Browse Dialogue 2023 - insidedenim: Global denim industry news and vie

From an update to its matte offering, to partnering for circularity and helping brands address the upcoming European Union legislation, Lenzing’s head of global business development for denim, Tuncay Kiliçkan, explains how the Austrian fibre company is keeping one step ahead.

With music as a backdrop, Left Hand Twill’s Solomon Russell finds inspiration in the classics, curating his archives and catching up on denim’s latest developments.

Wojciech Beyger, senior quality manager for 7 For All Mankind, has travelled the world as a standards and laundry specialist, creating new recipes, monitoring back-end processes and passing on his extensive knowledge to those he oversees.

Halit Gümüser, a director of Kipas, believes in collaborative approaches to innovation, partnering multiple companies to create new products, with a particular focus on recycled content. The Turkish mill is one of the driving forces behind the Sustainability Talks Istanbul, which takes place in November. It will unite industry players, pass on best practice and create opportunities for start-ups and investors.

As senior sustainability analyst at Kontoor Brands since 2022, Dr Sarif Patwary develops evidence-based recommendations for improving sustainability for the group’s two iconic consumer brands: Wrangler and Lee.

Katrin Ley has headed Fashion for Good since its founding. Six years on, she says it is a turning point and ready to take on a second stage of its development.

CLOCKING ON... Designer and TG Botanical creative director Tetyana Chumak weaves moments of wellness into her workday as she balances running her Ukraine-based brands and family farmland remotely from Catalonia.

A specialist group dedicated to textiles that the European Recycling Industries Confederation (EuRIC) set up in 2019 has published a lifecycle assessment (LCA) report.

For denim industry leader Nicolas Prophte, it is time to update the definition of a successful business by adding responsible metrics to the existing and dominant financial indicators. He also believes that critical and creative thinking should be encouraged and celebrated, and there is reason to be positive: the denim industry has the potential to lead the way.

Nature Coatings’ founder CEO, Jane Palmer, tells us how deep the roots really go of her company’s 100% bio-based BioBlack TX black pigment, a one-for-one and price competitive replacement for petroleum-derived carbon black for textiles, made from certified wood waste.

Denim expert Christine Rucci has first hand experience working with the biggest names in the industry. Next year, she will be celebrating 40 years in the business of making jeans.

The wash whizz and laundry manager behind a newly opened denim research and development lab at London jeansmaker Blackhorse Lane Ateliers (BLA), Leanne Jae, also an independent denim, development and wash consultant, discusses her passion for stretching the technologies and minds of both today and tomorrow.

Resortecs, the Belgian start-up that has developed dissolvable stitching threads and a disassembly process to simplify the process of recovering and recycling textile products, continues to make progress. Chief executive and co-founder, Cédric Vanhoeck, explains how.

The Magic of Denim Consultancy founder David Tring shares his personal news and views, from the making of his future denim archive to the evolution of globalisation and work and how they will shape the future of the industry as seen from Hong Kong.

Tricia Carey, Renewcell’s new chief commercial officer, envisions the day when circularity is no longer an option but a requirement. She observes that this entails a radical scaling of innovative circular materials and that current ‘wait-and-see’ attitudes are in effect high risk.

From choosing each day’s jeans to reading indigo philosophy, Christina Agtzidou’s deep love for denim is woven into all aspects of her day.

Milan-based denim designer Rossella Dal Poz, who has worked on successful projects for brands including 7 for All Mankind, Jacob Cohen and Gas Jeans, talks to Inside Denim.