Inside Denim Issue 13 out now!
Welcome to Inside Denim Issue 13! Launching this issue, our new Roundtable feature brings together experts from across the supply chain to give their views on the big topics. First up: stretch fibres.
Consultant Malin Ekengren provides the guest comment: what impacts will new fashions have on fabric choices and washes? How does she view the newer fibre choices and what styles can we expect in our wardrobes in coming seasons?
Suitable for the coarser or more textured denim designs, there are several companies processing agricultural wastes into textiles fibres, discovering rich pickings in bananas, as well as pineapple leaves and straw.
Picking up on the progress being made by the Denim Deal companies, we hear how the learnings can potentially be deployed as a global blueprint, and we map the progress mills have made on recycled cotton blends.
As this issue’s cover story, Gap’s head of sustainability, Daniel Fibiger, tells us why investing in water is so important for the brand, and Hiut co-founder David Hieatt explains how a new funding structure makes sense for the Welsh jeansmaker.
We also compile the learnings gleaned from a trip to Shanghai, look at knitted ‘denim’ from Pepper Vally, delve into a Transformers-backed White Paper on decarbonisation, map Soko’s latest products, and follow Doug Gunn through his working day.
We hope you enjoy the issue!
The Inside Denim team
Read this issue, and all previous issues, in the Magazine section of the website.
