The idea of innovation can seem daunting. Even the word innovation is often overused and misused. Everyone wants that earth-shattering invention that totally changes the world in a blink of an eye. However disruptive innovation rarely emerges from an “aha!” moment. Instead, they usually arise...
TENCEL™ x REFIBRA™ presents Midnight Blues designed by Pawan Kumar, from Los Angeles, and produced at Saitex in Vietnam. It is widely recognized that in order to realize a circular fashion industry, a new mindset needs to be adopted by the business and society at large....
Though it may have started out quietly changing the denim industry, Saitex is drawing attention and becoming increasingly prominent as one of the sector’s most sustainable facilities. The Vietnam-based manufacturing operation produces premium denim and over-dyed products, with a capacity of more than 6 million...
New York Denim Days was the talk of the town with indigo, displays, music and more. Check out the press highlights from the Sept 23- 24th event: Sourcing Journal/Rivet: September 19, 2018 Denim Days Returns to New York with New Speaker Series Spearheaded by denim insiders, the New...
Apart from bringing global bluebloods together in one creative place, Kingpins Amsterdam also serves as a place to launch the latest in the denim industry. One such launch set for this edition of Kingpins Amsterdam, taking place Oct. 24-25, is a sustainable denim capsule collection, called...
The second edition of New York Denim Days this weekend served strong denim style with a side of education about the industry’s progress toward sustainability. The two-day shopping festival kicked off Saturday with an indoor market at the Metropolitan Pavilion, where brands like Mavi and Hudson...
For Paulita Carlotta designer Rosana Rosales, sustainability is part of the makeup of what she does. With a line named for people who’ve inspired her on her path, Rosana makes denim that delivers on quality in a way that could only come from a denim lover. Ahead...
Now more than ever, the world is paying attention to how the fashion industry impacts the environment. In a new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) video called “Made in Forests,” Michelle Yeoh, a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador set out to see what sustainable fashion could look like...
New York Denim Days (September 22-23) and Nashville ( November 10-11) continues to connect the dots between denim insiders and denim lovers with the latest players to join its ranks: title sponsors TENCEL™ branded fibers by Lenzing as well as musical guest and vintage denim...
The choice of what fiber to use in manufacturing fabric or apparel might seem mostly aesthetic, but that decision has an impact all the way through the supply chain to the consumer and beyond. The fiber not only determines the performance and quality of the woven...
Sustainability has clearly been catching on in the denim industry, and one Turkish manufacturer that’s embracing the cause has a lot to say about what it’s doing for the sector. For Bossa, “total quality management and business excellence” is an inherent part of its corporate culture,...
Fresh from a recent Texworld USA screening of RiverBlue, a film that exposes the fashion industry’s—and denim in particular—impact on the world’s waterways, Carved in Blue was eager to carry on the conversation with film director Roger Williams about what the film did for him. RiverBlue...