Avid readers of our weekly electronic market research products will know that the appetite among young women for long boots, as opposed to shoes, has been a key component of the healthy year that the leather industry has enjoyed so far. Just in case it isn't obvious, boots usernmore leather than shoes.rnAccording to Aldo Premoli, a trends consultant working closely with the Italian National Footwear Institute (ANCI), the demand for boots will continue into the spring-summer 2008 season. Yes, boots— including long boots—in summer Whatever next?rnWell, that's exactly what trends consultants are supposed to tell us. For Aldo Premoli, the boots bonanza will continue (tanners take note) because "the mood of the season" will reflect an obsession among women to "slim the silhouette".
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