Hungarian Fur and Leather Trade Association
The FUR BOOM 2025
Competition Awards Ceremony
Concluded Successfully
On 14 November 2025, the elegant Anantara New York Palace Budapest Hotel hosted the exciting awards ceremony of the FUR BOOM 2025 competition, where designers’ impressive multi-piece fur collections took center stage. The submitted creations were crafted from a variety of natural fur materials – including fox, chinchilla, swakara, lamb, leather, and more – showcasing the versatility and aesthetic strength of genuine fur.
This year’s field represented an exceptionally high standard: participants demonstrated not only remarkable creativity but also refined technical expertise, proving that fur continues to claim its place in the fashion industry as a modern, timeless, and sustainable design material.
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Winners:
1st Place: Beatrix Szilágyiné Salanits & Miklós Szilágyi
2nd Place: Borbála Braunitzer
3rd Place: Zoltánné Bartos
Creative Special Award: Virág Kerényi
Congratulations to all award winners and participants, who once again proved that natural fur remains an innovative, sustainable, and artistically inspiring material in contemporary fashion!
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Fur production
in Hungary
Hungary does not belong to the leading fur producing countries in the World, there are however three special items for which Hungary is noted in the international fur sector:
HFTA
The Hungarian Fur and Leather Trade Association was founded on 25th June 2008 by 24 members, included the 200 members of Hungarian Chinchilla Breeders Association, furriers, manufacturers, fur dressers, fur traders and trappers.
The association set as task to represent the fur trade and to protect its interests at national and international level. HFTA creates opportunity to their members to meet and exchange their experiences, to develop their technological knowledge.
One of the most important aim of the association is to support and promote the use of fur by the fashion industry.
HFTA is committed to the conservation of fur animals and their habitats and as a member of the International Fur Trade Federation fights for high standards of their care and welfare.
Hungary is known in the international fur market for the Hamster, Chinchilla, Panofix (lamb fur) there are however skilled furriers who are working for international fashion houses.
sustainable fur
fur processing
creation 2015
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HUNGARIAN FUR AND LEATHER TRADE ASSOCIATION
tel.: +36 26 525-286
e-mail: secretary@hfta.hu
registered address: H-1036 Budapest, Becsi ut 85. fszt. 5., HUNGARY
mailing address: H-2000 Szentendre, Dozsa Gyorgy ut 47., HUNGARY
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