The Los Angeles-based brand, best known for upcycling deadstock garments, teamed with Italian denim mill Candiani Denim to create a unisex collection of utilitarian pieces made with the mill’s Re-Gen fabric. The 100 percent regenerated denim fabric launched last year as part of Candiani’s 80th anniversary...
Aware of cotton's problems, Goldschmied in 1992 was the first to make denim by blending in Tencel lyocell fibers made from sustainably harvested tree pulp to cut water and energy use. More recently he and Nodarse devised a denim fabric for Reformation using Refibra, which...
Another denim leader charging forward on sustainability efforts by first tracing back its supply chain is AG Jeans. Through its vertically integrated facilities, AG Jeans maintains control over its denim at every stage of design, manufacturing and production, while enforcing a “strict ethical labor policy...
One of the most storied mills in the history of denim is also one of the most forward-thinking. Bossa, a Turkish brand dedicated to excellent denim quality and superior design, is using TENCEL™ branded lyocell fibers creatively across a range of different products. Özge Özsoy...
“It is very exciting that part of American denim history will be restored to production capacity and continue to have domestic selvage denim,” Tricia Carey, director of global business development for denim at Lenzing, said. “I hope this is a start of more domestic denim...
Additionally, for F/W 20-21, Kaltex touts coated “no cotton” fabrications made with Tencel, and fabrics that are blends of recycled scraps and virgin cotton—a combination that works for the trend for overdyed fabrics. “Recycled yarns will pick up,” Kupinas predicted. “It’s starting here, people want...
Bossa launched Organic Autumn Savefera, a denim made with organic cotton, recycled cotton and Refibra then treated with its Saveblue technology that reduces water consumption by 85%. Tencel presented its Planet Rehab collection designed by Juan Carlos Gordillo using fabrics by Tejidos Royo made with...
For Taypa, sustainability is one of our main goals. We believe that sustainability starts from the fabric. So we combine our sustainable innovations with yarn and fabric technologies, such as TENCEL™ x REFIBRA™ with washing. In this collection, we have used the washing methods that...
Recycled materials: Our close relationships with all recycle materials suppliers allow us to partner with them to use the most updated recycled and sustainable materials in our products, e.g. recycled polyester, EcoMade T400®, Refibra®...
Lenzing is fine-tuning its messaging with the Sustainability Storybox, which will highlight circularity, traceability, upcycling and compostability. The Sustainability Storybox will feature Planet REhab, the collaborative effort by Lenzing, Tonello, Tejidos Royo, Officina+39 and Guatemalan designer Juan Carlos Gordillo, who brought color and feminine flourishes to...
They only way that we can achieve this aggressive five-year strategic initiative is to collaborate with other sustainable leaders in our industry. We have a long-term business partnership with Lenzing. Tencel from Lenzing is among the most eco friendly and sustainable fibers in the market...
“Tencel really is the poster child for circularity and sustainability,” said Jordan Nodarse, creative director of Boyish Jeans. “I went to the company’s factory in Austria, and it’s eye-opening to see manufacturing without waste.” Nodarse went on to say that he’s proud Boyish Jeans can...