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...
More than 100 international players in the denim supply chain, including Candiani, Orta, Royo, Blue Diamond, Atlantic Mills, Calik, Santanderina, Unitin, Soorty, Arvind, and more will converge in Munich, Germany for Bluezone January 30 -31st. The denim and technology event draws innovators and creatives from...
Though denim is donned by all walks of people all over the world, creators tend to flock to the fabric, considering it yet another platform from which to create. One among the many things blogger John Michael Arcella loves about denim is that it allows him...
We denimheads tend to be a bit nostalgic. That’s one of the reasons we love denim: it’s a constant in the fast-moving world of fashion, something that doesn’t change from one season to the next. But denim’s always been evolving. Some of the earliest denim innovations...
When it comes to finding inspiration for denim, denim specialist and the creative mind behind the @denimdreamer Instragram page, Lucrezia Pasqualetto, looks all over the world—but not at denim. She finds her inspiration for the indigo stuff in other categories, taking a nod from outside innovations...
Art may imitate life, but for leading Chinese designer Chen Wen, denim certainly imitates art. The designer has become known for marrying art with the blue stuff, channeling oil paintings to give denim brushstroke designs or cubist art effects, and finding innovative ways to color block...
A secret garden is a treasure trove all on its own, but when it’s a secret garden made entirely of denim, bluebloods—and even those without an insatiable love for denim—go crazy. That’s what innovative artist Ian Berry is delivering to the public with his latest work...
Denim is finding new footing in the arms of social media—Instagram in particular. Lovers of the blue stuff have taken to the visual platform to share their denim finds, favorites and feature-worthy looks. And fans and consumers alike have found Instagram a new place for denim...
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...
Once denim gets in your blood, it’s hard not to pass it to the next generation. That’s what happened with Jessica Lawrence, director of brand and design for M.i.h Jeans, the self-titled, “London girls’ denim brand.” For Lawrence, it was the blending of business and creativity that...
The denim business is on the verge of a digital revolution. It will be disruptive, but it will also create a lot of new opportunities as the digital becomes more and more intelligent. Building on the ‘denim beyond seasons’ theme, the upcoming Bluezone show is titled...
One young girl is getting bent out of shape over denim with TENCEL® branded lyocell fibers. In fact, as a contortionist, Liu Teng gets bent out of shape for a living—and she’s setting records doing it in denim made with TENCEL® fibers. Dubbed the most flexible woman...