From working at Levi Strauss and Co. to learning the denim craft from other leading brands, to developing her own collection, Mary Bruno, the brains behind Life After Death Denim, has spent 25 years learning and loving the industry. For her, denim has a life of...
One young girl is getting bent out of shape over denim with TENCEL® branded lyocell fibers. In fact, as a contortionist, Liu Teng gets bent out of shape for a living—and she’s setting records doing it in denim made with TENCEL® fibers. Dubbed the most flexible woman...
For 25 years, TENCEL® branded lyocell fibers have influenced denim design by expanding its potential in fashion. Now and into the future, with sustainability one of the most critical challenges for the apparel industry, fabrics with TENCEL® fibers have the ability to be highly relevant...
A look back in time with some of the designers who first recognized the fashion potential of a fiber ahead of its time —and who early on embraced one of its key qualities: sustainability. In 1992 TENCEL® branded lyocell fibers came on the scene full of...
Mills are demonstrating their latest denim advancements using TENCEL® and Refibra™ branded lyocell fibers, proving that sustainability and performance in denim needn’t be mutually exclusive. Count Basie, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis were just a few of the great jazz artists drawn to New...
Sustainability is very clearly becoming the new black when it comes to fashion, and innovators in the denim space are each playing their role to lower the favored fabric’s impact on the environment. That’s the very mission that brought The Sustainable Angle about. The U.K.-based not...
From modest beginnings 25 years ago, the importance of TENCEL® fibers in the apparel market has steadily grown such that today denim makers and designers turned to it to create garments for the weekend, the workplace, and the runway. Finally the importance of sustainability, the...
The circular economy gives us an opportunity to rethink and redesign the way we make stuff. It is estimated that every year 80% of fashion garments end up in landfills and that is why Lenzing has developed an innovative new business model as a practical solution...
A quarter century ago, Adriano Goldschmied recognized the importance of TENCEL® branded lyocell fibers to create designs with the environment in mind, at a time when sustainability was not even a word used in common parlance. Fast forward to 2017, and in recognition of his...
Whether it’s 70s flair, girly details or super-soft denim, Bella Dahl is providing it all for keen consumers in just the right doses. The Los Angeles-based brand with the city’s laid back style has amassed a loyal following of female fans who value comfort just as...
Garment industry stakeholders are coming together to further the reuse and recycling of textiles. Carved in Blue spoke with Product Stewardship Institute CEO-founder Scott Cassel to get a preview. Garment makers, driven by consumer demand as well as by the internal enthusiasm for sustainability in the...
Mara Hoffman may be known for its vibrant collections and breezy silhouettes, but the brand has built denim right into the collection in the most Mara Hoffman way. From a two-tone denim jumpsuit, to a high-waisted two-tone pant and top co-ord, to knit pants, Mara Hoffman...