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Record sales for Urban Outfitters’ Q2

Abercrombie & Fitch delivers 15th quarter of growth

Calvin Klein launches 'Feel the Fit' denim campaign

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Countdown to Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris

Messe Frankfurt’s Texworld Apparel Sourcing show opens next week (August 31 to September 2) at the Le Bourget fairgrounds. Upwards of 1,000 exhibitors are expected, some coming from “unexpected” countries looking to put their name on the global...

Production begins at Hyosung’s bio-BDO plant
Fibre producer Hyosung has begun commercial production of its 50,000-ton-per-year Bio-BDO plant in Ho Chi Minh City,...
Levi Strauss formally objects to start-up’s trademark submission
Denim brand Levi Strauss & Co has registered its opposition to the registration of a new trademark request from a...
Lycra and partners expand Intertextile presence
The Lycra Company has expanded its pavilion at Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics Autumn Edition (August 25 to...
Bonobo introduces 100% upcycled collection
French denim brand Bonobo, part of the Beaumanoir group, has collaborated with ANDAM award-winning deadstock upcycling...
PLNTmatter joins Denim Deal
Next-gen manmade cellulosic fibre maker PLNTmatter has joined the Denim Deal community. The company’s CleanBamboo...
AbTF celebrates 2025 successes
Hamburg-based non-profit organisation the Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF), which administers the Cotton made in Africa...

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Catapulted from campus: How Ali Grace turned vintage jeans into a multimillion-dollar brand

Vintage Levi’s form the base of every Aligrace style, with fit an integral consideration. Each piece is individually reworked to appeal to “the girl who has spent years feeling like denim just wasn’t made with her in mind”. You started by reworking...

Clocking On with Emily Gubbay
Emily Gubbay has devised a method to extract indigo from denim and jeans that...
Cut from a different cloth
Matthew Hegarty, founder of London-based brand Hegarty, sees denim and...
“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,...

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Fast track textile-to-textile recycling

Kipas is breaking down the barriers to recycling mixed textile waste with FibR-e. The facility, which began operating at the end of last year, can recycle 100 tonnes of waste per day.“Our solution is a fast-track textile-to-textile recycling system,” says...

A creative language in itself
Resins, metallic finishes and coatings are giving designers alternative ways to ...
Momentum grows in ‘battle’ against PP
Suppliers say potassium permanganate’s inclusion on the ZDHC Watchlist sends an ...
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...