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Lee launches in South Korea

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New Balance 327 released in denim

The New Balance 327 lifestyle trainer, originally designed in collaboration with French Moroccan brand Casablanca, first debuted during spring 2020. For January 2021, it has been reimagined in denim, with each shoe featuring various indigo shades...

Student entrepreneur gives thrift-store jeans a new life
Entrepreneur Molly Alexander has launched a new denim business while still a student. Ms Alexander aims to graduate in...
Brand revamp for growing Infinited Fiber Company
Infinited Fiber Company, a Finnish company that makes a new fibre from textiles waste, has launched a brand name for...
Partners to launch pilot for lyocell fibre from microbial cellulose
Australian biomaterials company Nanollose and Indian manmade fibre manufacturer Birla Cellulose have filed a joint...
H&M x Lee: H&M’s first 100% recycled cotton jeans
Fashion retailer H&M has reportedly teamed up with heritage denim brand Lee on a “sustainable” denim...
Solar energy plant will push Lenzing closer to goals
Fibre producer Lenzing Group will start work on a solar energy project this summer which it claims will be Upper...
Group claims polyester’s true water footprint has gone largely unreported
The water footprint of polyester fibre is much higher than influential apparel industry calculations have suggested,...

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Fabio Adami Dalla Val: The Pandemic has highlighted the importance of connection

The show manager of Denim Première Vision explains how his team has had to adapt to make sure that the vital relationships between exhibitors and buyers can flourish in difficult circumstances. He is confident that both physical and digital shows will have an important role to play, and will ...

Andrew Olah: Bad behaviour plagues the industry and we don’t think it’s right
The Transformers Foundation’s first in-depth report identifies why brands, retailers and importers felt they could walk away from their commitments to denim suppliers...
Rui Lima: Fashion could learn from innovative mills and laundries
The design consultant thinks supply chain partnerships show how investment and research pays off when it comes to transforming the way jeans are made.
Ruby Chahal: Creating a better future starts with design
Ruby Chahal, menswear’s design lead on special private brands at Amazon, accepts pricing pressures from are always going to be a big issue when consumers...
Anne Oudard: Beware #covidwashing on jeans
The French designer would love to see the end of oil-based material in the denim industry...
Tricia Carey: The financial burden should not lie with the supply chain
Lenzing Fibre’s director of global business development explains how Carved in Blue has grown beyond a blog to become a tool for connecting the industry...

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The patchy sustainability of recycled polyester

Some fashion companies make sustainability claims about recycled polyester, but there is often more to be understood. However laudable a switch away from fossil-fuel derived synthetics may be, making it the gold standard of an environmental strategy barely scratches the surface of what could, and...

Boncoura chooses carefully
Japanese denim entrepreneur Hisashi Morisha has put meticulous selection of fibres, yarns, dyes and looms at the heart of Boncoura, a brand that will celebrate ten years in business in 2021.
A French denim renaissance
In the country that invented denim, a new generation of entrepreneurs has decided to prove that it is once again possible to make jeans in France.
Antibacterials up the ante
The covid-19 pandemic has makers of antimicrobial additives racing to find solutions that will keep face coverings and clothes virus-free.
Cotton regenerated
Cellulose-dissolving techniques derived from viscose production are being applied to cotton waste as an alternative to mechanical cotton recycling.
High time for hemp
A hemp and organic cotton fabric made by Swiss weaver Stotz won the Performance Days Eco Performance Award last April.