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US launches plan to support cotton

Lenzing chooses CEO after months of deliberation

A.P.C. drops denim range with Tokyo label

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AEO first quarter up 10%

American Eagle Outfitters has released its earnings for the first quarter of 2026. Revenues grew 10% to $1.2 billion, driven by a 25% increase at Aerie, whereas comparable sales at American Eagle dropped by 2%. Operating profit for the period was...

Award shows CHT is ‘on the right track’
Chemicals supplier CHT Group has been named Best Managed Company 2026 in a German competition run by Deloitte Private,...
Finalists named for Australia’s Cotton Researcher of the Year award
Cotton Australia has named three finalists for its 2026 Cotton Researcher of the Year award. All three work in Narrabri ...
Patagonia celebrates three decades of organic cotton
Outdoor brand Patagonia is celebrating 30 years of its preferential option for organic cotton. The company made...
Armedangels’ fossil-free strategy
Yesterday in Paris, Julia Aruni Kirschner, impact and innovation director for Armedangels, delivered a keynote at...
Pili picks up special ANDAM prize
Ahead of the design award, which will be revealed on July 1st, ANDAM, the National Association for the Development of...
D&J heads to Vietnam
The eighth edition of the Denimandjeans show will be held on June 24 and 25 at the Riverside Palace, Ho Chi Minh,...

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Cut from a different cloth

Matthew Hegarty, founder of London-based brand Hegarty, sees denim and outerwear as the defining items in any wardrobe and tells us why UK manufacture and fabrics provide the foundations on which the business is built. For readers who don’t know, can you ...

“Collaboration between industry and academia allows for fresh perspectives”
Professor Kate Goldsworthy is the director of Future Denim Lab, an ambitious...
Clocking On with Nikita Raman
Nikita Raman’s experience across categories, segments and countries helps shape ...
Gap builds on its indigo foundations
Jane Pattinson, senior vice-president and global head of design at Gap,...
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...

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Momentum grows in ‘battle’ against PP

Suppliers say potassium permanganate’s inclusion on the ZDHC Watchlist sends an “important signal” and, with new products that compare performance and cost-wise, there is no reason to put workers at risk.Talk to people who have visited laundries around the...

Is there life on planet wool denim?
In our common memory, denim is and has always been a blue fabric made of...
A chain under strain
The denim industry in Turkey faces multiple challenges from falls in demand and ...
Recycling ‘blocker’ fibre enters new age
As Lycra’s partially bio-based elastane hits commercial volumes, Fashion for...
To go with the flow
The shift towards wider and looser styles is a blessing for the denim industry...
Patterns vs fades
The making of jeans adorned with ‘deep fake’ digital prints, motifs etched out...