When it comes to provoking change, a lot can be gleaned from the master/student relationship. With that in mind, the very first Kingpins Transformers: ED educational conference will showcase the solutions being propelled by denim industry figureheads in order to spark inspiration in students gearing up...
Scaling sustainable denim may boil down to a simple game of supply and demand. At Kingpins Transformers in Amsterdam last week, experts from the denim supply chain hashed out the financial impact of sustainable innovations and why after years of BCI cotton, organic cotton, laser technologies...
Revealing details about the supply chain and how it operates may be a hard pill to swallow for an industry that was built on proprietary technologies, secret sauces and exclusivity—but transparency has proved to be good business. Mounting pressure from consumers has been driving the denim...
As product accountability takes the driver’s seat now more than ever, Kingpins Transformers is equipping industry members with events, expertise and tools to help them advance supply chain transparency. This Spring, the bi-annual denim industry conference is focusing on transparency, hosting two daylong events—one in Amsterdam...
From fiber companies to designers, the denim industry came together in Amsterdam on Friday for Kingpins Transformers: The Cost of Sustainability. Experts and innovators from all along the denim supply chain discussed the opportunities and costs of making the denim business truly sustainable. Here’s a roundup...
The key to a “brighter blue” is collaboration. International leaders in the chemical industry for textiles have agreed to meet to beginning working toward a set of practices that will sever the industry at large. The effort to unite competing companies is part of House of...
Waste in the denim industry has been gaining more attention with collections like G-Star’s Raw for the Oceans and jeans drives from brands like J. Crew and Gap. Waste was also the topic of Kingpins Transformers in Amsterdam in April. Carved in Blue talked further...