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French retailer Kiabi joins Denim Deal

Xlance highlights longevity

Guess reports financial results – for the final time

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Gap’s strong quarter is good news for denim

US retailer Gap has reported higher-than-expected sales figures for the third quarter - its seventh consecutive three-month period of growth - as its head of design tells Inside Denim how jeans are integral to the company’s success. Jane...

HMS and CleanKore begin long-term partnership
Clean-tech innovators HMS (HandMadeStone) and CleanKore are working together on a pilot project with the aim of...
Shuffleboard: Alberto di Conte joins Officina39
With changes underway at Rudolf, and the closing of its denim-focused 1922 hub, Alberto de Conti, who headed the German ...
Jeansland: Building jeans worth defending with Menno van Meurs
Menno van Meurs runs one of the most respected denim stores in Europe, Tenue de Nîmes in Amsterdam. He also makes ...
Shimmering ‘Moonskin’ featured in Daily Blue and Isko collab’
Coatings and coloured surface effects are a big focus of the Spring-Summer 2027 denim collections, on show today at...
Authentic chooses Orbico as Dockers’ licensee for Europe
Authentic Brands Group has licensed the rights to its newly acquired brand Dockers to Orbico Group. Based in Zagreb,...
Goldschmied: Digital printing only 'tip of the iceberg'
Adriano Goldschmied says we are at “the mere tip of the iceberg” in terms of fast-advancing digital print...

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Gap builds on its indigo foundations

Jane Pattinson, senior vice-president and global head of design at Gap, explains how Gen Z and Millennials have influenced fits in its autumn campaign Better in Denim, and explains why the company’s social strategies are among the aspects she is most...

Adriano Goldschmied on the potential of digital printing
The ‘Godfather of Denim’ tells Inside Denim how he sees advances in technology...
Miles Johnson on why true denim sustainability demands collaboration, not competition
Consultant Miles Johnson acknowledges the dichotomy between balancing profit...
Clocking On...Terrence Ruggiero - A day in the off-season
After years in Manhattan, Lunasalt Denim founder Terrence Ruggiero swapped one...
Playing to its own fashion rhythm
Claudiu Ciubotaru, marketing director at Bucharest-based denim brand No44, says ...
Heavenly collection
AllSaints’ head of women’s denim, Mariella Ertl, tells Inside Denim how close...

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Tokyo retail reality check

Tokyo, a fantastic and shining metropolis. A mecca for denim lovers and a benchmark for retail analysis. This summer in Tokyo, the city and its retail offering made my head spin. Begging one big question: what’s up in international denim and fashion...

Stretch in or out?
Jeans are near perfect candidates for mechanical recycling thanks to their high ...
A new spin on hemp
Innovation in hemp processing is helping the natural fibre shed its...
Biotech indigo at a tipping point
Disrupting an industry that produces some 70,000 tonnes of petrochemical indigo ...
Lift-off for LaundRE
The doors are finally open to the UK’s washing, upcycling and R&D hub for jeans ...
Melt and spin fibre-to-fibre recycling
Polyester and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) are two different names for the...