Global denim mills converged in Munich last week for Bluezone and Keyhouse, Munich Fabric Start’s pavilions dedicated to denim and innovation, to showcased their Spring/Summer 2018 collections, new sustainable initiatives and collaborations with technology partners from all areas of the textile world. With innovation in denim...
Lenzing achieved another milestone in its innovation heritage in the textile industry by developing a new fiber based on cotton scraps and wood. Refibra™ is the first cellulose fiber featuring recycled material on a commercial scale and was launched today at Premier Vision textile fair...
It was all about fiber blends at Texworld USA in New York City last week, with one exhibitor after another turning to multiple fibers to achieve the quality and performance consumers demand. The textile trade show was abuzz with buyers looking for the next thing in...
Another illustrious achievement for ISKO™ and for its platform dedicated to sustainability, ISKO EARTH FIT™, that has received the prestigious certification EU Ecolabel. This is yet another confirmation of ISKO™’s deep commitment to responsibility that earned it the 2016 Nordic Swan Ecolabel for several products...
INVISTA’s CORDURA® brand 50th anniversary road show makes its European debut with its space-themed X.Venture Collexion at MUNICH FABRIC START (MFS) - KEYHOUSE, January 31 – February 1. This blast-from-the-past inspired collection designed by Struktur Studio is a co-operative collaboration between CORDURA® brand and Artistic...
If you didn’t catch it, read “Trend: The Softer Side of Men’s Denim,” Part I in this article series and a look at what today’s male shopper wants from his jeans. Now that it’s clear softness and comfort are key in men’s denim, it’s time...
There’s so much to say about what’s happening in men’s denim, we’re doing this story as a two-part piece. Stay tuned for Part II looking at what’s ahead for men’s denim to follow. Soft may have been a descriptor reserved more for womenswear in the past,...
Founded in 1903, Tejidos Royo has produced been a leader in Europe’s textile sector for more than a century. Its two production facilities in Valencia, Spain produce fabrics exported to customers in more than 30 countries. Royo has announced its new Suave capsule collection for Spring/Summer...
Heading into 2017, we have more ways to communicate and work with our partners than ever before. The past year was striking for the Lenzing denim team, not just because it was a creative year, but also because of the ways the team was able to...
In today’s market, brand positioning is about more than just the brand—it’s also about the mills making the product. Before transparency crept into the realm of apparel industry buzzwords and consumers began to care more about where their clothes came from, mills didn’t market directly to...
Since it’s founding by Indian industrialist Kasturbhai Lalbhai in 1931, Arvind has led the way in manufacturing on a global scale. Located in Ahmedabad, India, over it’s 85-year tenure Arvind has become the world’s fourth largest denim manufacturer and boasts an installed capacity of over...
World Textile Sourcing (WTS), a Lima, Peru based textile manufacture that creates full package knit garments for fashion brands, has teamed up with Lenzing for a new indigo inspired capsule collection using TENCEL® Named Inca Indigo (after the ancient Peruvian civilization) the new collection features garments...