We’re wrapping up quite a year for Carved in Blue. 2019 marked the debut of our Modern Definition of Denim video series and the launch of the SDG Decoded content series, as well as dozens of interviews with inspiring denimheads. In digging through our website data,...
No man is an island, and certainly no denim company can be in pursuit of a meaningful sustainability mission alone. In the next segment of SDG Decoded, we’re learning how companies are working in tandem to pursue all the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Here, we...
Denim may be awash in a sea of sustainable green, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still a lot of work to do. Jean Therapy, the Denim Sustainability report produced by Rivet, takes a hard look at what’s currently being done in the denim industry to...
In a development that was wholly unsurprising, we received so many plans from denim companies about Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #12 that we had to break up the responses into two separate posts for the SDG Decoded series. Here we chat with Lucky, Boyish, Saitex, Guess...
No one but the King of Inspiration—also known as Tony Tonnaer—could have a better handle on how to motivate denim toward a more sustainable future. The founder and CEO of Kings of Indigo knows it’s often up to the small but mighty brands to show what’s...
“Sustainability makes the difference between good and bad. We are made for good.” These words from Adriano Goldschmied—the godfather of denim—represent the perfect encapsulation of the denim industry’s modern-day mission. Accepting responsibility for its part in causing incalculable damage to the environment, today’s denim brands, manufacturers...
According to the United Nations Development Programme, more than half of the world population currently lives in cities, making renewable energy and technological innovation extremely crucial to advancing sustainability. In our next edition of SDG Decoded, we’re digging into how the denim world is progressing with...
Long Tall Sally got its start in 1976 by selling a capsule collection of trousers and tops from a small shop on London's Chiltern Street. Over the years, the now-online-only company has grown to become the leading tall-style retailer, shipping to more than 90 countries...
Every month, Carved in Blue scours the web for the hottest topics in the sector—from who’s making what, to what’s innovative and new, to how consumers are shifting and what they’re buying. Here’s a look at what we read this past November: Apparel: Supply Chain Transparency and...
In our next edition of SDG Decoded, in which we measure the ways the denim industry is delivering on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, we’re turning our attention to #13: Climate Action. Whether it’s through reducing energy usage or aggressive recycling initiatives, all of the companies...
The denim world is one flush with creativity, art and acceptance, and the Monsieur-T creative duo, Lucie Germser and Tilmann Wrobel, wouldn’t have it any other way. Germser (head of communication and design at the international design studio) and Wrobel (its creative director) chatted with Carved...
Denim brands are well aware of the hurdles in effective sustainable storytelling. Too much technical information and consumers shut down, while brands that glaze over facts veer into greenwashing territory. Perhaps the solution is visual storytelling. Arcadia Earth, a New York City-based art exhibit, puts the idiom...