonio Marras.
SYNERGIES
The debut of a new exhibition synergy was very positive, allowing LINEAPELLE visitors to gain an even broader overview of the product offering, in this case related to textile materials. This is the synergy with FILO – the leading exhibition for yarns and fibers – hosted for the first time within LINEAPELLE as evidence of an increasingly concrete activity aimed at enhancing Made in Italy.
INSTITUTIONAL VISITS AND INTERNATIONALIZATION
The protection and promotion of Made in Italy are also a priority from an institutional perspective, as explained by Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, Minister for the Environment and Energy Security, and Francesco Lollobrigida, Minister of Agriculture, during their visit to LINEAPELLE.
Also present at the fair was Matteo Zoppas, President of ICE Agency who – in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) – organized at LINEAPELLE 107 an incoming program of foreign operators from five strategic markets: the United States, Japan, China, Belgium and Germany.
LINEAPELLE 108
The next edition of LINEAPELLE will take place from 15 to 17 September 2026, again at Fiera Milano Rho.
