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Oletta’s innovative eco-trimmings

Expanded headquarters as OTB expresses faith in China

Focus on coatings: Mills and chemicals suppliers see growing demand

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Andrea Rosso joins Sophie Bramel in Munich

Andrea Rosso, head of sustainability for Diesel and the OTB group, joined Inside Denim’s co-editor Sophie Bramel at Performance Days in Munich as part of a panel exploring circularity through the lens of creativity. Chaired by Sophie, the...

Raw cotton production forecast lower in October report
Cotton information resource Cotlook has reduced its forecast of global raw cotton production in 2025-2026 by 147,000...
Bluezone dates move back to July in 2026
Munich Fabric Start has announced a change of dates for its summer 2026 edition, rescheduling the fabric, denim,...
R-TypE: Rajby’s fabrics through a historic lens
A collection designed and created by Mohsin Sajid’s Endrime brand, made with fabric from Pakistan-based Rajby and ...
A PRO steps up in California
The Textile Renewal Alliance, a Producer Responsibility Organization or PRO, has announced the launch of a new website...
Vicunha showcases Latin America’s ‘ancestral fashion’
Brazilian denim mill Vicunha has worked with Latin American designers to showcase its fabrics and techniques as part of ...
Trippin’Blue denim summit under way
The three-day Trippin’Blue Turbo summit, a digital denim event focused on the Latin American market, has returned ...

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Miles Johnson on why true denim sustainability demands collaboration, not competition

I’ve seen many changes in my 25 years of designing denim. Many of them absolutely necessary. We never even gave throwing chemicals and unctions at jeans a thought. Why would we? At the time, what things looked like was the most exciting criterion and...

Clocking On...Terrence Ruggiero - A day in the off-season
After years in Manhattan, Lunasalt Denim founder Terrence Ruggiero swapped one...
Playing to its own fashion rhythm
Claudiu Ciubotaru, marketing director at Bucharest-based denim brand No44, says ...
Heavenly collection
AllSaints’ head of women’s denim, Mariella Ertl, tells Inside Denim how close...
Chemical reactions
What do auxiliary chemicals do exactly and why do we need to know? Denim’s top...
Dawson Denim’s evolution
The UK brand has come a long way in a little over 10 years and is now making...

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Biotech indigo at a tipping point

Disrupting an industry that produces some 70,000 tonnes of petrochemical indigo annually is no small feat. Innovators in synthetic biology claim they have already ticked key boxes: achieving purity levels comparable to conventional indigo and scaling...

Lift-off for LaundRE
The doors are finally open to the UK’s washing, upcycling and R&D hub for jeans ...
Melt and spin fibre-to-fibre recycling
Polyester and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) are two different names for the...
Full throttle
The speed, the adrenaline rush… Thanks to innovation in denim, the biker dream...
A hub for positive denim
A London-based centre for refinishing, education and collaboration, LaundRe is...
Tilting the scale
Innovative fibres and processes that address environmental and social concerns...