Denim has been in high demand for more than a few seasons, but for what’s coming up, brands may be looking to add a little more color to their lines. A walk through the denim area of Premiere Vision Paris is evidence of that fact, as...
Requirements for denim are complex and demanding in today’s world. Styles are at least as diverse as their wearers, comfort is a must for dynamic lifestyles—and consumers have a conscience, too. Fashionistas have particular expectations about how denim should fit and feel. Beyond that, they...
Life continues in the fast lane for which we need enhanced performance. Performance fabrics are still the future of everyday wear. Athleisure / Active Lifestyle dressing is shifting from leggins and performance knits to performance denims. You can now do in your jeans what you could do...
When it comes to a love for denim, it was ‘like mother, like daughter’ for the leading ladies of DL1961 Premium Denim Inc. For Sarah Ahmed, the creative director for DL1961, joining her family’s business—where her mother, Maliha Ahmed, is the CEO—after finishing her degree at...
This year at Bluezone, the denim portion of the bi-annual Munich Fabric Start, held September 5-7, mills, fiber manufacturers and technology companies got back to work after their summer, sharing ideas about speedier yet environmentally responsible apparel production. Fashion and sustainability has long been a core...
There’s no shortage of need-to-knows in denim—and the retail industry as a whole—and it all goes into the business of blue. Every month, Carved in Blue scours the web for the hottest topics in the sector—from who’s making what, to what’s innovative and new, to how...
NYDJ is pulling out all the stops to give women the perfect fitting pair of jeans. The spring season saw NYDJ rolling out its “Fit is Everything” campaign to capture real women and jeans that work, and highlight how critical that is to feeling good about...
The two companies, so important to the history and ongoing innovation in denim, are celebrating their hometown in North Carolina with a day they call “Jeansboro.” A series of painted fiberglass sculptures of pants, complete with rivets and back pockets, is getting noticed as more...
As a timeless classic of fashion, denim continues to lend itself to new uses, evolving its forms such that it remains the undisputed king of casual comfortable dressing. In an age where new innovations and interpretations drive the denim category there is always something that emerges...
“Fit” in apparel is a noun, and for the human body, it’s an adjective. The two meanings come together, seamlessly, in Den/IM 2.0: an innovation in athleisure that brings body-mapping technology to an already revolutionary denim jean. The “I am DENIM” athleisure collection, made with stretch...
Munich Fabric Start’s Bluezone Show Challenges Fashion Seasons with the Theme ‘Infinite’ Remember when fashion had two seasons; one for summer and one for winter? Today, the fast fashion industry is churning out low-cost clothes that mimic current trends and luxury brands in as many as...
Denim lovers know no bounds when it comes to professing their devotion to the favored fabric, and many are taking to Instagram to share that devotion with social media fans. From high-fashion finds to new takes on 70s looks and mini denim digs for your pup,...