I was in Florence in October.
There were packs of cute Japanese girls all over dressed to the nines.
Most wore black leather combat boots with short skirts. Like they were going to some kind of fashion show.
Leather garments are very popular and cheap in Florence. It is the leather making mecca of Italy. There is a leather market there where you can buy almost anything made of leather. I bought a bison wallet there.
Wasn’t it Milan that had a high rate of Covid? I remember reading that a lot of Chinese work in the leather industry, and many went home to China at Christmas, and brought the virus back with them.