The world may is facing a clean water crisis and the denim industry seems determined on doing its part to help. That’s why we’re continuing our SDG Decoded series, in which we tap the denim industry to see how they’re tackling the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, with another installation...
With tradeshows on hold, Carved in Blue is putting its capsule collection out one digital post at a time. This week, we're highlighting the Carved in Blue® OVERALL. The bib-and-brace overall, overall, or dungaree was a type of garment usually used as protective clothing when working. Although still worn in industry...
Since we’re all practicing social distancing, we’re bringing the market to you. Carved in Blue caught up with a series of leading mills to find out what their key message is for this season, and what new styles they have with TENCEL™ Lyocell and Modal. Here’s what they had to...
Bangladesh is doing a lot with denim, including innovating, testing and elevating its offering—all things the future of the denim sector demands. To get a sense of the latest in Bangladesh’s denim sector, Carved in Blue caught up with Envoy Textiles Limited CEO Tushar Tripathi, Square Denims Limited general manager...
When certain forces align in just the right way, it’s a recipe for success. And that’s what Artistic Fabric Mills seems to have going with its all in the family operation. Three sisters, Farah Iqbal, Saba Iqbal and Haya Iqbal Ahmed, are some of the driving female energies helping fuel the business,...
In our next chapter of SDG Decoded, in which we learn how the denim community is tackling the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, we turn our attention to SDG #7 – Affordable and Clean Energy. According to the UN, about 800 million people in this world still...
There are many ways to define innovation. At Bluezone in Munich, individuals nominated and voted into the 2019 Rivet 50, an index of the most influential people in denim, shared their forecast for the next decade of denim. The executives, supply chain leaders, designers and creatives offered a myriad...
To call Alberto Candiani a blueblood would be a bit of a cliché…but that doesn’t mean it’s not completely true. As the fourth generation of his family’s denim mill, Candiani might have a better grasp on denim’s heritage than perhaps any other denimhead alive. It would...
Collaboration starts in the classroom. As part of the UTIB 9th Turkey Home Textile Design Competition, organized by Uludağ Exporters' Association (UTIB) and the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM), with support of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Trade, university students present projects surrounding a single design...
We're making old cotton new again. In a world where we're using too much and replenishing too little, it's critical to find ways to upcycle, repurpose and lessen impact. And that was the key concept behind TENCEL™ x REFIBRA™. Here's a look at how we're making new...
If you talk to Rhonda Wyrick about denim, it’s easy to see why she’s spent over three decades working in the textile industry As a customer relations and order coordinator at Cone Denim, where she’s been for the last 15 years, Rhonda knows the pivotal role...
School’s in for sustainability. Jeanologia recently collaborated with university students to design new pieces for its Sustainable Denim Wardrobe collection, and Carved in Blue has been chatting with them about their experiences. For Cristina Moreno González, whose proposal was the most commercial and showed effortless looks, sustainable...