The denim industry has taken time to warm to the idea of sustainability, but some industry figures caught on to fashion’s ecological future ahead of their peers. In the most recent episode of our Blue Cast podcast, Michael Kininmonth from the TENCEL™ Denim team caught up...
Hemp is quickly catching on in the denim world as an alternative to cotton and a blending partner with cotton and wood-based fibers like TENCEL™ Lyocell. The fiber is a less thirsty crop than cotton, making it drought tolerant, and its cultivation is quick. Hemp also...
Climate change is affecting the entire world, but Pakistan in particular is facing challenges tied to a warming Earth. The nation is one of the top 10 countries that is facing a climate change emergency. Just in the last two decades, global warming has cost...
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. Because April is Earth Month, it was a prime time for the denim community to showcase their...
TENCEL™ Modal with Indigo Color technology is opening up a new way to make blue jeans. As a wood-based cellulosic fiber, TENCEL™ Modal is created by dissolving wood pulp into a viscous substance and then sending this solution through spinnerets to create fibers. Instead of dyeing...
The Ravensbourne Denim Innovation Project, in partnership with denim trade show Kingpins, turned its attention to sustainability this year. From October to January, students worked in groups to create a denim brand from scratch, with support from industry sponsors including mills and manufacturers. At the end...
At Lenzing, every day is a good time to prioritize sustainability, but Earth Day creates an opportunity for the entire world to come together in service of environmental protection. This year, TENCEL™ branded fibers are turning Earth Day into a month-long celebration of doing good for...
From its introduction, TENCEL™ Lyocell has always been a consistently great blending partner, and a new collection showcases just how well it pairs with fellow cellulosic fibers cotton and hemp. Lenzing tapped a bevy of global collaborators for a project that honors the history of hemp...
The Conscious Fashion Campaign is taking a deep dive into the 13th UN Sustainable Development Goal, Climate Action, in a new virtual education experience. Discover the SDGs - To Make Peace With Nature, produced by the Conscious Fashion Campaign in collaboration with the United Nations Office...
As Carved in Blue turns five, it’s an opportunity to reflect on the journey that led to the creation of this platform. This blog may be celebrating a single-digit anniversary, but it took decades for TENCEL™ to carve out its current place in the denim...
Levi Strauss & Co. has more than a century of history, and it’s Tracey Panek’s job to piece together the threads of the brand’s past. Since 2014, Tracey has been the historian for Levi’s, which includes managing the archives and acquiring pieces for the collection that...
The fashion industry is having a major impact on the environment, contributing to 10 percent of total global carbon emissions. One of the ways to cut down the eco footprint of apparel is by choosing better materials. TENCEL™ Lyocell is made of trees, which require much...