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2024’s Top Carved in Blue, Blue Cast and Blue Lenz Content

Dec 27, 2024

Throughout the year, the Lenzing denim team has been sharing stories about denim. This includes talking to mills to hear about the latest developments, chatting with up-and-coming entrepreneurs putting their own spin on denim design and production, and spotlighting denim heads with a strong devotion to the material.

Here, we have compiled the most popular Carved in Blue blog posts, episodes from our Blue Cast podcast and videos from our Blue Lenz YouTube channel. Catch up on the 2024 highlights below.

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5. Lenzing Looks Took the Stage at the Hong Kong Design Institute Fashion Show

Hong Kong Design Institute’s mission is to nurture the next generation of design talent, and the fruits of this effort were on display this week.

On July 9, HKDI hosted the fashion show New Fashion Force 2024, featuring the work of students from two programs: HD in Fashion Design and BA (Hons) Fashion—jointly offered by Nottingham Trent University and SHAPE. Thirty-two talented students reached the final and were able to present their creative works on stage.

4. What’s In Store: TENCEL™ Denim Pieces to Shop

Now that the holiday shopping season has wrapped, has your attention turned to a New Year wardrobe refresh? If you’re looking to spend a gift card or self-gift a pair of jeans you really want, the Carved in Blue team has curated top choices featuring TENCEL™.

Denim made with TENCEL™ is soft and more importantly sustainable. Our fibers come from responsibly sourced trees and are manufactured using a closed-loop process that recovers over 99 percent of the solvents used. The fibers are also durable, making them ideal for denim.

3. Slideshow: The TENCEL™ Denim Team at New York’s Textile Shows

The textile industry converged on New York last week for a bevy of trade shows. Lenzing exhibited and spoke at Texworld NYC and Functional Fabric Fair, and our teams attended Première Vision New York.

For the Lenzing Denim team, the focus was on Kingpins New York from July 17-18. TENCEL™ was one of the show sponsors, and we had a booth to showcase our latest collections such as the TENCEL™ x Regenerative Cotton Denim Collection and Application Innovation Collection 2024. As usual, we had two busy days with many interactions with different segments of the industry.

2. Mill Update: Pakistan Producers on the State of Denim Part 3

Due to their position in the supply chain, denim mills have a finger on the pulse of the category’s demand, trajectory and developments. In this series, Carved in Blue is catching up with mills around the globe to get their insights on sales performance, impactful innovations and projections for this year.

Here, Pakistan-based mills Naveena Denim Mills and Rajby Textiles provide their denim update.

1. Juan Manuel Gómez on Using Denim as His Canvas and Upcycling as an Art Form

Colombian-based artist and designer Juan Manuel Gómez is dedicated to denim. Jeans serve not only as a medium for his art, but also an opportunity to upcycle garments and keep them in circulation longer.

Juan’s denim art utilizes laundry techniques, and this ultimately led him to a career creating denim dyes as the design leader at Officina+39. Here, he talks to Carved in Blue about his Deverazul art initiative and Telariazul Upcycling Remade that is reimagining denim.

Top 5 Blue Cast Episodes

5. Episode 501: ‘Denim Hunter’ UK Premiere Q+A with Viktor Fredbäck, Emilio Di Stefano and Mohsin Sajid

This Blue Cast episode, Mohsin Sajid talks with Viktor Fredbäck and Emilio Di Stefano from the “Denim Hunter” film. This was recorded live straight after the UK premiere. It’s an edited recording, with no spoilers of the film.

Listen here.

4. Episode 509: Lil Denim Jean

This Blue Cast episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks to Nick and Max from the brand Lil Denim Jean.
Nick Baur (25 Polish/German) has a bachelor’s degree in architecture and is a current Master Student for Fashion at Politecnico di Milano.

Max Kaupp (22 German) is a Bachelor Student for Fashion Design at Hochschule Pforzheim (Germany).

Both are longtime friends and founders of denim platform and brand Lil Denim Jean.

Listen here.

3. Episode 504: Candiani – Eat your Denim/Glacier Project

This Blue Cast episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Simon Giuliani, global marketing director at Candiani Spa

Simon Giuliani, CMO, head of sustainability, strategic brand leader, and lecturer with nearly 20 years of international experience in the Fashion Industry with a specific focus on sustainable innovation. Starting from responsible brand strategy Simon aims at designing and executing solutions that align industrial business goals with responsible production practices, circular product innovation as well as internal and external education.

Listen here.

2. Episode 502: HMS – Hand Made Stone with Beyza Baykan

This Blue Cast episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Beyza Baykan, managing director of HMS – Hand Made Stone.

Beyza Baykan is an entrepreneur with a background in Applied and Computational Mathematics and International Relations from the University of Southern California. She is the founder of HMS, a sustainable denim washing stone company that prioritizes environmentally friendly solutions for the denim industry.
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1. Episode 506: Circ: Mission to Recycle Global Fashion Waste

This Blue Cast episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks to Arshiya Lal, director of corporate development at Circ.

Arshiya is helping create a more sustainable consumer future at Circ, where she works with brands and the textile supply chain to bring the first blended textile-to-textile recycling solution to market.

Listen here.