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Sustainability stripes

Bestseller ponders some of the key threads that together make up the multidimensional tapestry that is its ever-evolving circularity road map.  Danish clothing group Bestseller, home to brands such as Jack & Jones, Vero Moda, Only, JJXX, Name It and Selected, says its mission is “to bring fashion forward”. One of the founders’ sons, Anders Holch Povlsen, now today something of a...
  • Epic Group’s executive vice-president of innovation and sustainability, Vidhura...
    Leading with impact
    Epic Group’s executive vice-president of innovation and sustainability, Vidhura...
  • A leather bag designer decided to create a perfect pair of jeans. Her first step? Getting ...
    Fittingly inclusive, ahead of the curve
    A leather bag designer decided to create a perfect pair of jeans. Her first step? Getting ...
  • Dyeing is considered one of the most polluting processes in the textile industry, and...
    Infinite colour
    Dyeing is considered one of the most polluting processes in the textile industry, and...
  • ‘Out-of-the-blue’ denim products make up a small part of the market, but they play an...
    Room for nuance
    ‘Out-of-the-blue’ denim products make up a small part of the market, but they play an...
  • If you have never been to Bangladesh, you should be prepared to see quite a difference...
    Not so limited
    If you have never been to Bangladesh, you should be prepared to see quite a difference...

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11 April 2023
Garment workers go legal over Tesco Thai ties Garment workers go legal over Tesco Thai ties
Lawyers in the UK have begun legal proceedings on behalf of garment workers in Asia in a potential landmark case. Retail group Tesco and quality and safety audit body Intertek face action over the alleged treatment of workers at a jeans factory in Thailand.
28 March 2023
A new route forward A new route forward
Advance Denim’s general manager, Amy Wang, takes stock of the competitive advantages of the company’s latest factory, challenging the “common” misconception that Vietnamese-made denim is in any way “more basic”.
21 March 2023
Fair and square Fair and square
With the fashion industry’s complex global supply chain and factories located in low-wage countries, ensuring production workers receive decent pay is not easy.
07 March 2023
Customer care Customer care
Originally based in Syria, Sharabati Denim operates two facilities, one in Egypt and the other in Kadirli, in the south of Turkey, where construction began in 2015. With continued investment in new generation equipment, this site has progressively expanded to double and mirror the production of the Egyptian mill.
21 February 2023
Circular engineering Circular engineering
With growing demand for recycled content of any kind and a pressing need to find suitable and sustainable solutions for waste, excess stock and end-of-life clothes, denim mills are investing in closing the loop themselves.
14 February 2023
Making a way Making a way
His eternal optimism in a world of indigo means one of denim’s leading lights has for the first time taken the brand that started it, Daily Blue, back to the drawing board.
07 February 2023
Closer cotton connections Closer cotton connections
If we want cotton in the next thirty years, we need to support small farmers and their communities. This is not the only reason, but the long-term vision driving the development of direct-to-grower programmes. Their ambition is to bridge the wide gap, a chasm really, between global brands and individual farms.
24 January 2023
That laser focus That laser focus
It is a waterless, non-chemical technology that replicates the varied washing and distressing that the denim industry indulges in.
03 January 2023
The new Denim Authority The new Denim Authority
20 December 2022
Mexico must invest in advanced technology Mexico must invest in advanced technology
Jeanologia’s José Luis García says the denim industry in Mexico has good prospects for growth as western brands scale down sourcing in Asia.
13 December 2022
The quest for common metrics The quest for common metrics
The need to back sustainable practices with bona fide third-party certification has led to the development of countless labels and standards serving the varied environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies of brands and retailers.
06 December 2022
Leaving ‘his or hers’ behind Leaving ‘his or hers’ behind
The growing popularity of gender-free denim design highlights limitations in the traditional men’s-or-women’s approach to retail.
29 November 2022
Science, skill and scope Science, skill and scope
In a 300,000m2 facility located in Inegol, near Bursa, Turkey’s industrial hub, Isko produces some 300 million meters of fabric every year.
22 November 2022
The skinny & elasticity The skinny & elasticity
Skinny jeans remain top sellers, but looser styles are chipping away at their long-standing market dominance. Comfort, which relies on a measure of stretch, remains a top priority for consumers, but goes against sustainable design guidelines that discourage fibre blends.
15 November 2022
Aiming at the ecosystem Aiming at the ecosystem
Mud Jeans has long found favour with its commitment to bettering the denim ecosystem.
08 November 2022
New thinking about dyeing New thinking about dyeing
In their quest to reduce the impacts of their products, brands and retailers are quick to promote a switch to more sustainable fibres. But indigo dyeing is a major industry hotspot that makes headlines when rivers turn blue.
01 November 2022
Forever filtered Forever filtered
An innovative water treatment system at Cone Denim’s facility in Parras, Mexico, takes reverse osmosis to new heights.
19 October 2022
Hemp high and low Hemp high and low
For some, hemp and denim have a strong connection. For others, it is and will forever remain a minor fibre. Both camps have a point. Its place and role in the industry may however evolve as an infrastructure builds up to process this alternative fibre.
05 July 2022
Romans empire Romans empire
Tilmann Wröbel visits 1083, a French brand and manufacturer that is among a growing number of companies showing that, with a little determination, supply chains can be established and textiles jobs created domestically.

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