Increasingly, mills are thinking beyond virgin cotton for denim. This might mean cottonless denim with materials like TENCEL™ lyocell or hemp, or a mix of recycled textiles and wood-based fibers. Carved in Blue checked in with the TENCEL™ denim mill customers to chat about their...
One of the biggest challenges in circularity is identifying a garment’s fiber composition to determine how it should be processed. Typically, this is done by hand, with sorters reading tags, which can lead to human error. Adding to the issue? The fact that 30 percent...
https://www.youtube.com/embed/sG12GhcxGsE We are often led to believe that the only things worth celebrating in life are major events—things that we have had to work hard and sacrifice for. However, an average person’s life consists of far more days when nothing out of the ordinary occurs. Should...
Increasingly, mills are thinking beyond virgin cotton for denim. This might mean cottonless denim with materials like TENCEL™ lyocell or hemp, or a mix of recycled textiles and wood-based fibers. Carved in Blue checked in with the TENCEL™ mill customers to chat about their cotton-free...
Extending the lifespan for fashion items has a direct effect on reducing their environmental impact. Resale helps recapture goods that would otherwise be tossed in the trash, allowing them to find a second life. For the first episode in our four-part Circularity Solutionist podcast series...
What makes you feel good? What makes you feel happy? What things can reliably lift your spirits? Diana Vreeland, the French-American fashion columnist and editor, once said: “Without emotion, there is no beauty." And it was these emotional questions that guided us through the latest Sustainable Denim...
Ani Wells accepting Transformers Foundation's Blue Lenz Award Carved in Blue recently hosted our second annual Blue Lenz Video Awards. Out of the many videos posted to our Blue Lenz YouTube channel over the year, we chose the top films in each of six categories, and...
Sedef Uncu Aki accepting Orta's award Carved in Blue recently hosted our second annual Blue Lenz Video Awards. Out of the many videos posted to our Blue Lenz YouTube channel over the year, we chose the top films in each of six categories, and the winners...
Chananwat Munkong, who goes by the nickname Ken, is a Bangkok-based independent denim designer and the man behind our TENCEL™ mini jeans and jackets. We first worked with him in 2019 for our Hardwear collection of workwear-inspired pieces, and we've been collaborating since. While his specialty...
Tricia Carey with Crescent Bahuman Limited's Zaki Saleemi Carved in Blue recently hosted our second annual Blue Lenz Video Awards. Out of the many videos posted to our Blue Lenz YouTube channel over the year, we chose the top films in each of six categories, and...
Caroline Ledl, head of product management, accepting the award for Lenzing So much of fashion’s appeal stems from color, and denim wouldn’t be denim without the blue hue of indigo. However, the dyeing process to create this color is often not very green, and has a...
For denim, TENCEL™ Lyocell is an incredibly versatile fiber that can go from lightweight shirting to heavier materials. Journalist Nick English—the founder of the boot-centric site Stridewise—recently discovered TENCEL™’s range firsthand. While catching up with Mohsin Sajid of denim consultancy Endrime, Nick found himself learning a...