The Sustainable Denim Wardrobe ‘Hardwear’ collaboration is anything but a work in progress. Born from the inspiration of a Denim History lecture at Bluezone Munich Fabric Start and nurtured in a West Sussex design studio, the workwear wardrobe by the Lenzing Denim Team and partners is...
This fall 2019, GUESS launched GUESS Eco: a collection for men and women made with environmentally conscious materials, including TENCEL™ x REFIBRA™ Lycoell, as well as low impact manufacturing processes. The collection supports the brand’s sustainability goal to develop 25% of its denim and source 20%...
Consumers are demanding more transparency behind the clothing they buy, and the supply-chain is banding together to heed their call. Entitled BROADBAND, Sustainable Denim Wardrobe’s newest capsule collection brings together an international line-up in order to showcase the best in design ideas and the latest production...
As a journalist for nearly three decades, Jenny Lau is well-versed in the challenges and creative solutions within the denim industry. Carved in Blue chatted with the founder of The Secret Behind Fashion, a public welfare platform for fashion businesses in China, about the evolution of...
Although denim is steeped in history, it’s the fabric’s future that offers the most promise and the most responsibility. For Bluezone business manager Panos Sofianos, it’s no longer enough to design with one purpose in mind. The fate of our beleaguered planet depends upon the denim...
For Michael Spitzbarth, CEO and founder of BLEED, sustainability isn’t just a path—it’s a responsibility and a way of life; the company’s moniker draws its name in empathy of the Earth’s exploitation by the human race. A German apparel manufacturer that specializes in green fashion, street-...
To Scott Morrison jeans are the most democratic clothing in the world, and it pains the founder and president of 3x1 to operate in what feels like a “race to the bottom” as shoppers demand cheaper and faster products. To rekindle his inner denimhead, Scott traveled...
Known for her whimsical and inventive designs, Faustine Steinmetz has been hailed as both a magician and a technician. But her denim is hardly all play and no work: The couture background from the London-based designer and Rivet 50 member is evident in her emphasis on...
If the denim industry is a family dinner party of wine drinking and storytelling, then Andrew Olah sees himself as the grandfather at the table. While it would be easy to paint his industry outlook as negative—or even cantankerous—the fact is that the Kingpins founder is...
Spending 21 years with a company is bound to profoundly impact anyone. For spinning manager Orhan Herdem, working at ORTA for that long means two decades of family togetherness. As the lead for the company’s spinning department, Orhan guides his team through one of the most...
We’re living in another world when it comes to communicating with consumers, according to famed denim designer Adriano Goldschmied in the fourth episode of Carved in Blue’s Modern Definition of Denim video series. Not only do today’s consumers expect their denim to be soft and comfortable,...
The next generation of mills and factories is changing the future of denim. As circularity becomes the most important bridge our industry builds, the model of how we make, take and create is evolving. With today’s up-and-coming denimheads forging a more sustainable path, future designers will be...