Hong Kong Design Institute’s mission is to nurture the next generation of design talent, and the fruits of this effort were on display this week. On July 9, HKDI hosted the fashion show New Fashion Force 2024, featuring the work of students from two programs: HD...
How do you better prepare students to work in the denim industry? Give them access to experts and resources while they are in school. This is the thought process behind the University of the Arts London Central Saint Martins Year 2 – Menswear Denim Industry project,...
For almost two decades, design consultancy Vintage Showroom has been sharing its archive with everyone from fashion designers to film directors. In 2007, collectors Roy Luckett and Doug Gunn came together to launch the showroom, creating a space to house their collection that dates back to...
Denim that includes TENCEL™ has an inherently soft hand feel, but a spinning innovation is making jeans even softer. The Super Zero technique developed in Japan uses twisting and hydrothermal treatments to create airy yarns that are more absorbent and fluffier. While more often used for...
It has been slightly over a year since earthquakes ravaged Türkiye and Syria, affecting millions of lives. Although devastating, tragedy has a way of bringing people together. This has proven true for the denim community, as the House of Denim Foundation, the Amsterdam-based organization behind initiatives...
Colombian-based artist and designer Juan Manuel Gómez is dedicated to denim. Jeans serve not only as a medium for his art, but also an opportunity to upcycle garments and keep them in circulation longer. Juan’s denim art utilizes laundry techniques, and this ultimately led him to...
Kingpins Show is always a hotbed for new collection and project launches, and that was triply the case for U.K.-based design consultancy Endrime. During the most recent Amsterdam edition of the fair, Endrime debuted three different projects: two mill collaborations and a book. After the busy...
A prime way to create a consistent talent pool for the denim industry is to engage students. The Kingston University Masters Denim Project 2024, which just wrapped its third edition, provides this denim education with help from material manufacturers. Throughout the two-month-long project, students participated in...
Industry veteran Christine Rucci has been a denim head since her childhood and she is celebrating 40 years in the denim industry. This lifelong passion has turned into a four-decade career working with iconic brands like Diesel, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Tommy Hilfiger and Ralph Lauren....
Blue Cast is a podcast series from the TENCEL™ Denim team. Each episode features a conversation with a special guest from within the industry or the fringes of the denim community. The following is a recap of episode 501. Across the United States, it’s estimated that there are half...
Brazilian brand The Paradise is weaving the warmth of summer into a collection that features TENCEL™ fabrics from Canatiba. The brand’s 16th collection, dubbed Holiday, uses a mix of cotton, linen, silk, viscose and TENCEL™ for T-shirts, shorts, skirts, pants, shorts, bikinis and rompers. A capsule...
Portuguese laundry Pizarro sees denim as an art form, and the company has sought to bring art into its facilities through its Art Gallery initiative. Explaining the concept on Instagram, Pizarro wrote, “At PZR Art Gallery, garments are transformed, going far beyond their initial purpose. Art...