Since the launch of TENCEL™ Lyocell with REFIBRA™ technology in February 2017, brands have been keen to embrace the first man-made cellulosic fiber featuring recycled material on a commercial scale. It’s a fiber which embraces circularity, since the REFIBRA™ technology involves upcycling cotton scraps from the...
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...
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...
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 you call it a trend, a nuisance or a necessity, denim mills and brands realize sustainability is a cost of doing business. “We’re all aware that brands have been in search for ‘sustainably produced’ fabrics for a while,” said Ebru Ozaydin, Artistic Milliners director of...
Each fashion cycle not only brings new trends in wash and cut, but also a wave of enhanced fabrics with better performance, recovery, comfort and stretch capabilities. At the core of these improvements are innovative fibers and blends that create new opportunities for designers and...