To achieve a more sustainable fashion industry, one of the top items to tackle is waste. Production and consumption have grown in recent years, creating a speedier cycle from creation to disposal. With more manufacturing also comes more cutting scraps that often get tossed. In...
For Pakistani textile mill Azgard9, the future of fashion is sustainability. The innovation-focused vertical manufacturer is charging ahead with concepts designed to make denim and apparel more ethical and environmentally friendly. Azgard9’s developments are also focused on making garments that have an impact on the health...
This Women’s History Month, the focus is on “Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” This theme intends to explore the healing and caring contributions of women in years past, as well as the frontline medical workers in the present. Outside the realm of human health, women are also...
The denim industry has a strong sense of community. And one of the major forces facilitating and strengthening these relationships is the calendar of global denim events. On the most recent episode of our Blue Cast podcast, Tricia Carey was joined by Joanne Schouten, an independent...
Five years ago this week, Lenzing officially launched our TENCEL™ lyocell with REFIBRA™ technology fibers. REFIBRA™ became the FIRST commercially available cellulosic fiber with recycled content, changing the game for circularity. Providing a reuse solution to textile waste, REFIBRA™ uses cotton fabric scraps as a feedstock...
Last month, Lenzing appointed Krishna Manda, co-lead and senior manager of sustainability integration, as its new vice president of corporate sustainability. Located in Lenzing, Austria, Manda has been with the Lenzing Group for the past 10 years in various capacities and has played an instrumental role in...
Creating sustainable change in the fashion and lifestyle industries relies on collective action. We can all learn from each other’s best practices and wins to move the needle forward. This concept of community is central to the Conscious Fashion & Lifestyle Network, a new platform for...
Do you have a circular or sustainable solution? Act Together wants to hear from you. In 2020, Lenzing, Meidea and Officina+39 joined forces to launch Act Together, a collaborative partnership to show that together, we can achieve more. This alliance led to The Circle Book,...
With the rise of the sustainability conversation in the apparel industry has come the fairly universal desire to own the narrative around environmental impact. But fiber, textile and apparel consultant Robert Antoshak notes that the level of understanding about the production of fibers and agriculture—topics...
At the heart of sustainable action is life. Efforts such as cutting carbon or adopting more conservative resource management is about prolonging quality of life for all the Earth’s inhabitants. For Turkey’s Calik Denim, this sentiment comes across in its tagline, “Passion for Denim, Passion for...
Among the TENCEL™ denim team’s milestones in 2021 was the launch of the second edition of our collaborative Circle Book project. Established in 2020 with our co-creators Meidea and Officina+39, The Circle Book lays out ideas and designs for more circular, sustainable fashion production. The 2020...
Denim label Triarchy has tapped Danish model Josephine Skriver for a collaboration that centers on eco-conscious fabrications. Josephine turned designer for this limited-edition capsule collection, developing eight pieces including jeans, jackets, shirts and overalls. Among the looks are ripped jeans, a crop top and two-tone jeans....