Brand names like Gap, DL 1961 and Madewell are highlighting the soft hand feel and touch of their pre-fall collections in their latest consumer marketing efforts. “Brands are seeking soft denim with fiber blends, yarn spinning and various finishing effects,” Tricia Carey, director of global business...
Now more than ever, the world is paying attention to how the fashion industry impacts the environment. In a new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) video called “Made in Forests,” Michelle Yeoh, a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador set out to see what sustainable fashion could look like...
With Dish & DUER, denim does more. The idea for the brand, is to make clothes for “doers” so they can do the things that life demands. The company started making its Performance Denim and No Sweat fabrications in Pakistan, buying a small denim factory there to...
New York Denim Days (September 22-23) and Nashville ( November 10-11) continues to connect the dots between denim insiders and denim lovers with the latest players to join its ranks: title sponsors TENCEL™ branded fibers by Lenzing as well as musical guest and vintage denim...
There’s a lot to be excited about when considering the future of denim, as a host of bright young designers are entering the space with their eyes on sustainability. Elizabeth Welland is one of them. The young designer who participated in the recent Graduate Fashion Week...
Pakistan has continued to position itself as a leader in denim, and Naveena Lahore has been one of the mills solidifying the country’s position in denim creation. Whether it’s because of available raw materials, attention to quality at its mills or its more competitive prices, Pakistan...
The choice of what fiber to use in manufacturing fabric or apparel might seem mostly aesthetic, but that decision has an impact all the way through the supply chain to the consumer and beyond. The fiber not only determines the performance and quality of the woven...
Finalists of the fifth ISKO I-SKOOL, the educational platform hosted by Turkish mill ISKO, gathered in July at Milan’s industrial event space BASE for workshops and a final award ceremony. This year’s theme, Undocumented, captured the mood of an industry seeking to drive sustainability, equality, creativity...
Sustainability has clearly been catching on in the denim industry, and one Turkish manufacturer that’s embracing the cause has a lot to say about what it’s doing for the sector. For Bossa, “total quality management and business excellence” is an inherent part of its corporate culture,...
There’s no shortage of need-to-knows in denim—and the retail industry as a whole—and it all goes into the business of blue. 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...
Fresh from a recent Texworld USA screening of RiverBlue, a film that exposes the fashion industry’s—and denim in particular—impact on the world’s waterways, Carved in Blue was eager to carry on the conversation with film director Roger Williams about what the film did for him. RiverBlue...
Continuing our coverage of the next leaders, the denim space is set to see, we’re highlighting George Clarke. The young designer participated in the recent Graduate Fashion Week in the U.K. city, where 10 students entered their designs in Lenzing’s Sustainable Denim Competition. Lenzing partnered with...