Bluezone maintained its role as a catalyst for sustainable technologies and innovation in denim. Mills exhibiting at the Munich-based trade show this week presented focused collections that tapped into the German market’s demand for ecological concepts, soft hand feels and bi-stretch. From a Los Angeles event...
The apparel industry has been weighing on the global environment for centuries—and denim has played no small role. Now, however, more and more brands and manufacturers are looking for ways to lessen their impacts on the world, and sustainability has been a constant topic of conversation....
When it comes to passions, sustainability is one that’s front and center for Arizona Muse. The fashion model and lifestyle blogger at Bmusing.com, joined Lenzing and the Sustainable Angle last month, as part of the 7th Future Fabrics Expo, which highlighted the future of fashion textiles. Focusing...
There’s no shortage of need-to-knows in denim—and the retail industry as a whole—and it all goes into the business of blue. 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...
Aamir Chottani is director of marketing at denim garment manufacturer Chottani Industries, whose slogan—and attitude—is “Denim Instinct.” Established in 1989 and headquartered in Karachi, the company is now one of Pakistan’s leading apparel makers. Chottani is a “brand behind brands,” as the company calls itself, but...
More than 100 international players in the denim supply chain, including Candiani, Orta, Royo, Blue Diamond, Atlantic Mills, Calik, Santanderina, Unitin, Soorty, Arvind, and more will converge in Munich, Germany for Bluezone January 30 -31st. The denim and technology event draws innovators and creatives from...
The thing about sustainability in the apparel industry is that brands and retailers are either embracing it of their own accord, finding themselves backed into a corner with little other option, or faking it until they make it. The latter, of course, is where the problem...
Though denim is donned by all walks of people all over the world, creators tend to flock to the fabric, considering it yet another platform from which to create. One among the many things blogger John Michael Arcella loves about denim is that it allows him...
Cone Denim has long been known for bringing to market what the market wants before the market even realizes it wants it. Though the leading denim supplier recently announced that it would cease production in its 110-year-long running White Oak mill in Greensboro, North Carolina, Cone...
We denimheads tend to be a bit nostalgic. That’s one of the reasons we love denim: it’s a constant in the fast-moving world of fashion, something that doesn’t change from one season to the next. But denim’s always been evolving. Some of the earliest denim innovations...
When it comes to finding inspiration for denim, denim specialist and the creative mind behind the @denimdreamer Instragram page, Lucrezia Pasqualetto, looks all over the world—but not at denim. She finds her inspiration for the indigo stuff in other categories, taking a nod from outside innovations...
Behind every successful denim company is a true blueblood who’s passionate about the business. That’s certainly true for Pakistan’s Naveena Denim Mills, based in Karachi, which has been a leader in making fabric since 1967. Though the company began as an embroidery unit, it has come...