Rivet’s Influential 50 is an index of the most creative and forward-thinking leaders, driving the global jeans industry. The Influential 50 represent the upward direction, the denim community strives for with each new collection: innovation and technology. Proudly announcing that BLUEZONE's very own denim legend, Panos Sofianos has been recognized...
Mohsin Sajid and Sadia Rafique, husband and wife team, offer a service to the denim community which is greater than the sum of the parts. Whether it’s designing garments, creating logos, engineering samples, developing look-books or directing video shoots, the ENDRIME® creative directors produces full...
Denim’s timelessness translates into design, performance and expectations evolving with each new generation. For some of the youngest denimheads, a strong responsibility toward the earth is now a critical factor. As part of Carved in Blue’s Modern Definition of Denim series, Amy Wang, general manager of...
There’s upcycling and then there’s “disruptcycling,” and one creative designer is tapping the crowds to bring it to the masses. After turning heads with his #BannersToBags collab with Messe Frankfurt’s Texworld USA—in which discarded trade show banners and signs were turned into fashion totes— Anthony Lilore,...
In the first installment of SDG Decoded—in which Carved in Blue checks-in with the denim industry to gauge and share progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals—we’re bringing the focus to Goal #6: Clean Water & Sanitation. Not surprisingly, this particular SDG is relevant to many...
It’s time to get out of the stone age, and Lenzing’s new laundry workshop in cooperation with Jeanologia wants to help designers and product developers do just that. A Garment Processing Workshop will take place at CITEX in Puebla, Mexico on December 3rd. It is based...
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 read this past October: Scariest Thing about Halloween is...
As we pass the four-year mark on the establishment of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it’s the perfect time to see how far we’ve come and where we’re heading in our quest for sustainable denim. Adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic...
Take something old and turn it into something new! ENDRIME® owner Mohsin Sajid does just that in honor of Sustainable Denim Wardrobe Hardwear, the collab with Jeanologia, YKK and Mohsin’s own ENDRIME®. Garments were produced at Blackhorse Lane Ateliers in East London. The prototypes were pattern-cut and...
The Woody Trilogy was duly celebrated at a pop-up street and garden party in the 9 Little Streets district in Amsterdam. Held Oct 22- 27th during Kingpins and Amsterdam Denim Days on the quaint street of Elandsgracht in the Nine Streets, the pop-up showed off Kings...
As a denim designer in the 1990s, Salli Deighton owns the role she played in the oft-harmful industry. Now a denim consultant for ASOS and Gas Jeans who collaborates with retailers and mills, she’s determined to help others create in more sustainable, ethical and responsible...
Denimheads gathered en masse in Amsterdam last week for Kingpins. Spread over two days, the show was home to a wide-ranging collection of trends and talks surrounding the world’s most popular fabric (not to mention one storied pop-up with Kings of Indigo). A lower footprint planted...