Synthetic materials make a number of contributions to performance textiles: They are durable, they can add stretch and they are easy to care for. However, conventional synthetics come with a major environmental challenge: they don’t biodegrade. OceanSafe is changing this with its naNea co-polyester that will...
This Blue Cast episode, Tuncay Kilickan talks with Alex Angelchik, group managing director at Newtimes Group of Companies. Alex Angelchik brings over three decades of leadership experience in the apparel and retail industries. He has been with Newtimes Group for more than 19 years, most recently serving...
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 518. Between tariffs, geopolitical tension, transportation upheaval and other...
The TENCEL™ Denim team had a busy week in Amsterdam that started even before we arrived at Kingpins Show. We kicked off the festivities on Tuesday at a Transformers Foundation event with the title “Equity in Innovation: How do we balance the scales with the value chain?”...
At Kingpins Show Amsterdam last week, the TENCEL™ Denim team introduced our latest fiber offering with the help of a few mill partners. TENCEL™ Lyocell – HV100 takes our standard lyocell staple fiber and makes it appear more cotton like with one move: cutting the fibers...
Denim is having a full-circle moment, as one of the earliest materials used in the production of jeans—hemp—experiences a resurgence. But the way hemp is being used today looks nothing like how the fiber was incorporated into workwear of the 1800s. It’s typically blended with...
Sum London’s brand identity already spans continents, but the London-based label recently went Transatlantic with a runway show staged at New York Fashion Week. Reflecting founder Margaret Sam’s Chinese heritage and British upbringing, Sum London is designed with an East-meets-West lens. Her capsule collection presented during...
The big news from the Lenzing Denim team next week at Kingpins Show Amsterdam is the launch of our new TENCEL™ Lyocell – HV100 fibers. This debut is a long awaited solution that our customers have been asking for: a lyocell that looks closer to...
As wardrobes and lifestyles continue to trend toward casualization—with even formal dress codes relaxing—denim is following this leisurely direction. Performance jeans wear that looks like traditional denim but feels like technical attire fits perfectly into this new norm. Denim that offers stretch, a comfortable fit and...
Overall fiber production is on the rise, from around 125 million in 2023 to 132 million tonnes in 2024, according to Textile Exchange’s Materials Market Report. Although much of the growth in the fiber market is coming from virgin synthetics like polyester, man-made cellulosic fibers—which includes...
Since TENCEL™ Lyocell burst on the denim scene in the 1990s, the wood-based fibers have been making inroads in the industry. Despite the advances, there was still one thing holding back adoption: they simply couldn’t fully replicate the look and texture of cotton-heavy jeans. TENCEL™...
On Oct. 15 and 16, Kingpins Show Amsterdam will return to Sugar City with a roster of roughly 100 exhibitors across the denim world. Below, executives from 10 of the exhibiting denim mills from around the globe share the highlights from their upcoming Spring/Summer 2027 collections...