10 March 2025
Leather advocate and designer Yusuf Osman, founder of YUSSICO. By ILM.
On March 13 at 3pm, Osman and leather content creator Tanner Leatherstein will present “Leather and the Evolving Business of Fashion” on the main stage in Hall 3G.
They will talk to the audience about why legacy brands, built on exclusivity, struggle on social media. The presenters will explain how this shift in social consciousness is leading a major change in the business of fashion with challenger brands increasing in popularity based on innovative designs, inclusivity and affordability, a possible turning point for the leather industry.
On March 14 at 10:30am, on the main stage in Hall 3G, Osman will join Katie Kutskill, President of Is It Leather?, to discuss “Who will shape the future vision for leather?”
In this talk, the presenters will ask how leather can step beyond its commodity status and embrace the responsibility it has to the consumer and call for the entire industry to unite, present a clear, consumer-facing message and remind the world why leather matters.
APLF Hong Kong will take place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from March 12-14, and will be preceded by the ILM Leather Supply Chain Symposium on March 11.
We bring leather, material and fashion businesses together: an opportunity to meet and greet face to face. We bring them from all parts of the world so that they can find fresh partners, discover new customers or suppliers and keep ahead of industry developments.
We organise a number of trade exhibitions which focus on fashion and lifestyle: sectors that are constantly in flux, so visitors and exhibitors alike need to be constantly aware both of the changes around them and those forecast for coming seasons.
