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Largest indigo-growing project in Europe bears fruit

AE’s Sweeney-fronted collection includes 200 fits of jeans

A month’s work in a single pair: Spectacular upcycling from Handz-Jeans

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Traceable recycled cotton yarns

Pakistan-based vertical jeans maker Soorty is expanding its ongoing partnership with Swiss traceability platform Haelixa to bring more transparency and security to jeans made from recycled cotton. Haelixa’s invisible DNA-based tracer...

Sanyou commits to scale Circ in China
China-based cellulose fibre manufacture Sanyou Chemical Fiber has signed a partnership with textile-to-textile recycler ...
Indigo Council plays its part
In addition to mills in Pakistan, Turkey, Italy and China, a group called the Indigo Council worked with non-profit...
Philadelphia Eagles exec offers inspiration to Urban Outfitters
Head of football development and strategy at current National Football League (NFL) champions, the Philadelphia Eagles, ...
Water use report aims to counter ‘vague sustainability claims’
Non-profit body Transformers Foundation has worked with Pakistan mill Naveena Denim to compile a report on water...
Circle-8 and Reju aim for UK-wide recycling 'ecosystem'
Reju, a textile-to-textile regeneration company, and Circle-8 Textile Ecosystems (born from Worn Again) are working on...
Genesco to interpret Wrangler into footwear
Footwear licencer and brand owner Genesco will design, source and market men’s, women’s and...

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Clocking On...Terrence Ruggiero - A day in the off-season

After years in Manhattan, Lunasalt Denim founder Terrence Ruggiero swapped one busy island for another – moving to Nantucket to build a life shaped by the sea, denim, sailing and oysters. 6.30am I wake up to my cats, Tash and Luna, pawing at me for...

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...
Chemical reactions
What do auxiliary chemicals do exactly and why do we need to know? Denim’s top...
Dawson Denim’s evolution
The UK brand has come a long way in a little over 10 years and is now making...
Let’s talk talent and transparency
Mariette Hoitink, owner of talent agency HTNK and co-founder of the House of...

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Lift-off for LaundRE

The doors are finally open to the UK’s washing, upcycling and R&D hub for jeans – and Inside Denim got an early sneak peek The first thing that strikes you when you make the short walk across Canning Town from the Tube station to jeans...

Melt and spin fibre-to-fibre recycling
Polyester and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) are two different names for the...
Full throttle
The speed, the adrenaline rush… Thanks to innovation in denim, the biker dream...
A hub for positive denim
A London-based centre for refinishing, education and collaboration, LaundRe is...
Tilting the scale
Innovative fibres and processes that address environmental and social concerns...
Heartbeat of the community
Denim mills around the world have proven to be caring and responsible...