Bangladesh is doing a lot with denim, including innovating, testing and elevating its offering—all things the future of the denim sector demands. To get a sense of the latest in Bangladesh’s denim sector, Carved in Blue caught up with Envoy Textiles Limited CEO Tushar Tripathi, Square Denims Limited general manager...
When certain forces align in just the right way, it’s a recipe for success. And that’s what Artistic Fabric Mills seems to have going with its all in the family operation. Three sisters, Farah Iqbal, Saba Iqbal and Haya Iqbal Ahmed, are some of the driving female energies helping fuel the business,...
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...
If you talk to Rhonda Wyrick about denim, it’s easy to see why she’s spent over three decades working in the textile industry As a customer relations and order coordinator at Cone Denim, where she’s been for the last 15 years, Rhonda knows the pivotal role...
Anyone who has been to a Kingpins Transformers event understands the power and energy it carries. Now its organizers want to harness that spirit to effect greater change in denim sustainability. Andrew Olah, president of Olah Inc., launched Transformers Foundation in January 2020 that will collaborate...
When you ask Hasan Javed and Ahmed Javed about their first impressions of the denim business as children, the brothers each recall their earliest visits to the garment factory. Perhaps most tellingly, they both remember being “fascinated” by everything they saw. We chatted with the pair...
We’re excited to announce a brand-new platform for denim devotees to share their stories. Carved in Blue® is launching Blue Lenz, a video channel where everyone in the denim community—brands, mills, influencers—can share the latest trend, educational and sustainability videos they’ve created. Who doesn’t enjoy a great...
Denimheads gathered en masse in Amsterdam last week for Kingpins. Spread over two days, the show was home to a wide-ranging collection of trends and talks surrounding the world’s most popular fabric (not to mention one storied pop-up with Kings of Indigo). A lower footprint planted...
With 35 years under its belt, Kipaş is a bit of a heavyweight in the denim industry. The Diesel, Zara and H&M partner is a jack of all trades in denim production, able to handle up to 300 different colors in its rope dyeing and...
In Part II of our Kingpins Amsterdam check-in, we’re listening to the mills to learn how they’ve been using—and what have in store for—TENCELTM xREFIBRATMDenim. The companies that use the sustainable fiber span the globe, all seeking to give denimheads the soft (or stiff!) denim they...
In honor of Kingpins Amsterdam, taking place Oct. 23-24, Carved in Blue thought there was no better time than now to touch base with the mills that consider TENCEL™ x REFIBRA™ Denim to be a crucial part of their collections. It’s been over two years since...
Even after spending more than a decade with Kaltex America, Neftali Vazquez is still energized by the variety his job brings each and every day. As the company’s director of operations, Neftali draws his inspiration from denim itself: The fabric’s perseverance, timelessness and lack of...