With about 70 years in the denim business, manufacturer Artistic Milliners has expertise in creating jeans. But now the company is taking on a new category: woven textiles. The company’s new ArtMill operations, located in Karachi, Pakistan, will produce woven fabrics for fashion and workwear. This...
This year, the TENCEL™ Denim Team held our first Blue Lenz Denim Video Awards during Bluezone, celebrating the best of the best from our Blue Lenz YouTube channel. Among the winners was Denim Dudes founder Amy Leverton, who was recognized for her exceptional hosting of a...
This year, TENCEL™ held our first Blue Lenz Denim Video Awards during Bluezone, celebrating the best of the best from our Blue Lenz YouTube channel. Denim manufacturer Candiani was one of the winners, receiving the Best Animation award for a video on its circular Coreva technology....
“Open up any news source today and you can be sure to come across terms such as carbon and net zero, and this has become a major focus for the Lenzing Group,” said Michael Kininmonth, business development project manager, Lenzing, best known for its environmentally...
This year, TENCEL™ held our first Blue Lenz Denim Video Awards during Bluezone, celebrating the best of the best from our Blue Lenz YouTube channel. One of the winners was Mohsin Sajid for his Brief History of Denim with Fashion Revolution, Fashion Open Studio, and Isko....
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: 'We Won’t Recycle Our Way...
Despite the ongoing challenges of the pandemic era, there is plenty to be thankful for in 2021. Vaccine rollouts made it safer to gather in person again, allowing us to reconnect with friends, family and colleagues. Events came back, travel resumed, and life returned to...
For the latest issue of Bossa Magazine, Michael Kininmonth from the TENCEL™ Denim Team, shared some of the fiber producer's latest developments. Michael detailed some of our newer introductions, including carbon zero TENCEL™ and TENCEL™ Modal with Indigo Color technology, which are making denim production...
The denim community will soon have a new hub in New York. In December, Pakistani manufacturer Soorty is launching SpaceD, a showroom and creative space that encourages innovation, inspiration and interaction. To kick off this new office space, Soorty is hosting a week-long opening affair, gathering...
What happens to our clothing after it is no longer usable? A lot depends on what it’s made of. Fossil based polymers become a prime fabric choice, particularly for fast fashion. They currently represent 62 percent of all textile fibers. But the care and disposal of...
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: Cone Denim Nothing Goes to Waste Zero Waste History Naveena Denim...
The denim business is working to become greener, remaking what has previously been known as a “dirty” apparel category. Bangladesh-based mill Beximco is part of this environmental evolution. Using a combination of responsible raw material choices and alternative processes that cut back on waste and water,...