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Oritain signs first spinner to membership programme

Oritain, a provider of forensic origin verification, has announced Korea’s Kyungbang as the first spinning mill to join its membership programme. Kyungbang's membership spans its operations in South Korea and two spinning mills in...

India-France Design Challenge looks through circular lens
Celebrating its eighth season, the R|Elan Circular Design Challenge has received over 220 applications globally, with...
Fire at textile mill in France
Reports from France say a textile mill in the east of the country, Coublanc Textiles, has been destroyed in a fire....
Reju’s US research lab to bolster T2T network
Textile-to-textile innovator Reju has opened a research and development centre within owner Technip Energy's Advanced...
DyStar publishes 2025 Sustainability Report
Chemicals company DyStar has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, showing its progress towards environmental...
Pyratex scoops award for local cotton supply chain
Pyratex was awarded the Sustainability and Innovation prize by the Fundación Academia de la Moda Española (FAME) last...
Hamansutra revisits the Type 1 jacket
Independent denim label Hamasutra, founded by Iran-born designer Haman Alimardani, has announced the release, this...

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Clocking On with Emily Gubbay

Emily Gubbay has devised a method to extract indigo from denim and jeans that she hopes will in time be a viable alternative to the petrochemical pigment. 6.50amMy alarm goes off but I give myself ten minutes before getting out of bed. I don’t like to...

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,...
Adriano Goldschmied on the potential of digital printing
The ‘Godfather of Denim’ tells Inside Denim how he sees advances in technology...

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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...