The apparel industry is uniting around circularity. To keep more clothing from ending up in landfills, leading players in fashion are joining forces for the Make Fashion Circular #wearnext campaign, an effort to take waste and pollution starting in New York City. Brands like ASOS, Athleta, Banana...
Sustainability is slowly shifting from a ‘should have’ to an ‘excited to have,’ and few are more keen about advancing the sustainability spirit than Sue Barrett and Sinem Celik. The duo behind adDRESS-the-future, a series of inspirational sustainability presentations and workshops designed for brands and sourcing...
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 February: Japan Opens Cocktail Bar in...
When someone brings both a personal love of denim and 17 years of industry experience to a role, they’re likely to contribute quite a lot to your business. That’s the case with Burcu Dalaman Özek, sales manager at Turkey’s Bossa and our latest Unsung Hero. Burcu,...
From the time he was cutting too-big vintage jeans down to stylish size to wear himself, Boyish Jeans creative director Jordan Nodarse knew he was a blueblood. Since then, he’s been bringing that passion for denim to the world, leaving his touch on brands and businesses...
Following with our first part about what denim brands suggest for the coming seasons. This time we asked Scott Morrison, founder and creator of New York based brand, 3×1. “Check out below some of the highlights of the 2019 denim trends, currently available on our website. Though...
In Peru, denim is getting cleaner. At least where Nuevo Mundo has something to do with it. The Peruvian fabric mill is starting from innovations at the fiber level to create fabrics that do more for the consumer and less to the environment. Carved in Blue spoke...
For some, fast fashion is the way. And for others, it’s entirely the opposite. At Sevda London, founder and designer Sevda Mutlu is focused on low impact and high consideration when it comes to the products she puts out into the world. The British ethical brand made...
By Stefano Aldighieri, President, Another Design Studio 2.0 Whenever I check out what’s in stores anywhere in the U.S., Europe or Asia, I cannot help but notice all of the unbelievable prices that are advertised for jeans - even before you take into account that the...
Things are bustling with Brazilian denim. And if you ask Textil Canatiba’s Fábio Augusto Covolan, that’s at least in part because Brazil is a “happy” country. That joy seems to manifest in Brazilian makers’ love for denim. To learn a little more about what makes Textil Canatiba tick,...
There are a lot of people behind making the denim industry’s magic happen. One of them is Vivian Wang, managing director and global sales at Olah Inc, who helps lead the charge on building one of the denim industry’s premier events, Kingpins. “Vivian came on to help us with our...
Trade, technology, sustainability, collaborations and trends make the denim world go around. The topics were also among Rivet’s most-read and written about subjects in 2018. To offer insight into how these buzzwords may evolve in 2019, Lenzing’s director of global business development for denim Tricia Carey, Soorty...