TENCEL™ Denim was proud to take part in the second edition of the educational fashion conference Transformers: ED on April 24. Due to COVID-19, organizer Transformers Foundation shifted gears and swapped a live event in Amsterdam for live streamed sessions conducted via Zoom. Aimed at students...
We’re living in an unprecedented situation as entire countries shut down and their citizens shelter in place. But even though we can’t get together in person through a trade show, travel or meetings, we wanted to check in with members of our denim community around...
Today’s young minds are carving a new space out for denim and its more sustainable future. The Kingpins x Ravensbourne Innovation Project tasked second year fashion students at the London university with designing a sustainable denim brand in just 10 weeks. “I think that the most rewarding of the...
Endeavoring to spread greater consciousness about denim’s worth and to maintain the creativity surrounding the beloved blues, Murianni Cristian started Denim Instituto Milano. The aim, according to Murianni, is to train new generations of professionals in the denim sector, by developing courses around craftsmanship and tradition. It’s an education for...
The denim industry should be consistently inspired by the upspring of new talent set to change the space. The Kingpins x Ravensbourne Innovation Project tasked second year fashion students at the London university with designing a sustainable denim brand in just 10 weeks. “It was very promising to see that...
Students are shaping the path for innovation in denim and Carved in Blue is inspired by it. The Kingpins x Ravensbourne Innovation Project tasked second year fashion students at the London university with designing a sustainable denim brand in just 10 weeks. “This module joins three fashion courses, and puts...
There are many ways to define innovation. At Bluezone in Munich, individuals nominated and voted into the 2019 Rivet 50, an index of the most influential people in denim, shared their forecast for the next decade of denim. The executives, supply chain leaders, designers and creatives offered a myriad...
To call Alberto Candiani a blueblood would be a bit of a cliché…but that doesn’t mean it’s not completely true. As the fourth generation of his family’s denim mill, Candiani might have a better grasp on denim’s heritage than perhaps any other denimhead alive. It would...
Denim’s potential and possibility truly comes alive when we see how fearless young designers can use the fabric as their canvas. In our new series that highlights denim’s up-and-comers, we talk with Shirley Zheng, who over a short time has had a career spanning USA and...
One doesn’t need to school Erak on the significance of sustainability. The Turkish manufacturer, which exports its denim to many major retailers, has made technology innovation a key component of its business plan. Equipping its factory with 19 laser machines, three ozone machines, and highly...
It would be easy to assume that today’s young denimheads want to get out with the old and in with the new, but that would be a mistake. For young guns like Caitlyn Holt of Cone Denim’s Elevate Textiles, denim’s heritage is more than worth...
Chemistry gets a bad rap, if you ask Miguel Sanchez. While the Gaviland founder understands why it’s a common misconception that chemicals are harmful for our world, it’s really their power that unlocks denim’s true potential. In Carved in Blue’s Modern Definition of Denim series, Miguel discusses...