When consumers are shopping for denim, two factors are commonly driving their decision making: comfort and sustainability. In just a year, searches for sustainable denim grew a whopping 2,182 percent, according to data from Trendalytics. Additionally, market adoption of lightweight jeans has grown 61 percent, and...
As the weather cools down, the leading goal in getting dressed is being comfortable. Denim containing TENCEL™ Lyocell provides a soft hand feel, making it a perfect partner to cozy knitwear and layers. From tops to trouser-style jeans, we have picked out some standout styles from...
Lenzing's Tuncay Kilickan presenting Denim mills have a key role in driving the industry’s material innovation and sustainability forward, but they don’t do it alone. Ahead of Kingpins Show New York, Pakistan-based Soorty Enterprises gathered experts, students and its partners for its biannual SpaceD event on...
Brazilian fashion brand Dod Alfaiataria is paying homage to samba music’s heritage while serving sustainability demands in its second capsule collection collaboration with TENCEL™ and local mill Canatiba Textil. Dubbed “Quintal 540,” the collection references Rio de Janeiro-based group Oito Batutas’ Parisian tour in 1922, which...
The earliest examples of denim pants are sought-after by historians and hobbyists, leading them on expeditions into abandoned mines to unearth jeans worn by workers in the late 1800s. Viktor Fredbäck is one of these denim history aficionados, and he has amassed a collection of hundreds...
Kicking off the Circularity Solutionist podcast series by Blue Cast X Fashion Impact Fund, we are featuring Brittany Dickinson. As a sustainability strategist, designer, writer and educator whose career spans nearly 15 years in the fashion industry, Brittany is currently the manager of sustainability at Goodwill Industries...
We're making old cotton new again. In a world where we're using too much and replenishing too little, it's critical to find ways to upcycle, repurpose and lessen impact. And that was the key concept behind TENCEL™ x REFIBRA™. Here's a look at how we're making new...
Guess has a plan to remove ancient and endangered forests from its supply chain—and it’s on track to do so by the end of 2020. The apparel brand first crafted a responsible sourcing policy for manmade cellulosics in 2017. Two years later, it joined Canopy Style, an initiative by...
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. This March, we uncovered some of the newest and most comprehensive reports in the...
Munich Fabric Start and Bluezone (Feb 4th-5th) are just around the corner, with this year’s event held under the theme of “Ecoism.” As the only trade show dedicated solely to denim, the 2020 Bluezone is fixing up to be one for the ages, with a second...
The community that surrounds denim is like no other: passion for the fabrication brings together some of the most brilliant creative minds on the planet. Many of today’s denim industry veterans started out as designers with little knowledge of denim, and have evolved into full-on bluebloods...
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