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Banana Republic reissues archival adventure-ready capsule

Partnership to scale recycled cotton in denim

Soko presents fading dye effect

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New ‘Fresh Blood’ episode from Jeansland

Andrew Olah continues to talk with next generation fashion and denim professionals in this episode with Hayato Nishi. Now Head of Key Accounts Business Development East Coast USA & Canada for Lenzing, Hayato Nishi has a rich experience, despite...

Retailers push for Vietnamese mills to use US cotton
Cotton industry information resource Cotlook has said in its monthly report for March 2026 that international cotton...
OTB aims to preserve Made in Italy skills
Fashion group and Diesel-owner OTB Group has launched the fifth edition of its School of Craftsmanship, an in-house...
Kontoor expands leadership roles
Wrangler and Lee-owner Kontoor Brands has promoted Joseph Alkire to head of Helly Hansen, in addition to his...
Q1 growth for Levi’s
Denim-focused fashion group Levi Strauss & Co has reported revenues of $1.7 billion for the first quarter of its...
Ecoalf steps into denim
Spanish eco-responsible brand Ecoalf is introducing its first ‘green’ jeans this spring. Two years in development, the...
Alaïa’s new denim line launches
Described as “a study of fit and form”, Alaïa’s new denim range stays true to the close-fitting, form-revealing designs ...

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“Collaboration between industry and academia allows for fresh perspectives”

Professor Kate Goldsworthy is the director of Future Denim Lab, an ambitious five-year initiative dedicated to advancing circular and regenerative denim.I was thrilled to be invited to write this at the very beginning of an exciting new venture. The Future...

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...
Clocking On...Terrence Ruggiero - A day in the off-season
After years in Manhattan, Lunasalt Denim founder Terrence Ruggiero swapped one...

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Patterns vs fades

The making of jeans adorned with ‘deep fake’ digital prints, motifs etched out by lasers or woven into jacquard fabrics, calls for equal measures of technology and craftsmanship. Integrating decors is not necessarily costly and also happens to be one of the...

Indigo’s sophisticated companion
Advances in blending, weaving and dyeing wool have led to some exciting new...
Tokyo retail reality check
Tokyo, a fantastic and shining metropolis. A mecca for denim lovers and a...
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 ...