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PV Denim readies for next show

Industry invited to witness soundwave-dyed fabric

Regenerative cotton has game-changing potential, says ICAC

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Biodegradable collaborative capsule

Japanese fibre producer Asahi Kasei, maker of Roica elastane, has teamed up with Lenzing and Advance Denim to create a capsule collection LoopTy, made from a blend of biodegradable fibres that will be presented at Kingpins Hong Kong later this week. ...

Cut-and-sew creative hub opens in Haryana
Specialist sewing thread producers American & Efird and Gütermann have opened a new technical sewing centre in ...
Wingfly’s novelties include gold selvedge
Chinese denim mill Wingfly Textile's latest collection includes a selvedge with gold weft yarns and a 22 ounce fabric...
Sharabati’s new spinning facility willl create 2,000 jobs
Egypt-headquartered denim mill Sharabati has announced its new production facility - which will create jobs fo 2,000...
Kingpins returns to Hong Kong
The denim show will be touching down in Asia on November 21 and 22 for a hybrid B2B/B2C event at the HKDC Design and...
Supplier relationships: ZDHC responds
Multi-stakeholder initiative Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) has said it recognises that the role...
Six new stores for Wrangler in India
The Indian licensee for Wrangler has announced plans to open six new retail locations for the Kontoor-owned brand in...

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Simon Giuliani - “We need to produce what we sell, not the other way around”

Simon Giuliani, head of marketing and sustainability for Candiani, calls for a better alignment of industrial business goals with responsible production practices. One of the key issues that needs to be addressed, he says, is overproduction. The fashion ...

Clocking On...Doug Gunn – Sartorial haven
Doug Gunn preserves a precious part of denim’s history through the vast...
The finer details
Nubuck and crust leather back patches, as well as leathers that allow for...
Annabelle Hutter: Pushing the envelope
Clocking On... A busy schedule means a base in Zurich but a global workplace...
Goodbye to guesswork
Co-founder David Hieatt tells us how made-to-order, consistency and its...
Where are we heading with stretch?
Inside Denim’s new Roundtable feature will assemble a cross-section of denim...

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How trendsetting changed camps

There was a time when designers and product developers would, logically and systematically, bring in fresh ideas for trends and fabrics that denim mills and factories would then strive to develop. Those times are (mostly) no more. Today, denim mills and...

The tangled trade of second-hand clothing
We know that shiploads of second-hand clothes are transported from developed...
Natural progression
To lower the environmental impact of stretch denim, Yulex, Lycra and Hyosung...
Passport to compliance
The software programs developed by machinery makers and chemicals suppliers...
Plastic-eating enzymes
Enzymes, microbes and such can develop the ability to break down any substance...
Chemical recycling scales up
New factories for depolymerising polyester textiles are in the works.