The garment, featured in ads with 20-year-old Somali-American model Halima Aden, quickly sold out due to high demand. The fashion world has long been international and diverse, which in part comes from the fundamental creative drive that benefits from discovery and desire. As Muslim women worldwide increasingly...
Apparel has been called dirty and wasteful and most likely to contribute to the overflow of landfills. But the industry is trying to give itself a better name and textile recycling might be its ticket. At a Texworld USA seminar this week, expert panelists discussed latest...
When Unitin came on the scene in 1924, it was all about industrial textile activities, but when denim came on the scene in 1970s Spain, the Spanish company called on its existing expertise and started producing denim products. Today Barcelona-based Unitin, next up in our “All...
On a scale of one to 10, when it comes to sustainability, industry experts think the apparel sector is roughly at a one. The good news, however, is that innovation is abundant and times are exciting for apparel. At a Texworld USA panel Wednesday titled, “Performance and...
The three-day, indigo-saturated denim festival hosted by Amsterdam for the past three years is coming to America’s City of Dreams Sept. 29 – Oct. 1 The mystique of New York City springs from its diversity of cultures, architecture and style. Like a well-loved pair of jeans,...
My Find of the Week this week is the Citizens of Humanity Liya Shadow Side Seam Jeans in Fade. I recently saw them on Revolve and thought they were really cool! I like how they combine a classic, vintage fit with something more modern with the...
If denim could come to life on a computer screen, it would unfold like the posts on the @bookofdenim Instagram page. With an Amsterdam based denim magazine called Code, it only made sense for the mag’s editor-in-chief Peter van Rhoon to follow that with an indigo-laden...
Design and Marketing: two parallel routes along one common path: fashion. They come together in one contest, ISKO I-SKOOL™, the global competition created by ISKO™, global leader in denim production and textile innovation, and by its style and design think-tank CREATIVE ROOM™. Each year, the contest involves...
When brands want to finish their denim, they often turn to Tonello for three things: quality, innovation and sustainability. The Italian garment finishing tech company, our latest feature in our “All in the Family” summer series, has been in business for more than 35 years, not...
The next round of denim talent to drive the history and heritage of this product forward are in school right now. That’s ISKO I-SKOOL to be exact. Expanding on its role as a global leader in denim production and textile innovation, ISKO and its style and design...
Denim came to India in a big way in the 1980s and Arvind had a lot to do with it. The Indian manufacturer, which has been in business for more than 70 years, aimed its expertise at producing denim 30 years ago and now produces more...
For Ian Berry, a photo is worth a thousand layers of denim. The British artist has made a name for himself by creating works of art made solely out of cut up old blue jeans. And don’t think this is abstract art with indistinct shapes of...