Missed Transformers: ED? Videos for All Speakers are Here
Last fall, TENCELTM sponsored the first Kingpins Transformers: ED series for students, and now we’re pleased to share the video series of each of the speakers.
The educational event—hosted by Endrime’s Mohsin Sajid and held at Ravensbourne University in London—intends to inspire students about the social, environmental and economic challenges troubling today’s denim industry, while also spotlighting the solutions made available by the denim community.
“It was a superb event, with over 320 students from 30 different fashion colleges in attendance. I was very proud to see this come together, be a key organizers and host the event. I’m looking forward to the next one and beyond” Mohsin Sajid
Check out the two short videos which were made for the event, by the students of Ravensbourne University themselves:
Below are each of the films from the speakers in order of the event, and note that the next Transformers: ED is just around the corner (April 21st in Amsterdam).
Lawrence Zeegan
Mohsin Sajid is a British fashion designer and highly accomplished denim specialist, pattern cutter, ergonomic tailor and lecturer. The founder of Endrime and Educational Platform DENIM HISTORY. Mohsin has worked for some of the best denim and apparel companies in the industry for the last 18 years.
Kerry Bannigan and Steve Kenzie
Miguel Sanchez is a textile engineer for the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. His long professional career, which spans more than three decades, how primarily been in the textile dyes and chemicals industry. He’s currently working as technology leader for the Kingpins Show.
Michael Kininmonth
Michael Kininmonth has spent most of his working life in textiles. His wide and varied career spans fiber spinning through to garment production; woven and knits through to non-woven composites; and apparel fabrics through to medical textiles. He now works with Lenzing Fibers as business development manager, with responsibilities split between sustainability and denim projects.
Helen Latham
Andrew Olah is the owner and CEO of Olah Inc. He’s worked there since 1976, spending his early years involved in denim development and marketing. In 2004 he founded the Kingpins Show, which is the largest jean supply chain show in the world today.
Jakob Krzysko
Jakob Krzysko joined the DyStar Denim Team in 2012. As technical manager of denim, all of his duties revolve around the application of indigo. He supports indigo dyeing mills in Europe and East Asia in the implementation of pre-reduced Indigo, the optimization of existing dyeing processes and the development of new dyeing processes.
Alberto Candiani
Alberto Candiani is the personification of “blue blooded” and has settled into his role as Candiani Denim’s leader. Following in the footsteps of his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, he has mastered the art of crafting premium denim.
Alice Tonello
Alice Tonello is the R&D manager of Tonello, a company specialized in garment finishing technologies that help brands, laundries and dyeing plants produce more sustainable products. She also manages the Tonello’s Research Centre with a team of experts, and a new Creative Area to nurture research and experimentation, giving support to customers, designers and brands.
Bilgehan Ates
Bilgehan Ates has extensive manufacturing experience that spans over 30 years. Through Blackhorse Lane Ateliers, Ates’ aim is to bring craft production to cities like London and create connectivity between the creative world and local people. Blackhorse Lane Ateliers is London’s only craft jeans maker, manufacturing garments in denim for both its own brand and for premium U.K. brands.
Simon Beachus
Nick Williams is among the worldwide army of denimheads, but his passion for denim stems from his tenure as a graphic designer (and then later head of graphics) for Levi’s Europe. He specialized in recreating artwork from original Levi’s vintage labels and hardware. This involved countless trips to Levi’s archive in San Francisco, where he enthusiastically studied original pieces and carefully created new artwork for the reproduction of vintage garments for Levi’s Vintage Clothing. This attention to detail is the premise for his first book, “Denim Branded.”
Sanjeev Bahl
Entrepreneur Sanjeev Bahl has ventured into businesses across diverse industries, earning a reputation as a forward-thinking trailblazer. His apparel venture is called Saitex, a state-of-the-art system of apparel development, innovation and manufacturing in Vietnam. The facilities and systems are all built on environmental impact reduction technologies, with a core philosophy of creating positive social impact.
Rowan Hunt
Rowan Hunt has worked as a creative menswear designer for over a decade, working for most of the big names on High Street either in-house or as a supplier. Having travelled extensively visiting mills, factories, laundries and finishing units, he strives to stay at the forefront of every new advance in the industry. He partners closely with everyone involved in the chain, from the yarn supplier, to the dye and chemical suppliers, to the final finishers, working to further his knowledge of denim development and sustainability.