PRE- AND POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED FIBERS RAMP UP AT BLUEZONE
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 in March, to a special retail collection, Italian denim mill Candiani has a host of special products for its 80th anniversary, but one in particular speaks to the mill’s goal of being the “greenest mill in the blue world.”
Candiani kicked off its celebration at Bluezone with the new and improved Re-Gen denim, the closest the mill has come to a biodegradable denim fabric.
Dyed with water-saving Kitotex and Indigo Juice technologies, the fabric is made of 50 percent of Lenzing’s recycled material, Refibra, and 50 percent recycled cotton in both the warp and weft, meaning there is no raw cotton. Through this combination, Candiani saves 2.565 liters of water for every pair of jeans made.
The new fabric achieves the look of authentic denim with a white weft from the recycled cotton used. The previous version of Re-Gen had blue in the weft.
Sustainability was top of mind among most brands and mills at Bluezone.
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