The Cami - Thanks to Tencel, Guess transforms the denim tank top into a garment that is wearable, touchable and huggable. We like this tank’s nod to lingerie with empire seaming and fabric covered buttons....
Lenzing is maintaining the crisp look of black denim (even after 50 home washes) with Future Black, the company’s response to the industry-wide push for modal and color lasting denim. It’s a three-prong story that offers benefits to the aesthetic, hand feel and sustainability of...
Environmental non-profit Canopy knows which viscose producers are taking strides to conserve forests. Canopy’s new report, “Hot Button Issue,” was released Friday, ranking the performance of the world’s largest rayon-viscose producers. It’s the first-ever tool that enables brands to measure producers’ impact on the environment...
At Kingpins Amsterdam (Oct. 26-27), Lenzing will introduce Future Black, a capsule collection that showcases Lenzing Modal Black, the fiber manufacturer’s solution for black denim that never fades. Lenzing Modal Black is a spun-dyed fiber that incorporates the pigment during the extrusion production process, meaning...
The film tracks Denham as he travels from Italy to Japan, observing both how denim history is being preserved and how innovations in fibers like Lenzing Tencel and Modal are changing the game for jeans....
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), a global alliance that includes suppliers, brands and retailers, and Austrian fiber house Lenzing have joined the World Apparel and Footwear Lifecycle Database (WALDB) as partners. The project, a pre-competitive global initiative launched in 2015 by consulting firm Quantis, aims...
Garments in Close The Loop contain 20-30 percent recycled cotton, which H&M stated is currently about the maximum amount of recycled material that can be used when making new fabric without compromising the quality. Several pieces within the collection are also made using over 70...
A new collaboration with Lenzing shows the softer side of Invista’s durable fiber Cordura. The denim aims to address the various ways consumers use denim in their diverse lifestyles....
The Canatiba fabric collection has over 800 products that range in weight, construction and elasticity and include both simpler fabrics and specialty items. The mill also does a large business with a lot of specialty fiber companies, including Lenzing, Invista and Fulgar. Covolan said the...
Denimheads are the new squatters. BPD Expo temporarily took over New York City’s largest vacant retail location on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 50th Street June 22-23 for two days of A/W 2017-18 denim trends, innovation and hands-on activities like denim crochet and shibori...
Living up to its name, the collection presents head-to-toe apocalyptic denim gear designed by Douglas Gunn and Roy Luckett, co-founders of The Vintage Showroom. The duo culled inspiration from rare utilitarian and military pieces in their extensive archives. Orta reinterpreted the garments for the future...
While some mills find the number of scattered shows helpful, others would rather have fewer, bigger shows where everyone can meet. Viresh Verma, vice president of marketing at Arvind Denim Lab, said that the U.S. industry could use a single, consolidated show like Denim PV....