For about 15 years, a capstone project at the Fashion Institute of Technology has given students 13 weeks to build a denim brand from scratch—including fabric development and design. Since its start, approximately 1,000 students have participated. “We expected a lot from the students; we got...
Blue Lenz is our YouTube channel devoted to denim. Check out the channel for the best denim videos from our Carved in Blue conversations, mill partners and brands. Catch up with some of our favorite recent videos: CBL X Miles Johnson 2 A Lighter Touch Advance Denim -...
Kingpins Show was back in New York for the first time in over two years from July 20-21. The denim community traveled from around the globe to the Big Apple to mingle, browse, learn and be inspired. At the show, TENCEL™ celebrated our 30th anniversary....
Educational initiatives allow the denim industry to create a bridge to the next generation of designers. A recently wrapped five-week project at London’s Central Saint Martins saw 30 second year BA Menswear students creating a full head-to-toe denim outfit. Denim design consultants Mohsin Sajid, Sue...
Pakistan-based mill AGI Denim’s art gallery arm is celebrating the color indigo through an exhibition that puts a blue-tinted lens on global cities. “Exquisite Blue Towers” at AGI’s gallery@ space in New York's Chelsea neighborhood will showcase work by artists Holly E. Brown, Juan Manuel Gomez...
Hong Kong Design Institute is bringing denim culture and education to the next generation. The school is hosting a year-long weekly event, dubbed Denim Fridays. This series kicked off June 22 and will run through March 23, 2023. Activations will range from talks, exhibitions and photo...
Enrique Silla has lived a life filled with denim. He came from a textile family, and has early memories of the scent of cotton and indigo on looms. Family also played a key role in establishing his business Jeanologia, which he co-founded with his late...
There are some standard qualities of denim that don’t change, but the material is always ripe for reinvention. By using different inputs and blends, denim mills can bring new attributes to the traditional textile. Hong Kong-based mill Panther Textiles and its subsidiary Tat Fung Textile have...
Garment manufacturing is a big business in Bangladesh. One of the prominent players pushing the industry in a sustainable direction is Mostafiz Uddin, the owner and managing director of Denim Expert Ltd. Mostafiz has often shared his perspective on Bangladesh’s apparel sector in the media—to the...
For many students, college coursework is the first step toward building a career in their chosen field. Exemplifying this, a number of graduates from the Fashion Institute of Technology’s denim class have gone on to work in the industry. Carved in Blue is catching up...
Soorty's first SpaceD open house Last fall, Soorty launched its New York showroom SpaceD with a week-long event. Now, on July 18 and 19, the creative hub will once again open its doors for the denim community to come explore its partnerships, with a focus on...
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 consumers are shifting and what they’re buying. Here’s a look at what we are reading this month: Have the Proposed Fabric and...