Nashville Denim Days Offers a Peek at the Future of Blue
This weekend, Nashville made a name for itself as not just a music city, but a denim city.
The first Nashville Denim Days, sponsored by TENCEL™ Fibers, took place Nov. 10th and 11th, and the two-day denim festival and shopping event proved a hit with denim lovers from all over.
Held at the city’s Marathon Music Works, Nashville Denim Days featured interactive displays, indigo dyeing workshops, it showcased new denim designers alongside more established brands, and had denim mills along for the ride, too.
More than that, the festival’s Denim Talks helped highlight what’s new and next in denim.
In a seminar titled, “The Evolution of Fashion + a Peek at the Future,” highlighted what young designer Natalie Busby, winner of the Nashville Fashion Alliance’s brand builder award, and Emily Phillips, the brains behind her eponymous Nashville-based brand, had to say about denim.
Both Busby and Phillips have brought TENCEL™ into their collections.
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“Personally, I love TENCEL™, the softness and the performance are great,” Busby said. “I have a couple of styles cut in multiple fabrics and customers naturally gravitate towards the TENCEL™.”
Adding a similar sentiment, Phillips said, “I use TENCEL™ because it feels great, looks great on the body, and because sustainable fabrics are important to me and my brand.”
When it came down to Nashville and its influence in denim, both creators were keen to gush.
“Nashville is a very dynamic city and does a great job to provide,” Busby said. “There is a lot of creative energy, promoting the community over competition.”
Asked to outline just how the city influences denim, Phillips’ reply was: “How does it not?”
Adding to that, she said, there’s “So much opportunity and community. All the artistic combines into a great energy that feels like a family. People want to support.”
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The first pair of jeans for these denim lovers?
For Busby, she had brothers, so remembers overalls being her first jeans. For Phillips, she said, “Not sure if people remember…a brand called Girbaud.”