Scaling circularity in the textile business is going to take collaboration. A single brand alone might not have sufficient minimum order quantities to support fiber innovation, but if multiple brands join forces and pool demand, they can reach the volumes needed to sustain material manufacturers. This...
Like the rest of the textile business, Lenzing Group was put to the test in 2025. Softened downstream demand lowered fiber prices, tariffs created turbulence in markets and uncertainty was in the air. Yet, as the group’s 2025 Annual and Sustainability Report notes, its efforts...
Blue Cast is a podcast series from the TENCEL™ Denim team. Each episode features a conversation with a special guest from within the industry or the fringes of the denim community. The following is a recap of Episode 601. Sustainability is quickly turning from a voluntary...
This Blue Cast episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Mark Edridge, product manager at Bluesign. Mark’s work at Bluesign is informed by a career working for some of the world’s most prestigious and valuable consumer brands; he offers a unique perspective on the challenges businesses face in...
As the fashion industry looks to scale circularity, one of the key areas to address is post-industrial waste. Compared to post-consumer waste streams, recovering materials from production offers an easier path to closed-loop systems since the content of the textiles is known. Global Fashion Agenda’s Global...
Carved in Blue is all about telling denim and textile stories, whether it is through our blog, podcast conversations or social media. Over the course of a year, we publish a lot of these posts, so as the year wraps, we're taking a moment to...
Credit: Vincent Blanchard Indigo has long been central to denim production, giving jeans their iconic blue color. Conventional synthetic indigo, widely used for decades, is typically produced from petrochemical sources and plays a key role in achieving consistent quality and performance in denim manufacturing. However, its...
It was a busy year for the team behind Carved in Blue. The Lenzing executives traveled the globe, launched and marketed a new fiber and collaborated with the industry on trend-centric collections. Read on for their reflections on a challenging yet momentous year and their hopes...
As Transformers Foundation aims to create a more sustainable denim industry, one of its key pillars of action is educational outreach. The organization’s Transformers ED series, launched in 2018, has brought educational events to institutions such as colleges in global destinations ranging from Mexico and Brazil...
The "Lenzing Talks Series," held since 2023 to raise environmental awareness in the textile sector, will continue to shape the future of the sector with diverse cities and topics. The series recently continued for the seventh time in Istanbul, Türkiye after editions in Brazil, Mexico...
At the most recent Textile Exchange conference in Lisbon, Portugal, Lenzing Group took groups on a field trip to some of our local production partners. The optional add-on experience on Oct. 17 was a full-day excursion to Porto, Portugal-area manufacturers to discover how they are using...
Denim has a distinctive culture, and that personality has been on display during the fourth edition of the Hong Kong Denim Festival. Held at Harbour City, the festival was organized by the Hong Kong Design Institute, part of the Vocational Training Council (VTC), and presented with...